Necklace. [ laughter ] dr. Ben carson has reportedly told donald trump that he isnt interested in serving in the trump administration. And just like at the debates, if his name is called, he wont answer. [ laughter ] [ applause ] dr. Carson . Dr. Ben carson. Come on out dr. Carson. [ laughter ] High School Students across the country walked out of class today in protest of do which is weird since hes living proof that you can do none of your homework and still become president. [ applause ] residents, residents of a small town in missouri this week, are complaining about the creation of a bondage club that operates next door to a church. The town filed a restraining order but that just got them more excited. Inducted into the National Toy Hall of fame. Uno or as it will be called in trumps america, one. [ laughter ] and finally, a canadian man was arrested recently after he tried to smuggle almost 200,000 worth of gold out of his work place hidden in his rectum. Even crazier, he had a backpack. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we got a [ cheers and applause ] from the new movie bad santa 2, one of my favorites Billy Bob Thornton will be here tonight. Shes the far of a fantastic new film, rules dont apply, the wonderful lily collins is here. [ cheers and applause ] and were very lucky to have chief medical correspondent from cnn, dr. Sanjay gupta is joining us this evening. [ cheers and applause ] so, really a good night. I as i mentioned before my named ash. Very exciting time for us. We also have a seven pound, 5yearold italian greyhound, who up to this point, not super psyched about having a baby in the house. Frisbee went from getting all the attention, now shes getting a fraction of that attention. Thats just how it goes. If any dogs are out there watching, thats just how it goes. [ laughter ] but, heres the thing, at night our dog sleeps in the bedroom, frisbee, and we close the door to our bedroom. And ash sleeps in his room. But the problem is, our dog, being seven pounds, our dog goes to the bathroom this is embarrassing as a man to say, our dog goes to the bathroom on a pad inside. Thats just how it goes. Im sorry to be the one to break it to you. And so what happens is, i have to let her out at like 2 00 in the morning, shell wake up and ill open the bedroom door, and shell go. And she has to go into the babys room and she goes into that bathroom, and then she just comes right back. And then when she comes back, i close the door. Well, anyway shes been taking i looked at the nanny cam while she was gone. And basically, she goes to the bathroom and then she just stands and just stares at the baby. [ audience aws ] this is some paranormal activity [ bleep ]. Oh, it gets creepier. [ laughter ] and then she just like, puts her head into the thing. And my wife and i were talking this morning and she was saying, doing . And i said, i think shes saying, you need to get the [ bleep ] out of here. [ laughter ] this place used to rule, and now its a hell hole. Get lost dude. [ light laughter ] this one im just going to see in my sleep every time i close my eyes. Look. [ laughter ] i guess we have the nanny cam set on devil. [ light laughter ] you should put it on the devil setting. As we mentioned yesterday, very govern as president. One way to glean what he might do is to look at his personnel choices. And when it comes to those personal choices there seems to be some internal divisions. For more on this its time for a closer look. . Seth remember trump had three Different Campaign managers over the course of the election. I guess, three is like a lucky number for him. And after a campaign, rife with internal divisions, the infighting seems to have continued into the trump transition. Transition turmoil. . Sources tell cnn that Donald TrumpsTransition Team is like a knife fight. Seth thats right a knife fight, and that might not be a metaphor. Rudy, chris, fight for my amusement. [ laughter ] now there already seem to be two centers of gravity in trump world right now. Youve got incoming chief of staff and elf on the shelf, reince priebus, who comes from the establishment wing, and then chief strategist steve bannon. Breitbart news. A website adored by white nationalists. And while the establishment may be relieved by the fact that priebus is the chief of staff, history indicates hell probably be less powerful than bannon. People in washington are comforted by the fact that priebus is chief of staff, and bannon is chief strategist. As if thats like a good thing. But i urge them to look back at the Bush Administration when andy card was the chief of staff, and karl rove had the bannon job. Who ware bannon is going to be number one in this white house. He will eat priebus for lunch. Seth are we sure he didnt already . [ laughter ] now, we told you about bannon yesterday, but republicans and democrats continue to criticize his appointment, given his ties to white nationalist. And the more information that comes out, the more troubling the appointment seems. Even conservative commentator, glenn beck, had this to say about bannon. Steve bannon, wants to burn it down. Hes a nightmare. Nationalists. Clear tie. He is a guy who has, wants to tear this system down, and replace it with a new system. He is a frightening no, no, no. He is a terrifying man. Seth you know the world has gone insane when glenn beck and Bernie Sanders are on the same page. [ laughter ] for them to be on the same page the book has to be one page long. [ laughter ] so far it seems, trumps closest advisers, just as during the campaign, will be three of his children. Ivanka, eric and don jr. This of course raises the question of conflicts of interest, because trumps children are also supposed to be running his Business Empire while he serves as president. You may recall that throughout the campaign, trump pledged to put his business in a blind trust to avoid conflicts of interest. Although he clearly didnt know what that term actually meant. If i become president i couldnt care less about my company. Run the company kids. Have a good time. So youll put your assets in a blind trust . I would put it in a blind trust, well, i dont know if its a blind trust if ivanka, don, and eric run it. But, is that a blind trust . I dont know. Seth i dont know . For a guy whos always talking about how good he is at business, he sure doesnt seem to understand basic business terms. Blind trust, no thank you. I would never trust a blind person. For one thing, they wear sunglasses inside. Thats very shady if you ask me. Children already seem to be seizing on the opportunity to make money from their fathers administration. Because as the New York Times reported last night, ivanka trump turned her appearance sunday on 60 minutes with her father, into a marketing opportunity for her line of jewelry. With one of her employees urging reporters to write about the 10,800 gold bangle bracelet, she wore during the interview. Did you hear that, disenfranchised White Working Class voters . For only 11,000 you can make your wrist great again. [ laughter ] trumps transition, is that theres infighting among his advisors. And there may not be a firm division between his presidency and business. And then theres what seems to be trump back pedaling on some of his Biggest Campaign promises. For example, if you caught trump on the campaign trail at all, and listened carefully you may remember some very subtle hints he had about a wall. [ laughter ] you might also remember trumps promise that mexico would pay for that wall. Well, apparently both of those flexible than trump made them out to be. Theyre talking about a fence in the republican congress. Would you accept a fence . For certain areas i would. But certain areas a wall is more appropriate. Im very good at this. Its called construction. But the fence will be so part wall, part fence . Could be could be some fencing. Newt gingrich speaking to a group of lawyers said this about building the wall. He said this, hell spend a lot of time controlling the border. He may not spend very much time trying to get mexico to pay for device. Seth a campaign device or in laymans terms a [ bleep ] lie. Hey [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] hey, honey now that were married im not going to give you a Beautiful House and the three children after all, that was an engagement device. [ laughter ] so a wall that mexico is going to pay for is now a fence that were going to pay for. Even worse, it turns out, that hat had an asteriks on it. Great, as in, no way a legally binding term, customers shall assume responsibility for all consequences and liability that may result from making America Great again. Also for every one person that perceives something as great, there will be 10 to 15 people that perceive it as bad or terrible. Offer void in america. [ laughter ] [ applause ] so already, he seems to be softening on some of his Biggest Campaign promises, but even if he does attempt to make radical changes, it wont be easy. As president obama argued yesterday. The federal government and our its a ocean liner. Seth thats reassuring. I mean, nothing bad ever happened to a massive ocean liner, right . [ laughter ] this has been a closer look. . [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with Billy Bob Thornton, everybody. . 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Very excited about this. Our first guest tonight is an from the fx series fargo. In such films as sling blade, monsters ball, and bad santa. You can see him in the sequel bad santa 2. Which opens in theaters november 23rd. Lets take a look. We all participate, volunteers and staff. If youre interested you could join us. Are you out of your [ bleep ] damn mind . I aint dancing around a bunch of candy canes and [ bleep ]. Because im all about the birth of christmas. You know the wise guys kicked the ejculate conception, and then the drummer who didnt have [ bleep ]. Giving him some perfume. And king midas or one of them threatened to cut the kid in half. Turn him into gold, and its a heavy deal for me. Pretty damn heavy. Are you talking about the true meaning of christmas . Exactly. Seth please welcome to the show Billy Bob Thornton, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] . Seth how are you . Not bad. Seth im really, really happy to have you here. Im glad to be here. Seth we were talking back stage. We have not seen each other in 15 years. 15 years. Seth the last time we saw each other was in this building. You hosted snl the thanksgiving episode 2001. Thats exactly right. Seth yeah. And we did some fun skits together. Seth we did some fun skits. And you were just a fledgling at the point. Seth i was i did not know and i was terrified. Seth you were and its weird thats so funny to hear because you do not ever give off, i think, a terrified vibe. Well let me tell you, that Live Television deal. I had had friends who were afraid of it too. Seth yeah. They said its really scary. Seth yeah. And they were right. Seth did you when it was over did you feel great relief . Yes it was exactly like you guys said it would be. You said all week long youre not going to know what youre doing. And were going to look like we dont know what were doing. And were not going to tell you what youre going to do. And the show is going to fly by and as soon as its over youre going to want to do it again. Seth yeah. And thats exactly what it was like. Seth that i think is yeah. Seth i hear that over and over again. It was fantastic. Seth so, this is very exciting for me. Usually when a movie like bad santa comes out there seems to be a sequel window. Right. Seth and it feels like were past the window and yet here we are now with bad santa 2. Thats right. Thats right. [ laughter ] seth but its very exciting because you have the original the kid, thurman is back, and hes a grown man. Yeah. Seth did you always was this something you were always planning on doing. Having a second one . We always talked about it. I mean, we were pretty sure we would make a sequel at some point but, you know, the studio kind of changed hands a couple of times. And then the studio came back in its new incarnation so once all the red tape was done they said you could we were clear to do one and all of that. And took three or four years to get the right story and the right script. Because we didnt want to just throw one out there, you know. Seth right. I think a lot of times when comedies have sequels they think different and yet the same . So they just make it broader. Seth sure. And we just made this one creepier. Seth i think your fans will enjoy it. Yeah. Seth well it is so funny you mention that its creepy but it also seems to have now entered that Christmas Movie canon of films that families will watch every year. Its like a modern miracle on 34th street with just awful people in it. Exactly. Seth yeah. Its got seth are you surprised at the age of people who have told oh yeah its shocking. I mean grandmothers come up to me all the time. You know, people i normally wouldnt mention the movie to. And they do it all the time. Sometimes ill be out, you know, in the Glendale Galleria as i do. Seth sure, yeah. And for the purposes of this story im at the Glendale Galleria. Seth gotcha. And like a little kid will say mommy thats bad santa. Like a little kid, you know. And im like what kind of parente seth thats not age appropriate. Yeah. Its weird. Seth is it true that sometimes people take issue with the fact that you have taken the sacred holiday of christmas and your film has ruined it. Yeah. Theres actually an instance on the first movie way back then. We were doing a q and a at some kind of film festival, i dont know where it was. But there was a lady in the back, a very severe school marm the name of santa and jesus and the bible . And a lot of things like that. She seemed pretty upset. Seth yeah. And i said well maam let me straighten a few things out here. First of all ive read the bible. Santa claus aint in it. I mean you can go all through it ecclesiastes and deuteronomy and all of it. Seth he doesnt even have a cameo. Nothing. Hes not in it. Nobody even talks about it. So santy claus is not in there and second of all, you know, im not playing santa claus. Seth yeah. All youve got to do is watch the movie. I dont play santa claus. I play a criminal who dresses up like santa claus. So in other word you know those bank robbery movies where a guy wears a Richard Nixon mask . Seth yeah. Same thing. Seth yeah. Right, people shouldnt stand up in the back and say Richard Nixon never robbed banks. Exactly, how do you feel about ruining the good name of Richard Nixon . Seth yeah. Also not in the bible. Interesting fact, Richard Nixon seth so you have a lot of the original cast and then some new people. We saw Christina Hendricks in that clip. And then kathy bates plays your mother in the film. Plays my mom, yes. Seth and i think we find out a lot about why youve turned into a bad person because she is a horrifying person. Absolutely. Seth maybe worse than you. Oh absolutely. No question about it. I mean, thats the thing about the new movie. This one pushed the raunchy stuff a little further. I mean its not, theres not more profanity in this one. Its just were more descriptive about things and also in terms of the emotion you actually find out why willy is the way he is. How he got the way he is and that kind of thing. At the end of the day hes an abused, neglected kid whos afraid to have anything or love anybody. So he drinks himself into the gutter. Seth there you go. Yeah. Seth perfect christmas story. Its a great christmas story. One some of us know very well. And by the way, your drummer, who you were talking about earlier, looks like joel cohen. One of the cohen brothers. Yeah. Seth yeah. Ill take that. Yeah. Seth i wanna we were talking backstage you are on this fantastic new show called goliath on amazon. Right. Seth which i really like. But also last, i guess now two years ago, or so you were in fargo. Weve been mentioning joel cohen. Right. [ cheers and applause ] seth a fantastic show. Thank you. Seth and i loved it for a lot of reasons but here is your this is a very unique look. Oh yeah. Seth for those that havent seen it. You play a cold hearted hit man and at when you thats a weird hair cut. Yeah. What happened was i got a bad hair cut. Seth in real life. Yeah, in real life. Seth by accident . Yeah. It was an accident. I didnt like it at all and of course i dyed my hair as you can tell. Its normally this color. But anyway so i looked at myself growing the beard out like that and i thought, you know what, this has an iconic look. Seth yeah. And thats something youre going to remember and if this cat comes out of the snow at you its like is this like one of the beatles, or something you know . Seth yeah. I thought it would be an interesting look for a killer. Seth and the thing i loved of course when you hosted snl you met the great lorne michaels. Thats right. Seth your killers name w seth i really enjoyed that there was a coldhearted killer named lorne. I want to ask about this as well. You ive heard you mention in interviews. That you and your daughter, whos 12 is that correct . Yes. Seth you guys watch my little pony together. [ laughter ] are you a fan of it . You know. Here goes my reputation. But, yes. Seth i put the coldhearted hit man first. Thats right. No, actually my daughter and i, we read my little pony books. Theres a its complicated we dont have time but theres the little kid version seth sure. Of my little pony but now theres this other version of it thats for older kids. Seth my little pony like after dark . Like what . Yeah, yeah. Exactly. But, we can go so many ways. Seth yeah. Found one of her old books recently and we started watching the show. Seth yeah. And the themes, actually underlying themes were pretty heavy. I mean like, there was one about like big brother and 1984 and all of that kind of thing, its really cool. So then they have this other show called equestria girls. Its the pony characters but theyre in another dimension and theyre now teenage girls who go to high school and guys, you know. Seth but like girl ponies. Theyre the same characters only now theyre girls theyre yeah. And so now that shes 12 we watch that mostly and she likes twilight sparkle. Seth okay. Do you have a favorite . I like rainbow dash and fluttershy because she talks like marilyn monroe. Seth right, right. Thats great. [ cheers and applause ] seth thats a nice thing for a father and daughter to do together. Absolutely. Seth thank you so much for being here. Lets not make it 15 years until we cross patga Billy Bob Thornton everybody. Bad santa 2 is in theaters november 24th. Well be right back with lily collins. . [ applause ] vo its black friday at verizon and people are ready. Because they know a deal is only as good as the network its on. Verizon gives you the best network and a lot more. Get our best smartphones for free. And the motoz droid. All absolutely free. 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[ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back everybody, our next guest is a talented actress whose new film, rules lets take a look. I feel, old. Old . I mean wouldnt you say in hollywood as a rule when youve been here as long as i have that you should have already more or less shown what you can do. Lets be honest. Maybe im not the right girl for this. I mean, arent you supposed to have big bosoms and be sexual and casual about everything. Im a square. I cant really act, i cant dance, i can write songs but i cant really sing. A Movie Actress should sing songs and not write them. Wouldnt you say thats true . This town arent those the rules . What . Come on, frank, you know the rules. Seth please welcome to the show lily collins, everybody. . [ applause ] im so happy. Finally. Seth finally. I feel like ive run into you over the past couple years and every time, its like please have me on. Seth i know, i beg you. I beg you. No, its me begging you. I just havent had something, i dont know. Seth im so sorry that i have said no every time. [ laughter ] its horrible. Seth i have this and i say, no i dont like that, come up with something better. Yeah, like its not really appropriate for our show. Seth yeah and im so glad this is. Seth this is so exciting as i feel like any actor involved in this project. This is the first film Warren Beatty has directed since bulworth and its a film he has i hear, you know, obviously he is someone who is a perfectionist and wants to get things just right. What was the audition process like to get a part that is so central to this . Well, it wasnt really an audition. Seth okay. I didnt think it was an audition. I guess it was kind of a life audition for warren. He had he had my agent call me and give me his phone number and told me to call him at home, which i thought was bizarre anyway. Seth yeah, right. So i called warren at home and i was like, oh my god, like what. And he was like, im just kidding. Whats up . [ laughter ] i was like okay, this has some really comedic tone. All right, were good. It went on like that for a couple of months. It was just phone calls and lunches and dinners. Sometimes at their house with their kids with annette and their kids. Sometimes wed go out for sushi or like italian and we ran into aaron sorkin and Kathryn Bigelow and we were just like, hey, whatre you doing. And we hadnt talked about the movie yet so i was just like, im just having lunch with warren. He never brought up the movie. Seth and i def i would think that if it a say hey, dude, whats going on . Yeah, like, why do you want to hang out . [ laughter ] seth right. I was just terrified that if i was the one to bring it up that either i wasnt supposed to know about it or he would be like, next. Seth right. So i was like hanging on for dear life. Seth and so was it like a weekend of shooting when you realized, oh, im in this movie . Kind of. [ laughter ] seth really . No, we did this for a couple of months and finally one day he was like, well, do you want to meet alden . And i knew alden had been attached for five years. Seth alden, your costar on my costar and i said, yeah id like to meet alden. And he goes, oh well do you want to just like read a couple of lines maybe out loud. And i was like, sure do you mean from the movie . [ laughter ] like the script that you made me read in your library locked away. Seth oh, so then so like the fifth meeting, he finally was like, heres the script. Go in my library and they closed all the doors and i had like little sticky notes and a pen and it was like take notes. And i was like, i havent even read the script yet. Like take notes . Like youre Warren Beatty what am i going to take notes on. Seth that would be great if he said what you think he was [ laughter ] i did have a lot of notes. Seth you did . Yeah, because i wanted to seem like i really, you know, i did my due diligence. Seth i want a library that i can make people go read my writing in. [ laughter ] right. Seth also, i want a library with enough doors that i can close all the doors. [ laughter ] i dont just want a one door library. There were a lot of doors and there was an intercom and occasionally it would be like the intercom would ring and be like, you doing okay in there . [ laughter ] i was like, where is it coming from . [ laughter ] yeah. I was like, is the script talking to me . Mylar that you basically tan with because he didnt want it to be photocopied. Seth oh wow. So id like sit there with my scripts like tanning. [ laughter ] so it was just crazy. Seth and this is a film about Howard Hughes and warren plays Howard Hughes and in scenes where he was directing and in them was he then directing as Howard Hughes . Yeah, which was so strange. I have never seen in a scene with an actor who is also the director, so i thought, this is going to get really confusing. And when hes just director, he is either sitting behind the monitor or sometimes hed sit right next to the camera. And be like sitting like this watching me and im like, i love you but like can you get out of my eye line please . Seth yeah. I cant really like alden is there and youre there and then when it would be warren and i in a scene though, he would talk as Howard Hughes and ask me to repeat things and be like, i cant im sorry i cant hear you. What was that . He was like, are you mad at me . And i was like, no. Hes like, are you mad at me . Do you want to get madder . Do you want to repeat that . And hed like get me really type of performance. Seth that is so its so intimidating to think of being directed by Warren Beatty. The idea of Warren Beatty as Howard Hughes is like beyond. Very intimidating but my character was super intimidated by him the whole time so i was just kind of like living along with my character. Seth thats perfect, thats a perfect way to go. And then annette benning, who is such a fantastic actor as well, she plays your mother in this film. Yes. Seth was it different for warren when his wife was on set . Was he a different director . It was interesting because this is the first time annette has been directed by warren and how interesting that was for her. But for us, it was really cool because so shes his wife and she really cares about him as a person. And, you know, on our first day of shooting, it was really hot out. And so theres one side where shes like, honey, do you have enough sunscreen on . Are you drinking enough water . And then wed all be sitting there and shes like, honey, your actors are getting tired, like, were ready to shoot now. [ laughter ] lets shoot. So we would shoot and then shes like, i think were done. [ laughter ] i think we got the scene. I think we did enough takes. Were really good and so on annette, please dont leave. Come back and visit. Like, whatre we going to do. And she was like, honey, just hold down the fort. You can do it. Im like, im not married to him. [ laughter ] i cant get away with everything you do. I want to be as polite as possible and just kind of like, do it but it was nice to have her around. [ laughter ] seth well and the work certainly turned out fantastic. Thank you. Seth congratulations on being in such a special film. Thank you. Seth its so great to have you here. Give it up for lily collins, everybody. Rules dont apply opening in theaters on november 23rd. Well be right back with dr. Sanjay gupta. [ cheers and applause ] . With this ring. You brighten my world. With this ring. You are my true love, my ideal. With this ring, i will love you. Forever. Kay jewelers is the only store to bring you. The visibly brighter leo diamond. Tolkowskythe firstever ideal cut diamond. Youll find all three only at kay, the number one Jewelry Store for. Yes . Every kiss begins with kay. . My name is yasmin beloosagie and i produce programs. 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[ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. Our next guest is cnns chief medical correspondent. Please welcome to the show dr. Sanjay gupta. [ applause ] . Seth how are you doing . Im doing great. Glad to be here. Seth i am so happy to have you here, i have to ask, you are one of the most recognizable doctors in the country. Does that mean that your life is constantly people coming up to you and asking for medical advice . Yes. That happens quite a bit. Seth sure. I i got a rash over here or Something Like that. Youre trying to catch your plane. [ laughter ] by the way, billy bob just now backstage. A couple of medical questions. [ laughter ] seth really . No lie. No lie. True. True. Seth billy bob wanted to take advantage of the free doctor. Doctor, can you [ laughter ] seth thats great and of course when youre at an airport, cnn is basically always on. Thats right. Seth so even if theyre not sure its you, they can just check a screen and verify it. [ laughter ] right. Seth but i would imagine worse would be once you get on your plane if the person sitting next to you recognizes you. Y Family History and all kinds of stuff. [ laughter ] but you know its im happy to do it, though. Im a doctor. So if people have medical questions i try to help as much as i can. What is interesting sometimes, youll appreciate this, i go out to dinner very occasionally with my wife and we dont get a chance to do that very much. And people will sometimes come up. Were having a dinner at a nice restaurant with table cloths and everything and somebody will come up and sorry to bother you but im wondering if i can ask you a question. And how its going down the leg and all this sort of stuff. This actually happened once and my wife was listening and i was watching her because i knew she was going to yell at me for some reason after this. [ laughter ] and she said, its an l4, 5 disk. She says to the guy. [ laughter ] i said, sweety, i think he was asking me. She said, i knew the answer so i went ahead and gave it. Seth she just like now has learned enough about the human body by being next to you. Is that basically whats happened . Yeah, i think thats what it is. Osmosis, you know, just in the middle of ni seth so you still do you still perform surgeries . I do. Seth well and ive always wanted to ask this as well. Ive heard that you have a play list of songs that you play during surgeries. I do. Seth and what are some of the songs that you like to play that you can hear before a surgery . I have so neurosurgeons do brain operations and we do spine operations so i have an opening for the brain surgery and brain surgery seth you have different play lists depending on if its brain or spine . Yeah, depending on brain or spine. Brain is more gentle and spine it depends, yes. But yeah, theres a story to my playlists seth when a party when im at a party thats getting really good, we put on dr. Sanjays spine mix. [ laughter ] thats right. The closing spine list, yes. Seth so what are some of the songs . Well i got fix you by coldplay. Seems like a good you know, fix you. Seth yeah, thats right. Seth comfortably numb, pink floyd. There you go, these are excellent surgery songs. [ laughter ] if im doing a tumor and im zeroing in on it, i like i can see clearly now by johnny nash. [ laughter ] seth fantastic. A tumor when a tumor hears that he st g thats right, exactly. Seth oh, here comes dr. Gupta. When were winding down, staying alive by the beegees. Seth oh really . Yes. Seth i will say this, if i woke up during a surgery and that was what you were rocking out to, i dont know how happy i would be. [ laughter ] i mean like, he needs a song . Well, better than another one bites the dust. Seth another one bites the nobody wants that. [ cheers and applause ] do patients ever ask you, do they ever say, hey id love to listen to some music. And before they drift off to sleep they can listen to whatever they want. Neurosurgeons, sometimes we do operation with patients awake as well. So they have very select tastes in terms of what they want. Some like classical music. Some people like just a more upbeat whatever makes them comfortable. Seth once they go out once they go under, do you turn off their music immediately and put your jams on. Yeah, pretty much. Then its us again. [ laughter ] seth yeah, youre like, i dont want to listen to this person anymore. They wont remember anything after. Seth so obviously we had this election last week. On very interesting in the medical community was, all of a sudden Recreational Marijuana was legalized in so many states. You were someone who originally did not think that was a good idea. Youve changed your mind. What lead to that . Well, you know, a Medicinal Marijuana. There were several states that voted on this and it got lost in this election but i think its very important. Seth yeah. I believe that marijuana can be a medicine and youre right for a long time i would look at the literature, im a very and when i would look at the data around medical marijuana in the past i didnt find it particularly compelling. But what i started to learn, seth, was that if you looked at all the studies, what you came to learn was that most of the studies were designed to look for harm as opposed to designed to look for benefit. So 94 of the studies over a five year period were designed to look for harm as opposed to benefits. So the whole system was sort of looking for that harm as opposed to saying this could be a legitimate medicine. World and went to other countries. I started to look at laboratories that were not funded by the u. S. Government and a different picture started to emerge. I mean i used to believe that people in favor of Medicinal Marijuana were just malingering and wanting to get high. Seth yeah. But the truth is that i think for certain people not only does it work, it can be the only thing that works and it would be immoral perhaps even to withhold that. If its a therapy, i think it could actually benefit people. Like florida, arkansas, wouldnt have dreamed five years that they would pass Medicinal Marijuana in some of these states and now its happening. Seth and so this seems like a wave that is not going to be turned back and were basically going to be a country that has legal Medicinal Marijuana in all 50 states it seems impossible to still have a federal prohibition on medical marijuana. We do, we still have it. Seth yeah. But it seems it just seems improbable that it exists. What i will tell you, seth, is that this by the people, not the fda. Typically all the medications you have are approved by the fda and that can be a good system but the people in this case have said, look, we dont know why this substance has been demonized. We dont know why its landed in the place that its landed but it can help people and states all across the country are voting on it. And again, i switched my mind on this after looking at the data and i just encourage other people to do the same thing. Seth all right, excellent. Thats very exciting news. Donald trump ran on was this repealing and replacing of obamacare. What is your as a doctor, how do you feel about where obamacare is right now and the risk of it going away. You know, its an amazing thing. We have 20 million or so more people who have Health Care Insurance that didnt before. I think that if you are a martian traveling to earth and looking at it youd say, wow that is an incredible thing. We have an Incredible Health care system in the uni and for so long people who really needed it, didnt have access to it and now 20 million more people do. I mean that i think that everyone agrees that thats a good thing. The concern i think now and we dont know as youve been pointing out nightly on your show. We dont know exactly where this is going. Seth right. So its hard to speculate but seth thats why we have Medicinal Marijuana. [ laughter and applause ] thats the real reason. Seth yeah, exactly. But, you know, its interesting to me, if you look at some of the plans that have been put forth, you could run actually be spending tens of billions of dollars more money and insuring millions fewer people and regardless of politics, your partisanship, whatever it may be, how is that a good idea . How is it good to spend more money and get even less for it in the name of politics . I dont think any doctor, i dont think anybody thinks thats a good idea. Seth yeah, well hopefully common sense will prevail because its certainly there have been faults. I dont think anyone says its a perfect system but no one can 20 million more people are receiving Health Insurance and thats a good thing. Yeah, i think so and youre right, its still a very expensive system. We still have a long ways to go in terms of improving the Health Overall of the country, we still have a long way to go. But, you know, you talk about going backwards. What does going backwards really mean . Everyone is saying that throwing that term around. Seth sure. This could be what it means. Going backwards could mean that we spend even more money and ensure even fewer people. I hope that doesnt happen. I loved having you here. Thank you so much, doctor. Thank a lot. Appreciate it. Seth dr. Sanjay gupta, everybody. Well be right back. [ applause ] . . Mapping the oceans. Where we explore. Protecting biodiversity. Everywhere we work. Defeating malaria. Improving energy efficiency. Developing more clean burning natural gas. My job . My job at exxonmobil . Turning algae into biofuels. Reducing Energy Poverty making cars go further with less. Fueling the global economy. And you thought we just made the gas. . 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