That was arsenio, hes gone now. [ laughter ] well, thanks for joining us on what has been an unusual week for us here at our show. If youve been watching over the past few days, and you havent, ive found myself in the middle of a battle over American Health care. After my son billy had open heart surgery at the end of april, the senator bill cassidy from louisiana came on our show, made some promises and assurances that he did not keep. The rope i had him on the show in the first place is because he started telling people that any plan he supports would have to pass what he called the jimmy kimmel test. And then he teamed up with senator Lindsey Graham to write a bill that most definitely does not pass that test. It doesnt protect people from having their rates jacked up for preexisting conditions, doesnt prevent Insurance Companies from putting lifetime caps on how much theyll spend on a person with medical issues, it cuts a huge amount of money, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars in Health Care Funding. And americans understandably, especially, do not like the idea of being priced out of insurance for a preexisting condition. So the president got involved last night. Via twitter, of course. He wrote, i would not sign Graham Cassidy if it did not include coverage of preexisting conditions, it does, a great bill, repeal and replace. Which those are the key words, repeal and replace. Because for donald trump, this isnt about the Graham Cassidy bill, its about getting rid of obamacare which he hates, primarily because obamas name is on it. He likes to have his name on things. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] buildings, you name it. And at this point he would sign anything if it meant getting rid of obamacare. Hed sign copies of the koran at the barnes noble in fallujah if it meant he could get rid of obamacare. And then after i accused bill cassidy of not telling the truth, the president wrote a tweet of support for him personally. Senator doctor bill cassidy is a class act who really cares about people and their health care, he doesnt lie, he just wants to help people. I tweeted back, thats great news, mr. President , does that mean hell vote against the horrible bill he wrote . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i know you wont find this surprising. I still havent heard back on that. [ laughter ] lindsay graham, the senator who cowrote the bill, said donald trump is focused like a lacer on health care. Im guessing he means hes focused in the same way cats on youtube are focused on lasers, chase it around. I guarantee he doesnt know anything about this Graham Cassidy bill. He doesnt know the difference between medicare and medicaid. He barely knows the difference between melania and ivanka. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this morning senator cassidy, theres a lot ofible in this, he went on fox news to fight back. He again said that i dont understand what im talking about because we havent spoken for a year, which is not true, he was on my show four months ago. But i dont know what the point of speaking to him is. We spoke, he told me one thing, he did another, are we supposed to do that again . People tell me give him the benefit of the doubt and i do give him the benefit the doubt i doubt all the benefits he claims are part of the new Health Care Bill. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but i do want to say about bill cassidy, i do admire what hes done with most of his life. Hes a doctor, gastroenterologist, founded a community clinic, hes done good thing. I want him to keep doing good things, this plan is not a good thing. His supporters say, hes a doctor, what do you know . To them i say, all of these very reputable organizations American Diabetes association, american medical association, american cancer society, american heart association, the list goes on and on, all of these groups populated by doctors say this Health Care Bill is bad. Theyre against it. We havent seen this many people come forward to speak out against a bill since cosby. Okay . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i mean, they claim as the president did it protects people with preexisting conditions. But it doesnt guarantee them protection. All you need to know is this is how the Vice President himself dodged that question this morning on fox and friends. You have folks like jimmy kimmel, theyre worried about the preexisting condition thing, because this will be up to the governors to decide how the money is disberzed, who gets coverage, every state will determine whats best for their folks. But with that, can you guarantee that these governors will make sure preexisting conditions will corner . Thomas jefferson said, government that governs least governs best. Who do you think will be more responsive to the Health Care Needs in your community . Your governor and your state legislature . Or a congressman and a president and inn a faroff Nations Capital . Jimmy is neither an option . Because i would pick that. [ laughter ] im pretty sure i think he told us we cant trust the president. His argument, their argument that is its better to put these decisions in the hands of the states. And have you seen some of our states . If florida could make their own decisions, it would be legal to bring an alligator into a strip club, okay . [ laughter ] [ applause ] that doesnt even take into account the maybe 200 billion in Health Care Funding the bill would cult. Even if they did get to decide, that money would go away. A lot of people have been saying im not qualified to talk about this and that is true, im not qualified to talk about this. But i think those people forget, bill cassidy named this test after me. Am i supposed to just be quiet about that . Some of these characters they drag out of the swamp to defend this. This morning fox had the other senator from louisiana, john kennedy, no relation as you will clearly see [ laughter ] this is what he had to say about me. Our biggest opponents appear to be at this point senator Bernie Sanders and jimmy kimmel. Bernie is bernie. I dont know mr. Kimmel, hes a funny guy, but i dont think anybody would confuse him with a wellrespected health care expert. I wouldnt take advice from Charlie Sheen either. [ laughter ] jimmy listen, lady. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i dont know how many times i have to say it. Im not pretending to be an expert, im asking why people like you arent listening to actual experts like the american medical association. [ cheers and applause ] and by the way, the fact that Charlie Sheen is still alive means he probably knows more about health care than any of us do. [ laughter ] [ applause ] but i understand the gist. I should not be the guy you go to for information on health care. And if these guys, like inbred john kennedy, would tell the truth for a change, i wouldnt have to. I see these comments from these angry people, they say what qualified you to talk about this stuff . Youre a comedian, go back to being not funny. And i feel like its my duty to remind these people, who are so concerned about my qualifications, the guy you voted for for president . His job qualification was this. Meatloaf, youre fired. Jimmy okay . He fired meatloaf on television. Then you put him in the white house. Im going to say it again. Its more important than ever to call your senators and tell them not to gut American Health care, not to turn their backs on people with preexisting conditions. [ cheers and applause ] this number will direct you to your senator. Call him or her. Encourage your friends and family to call. Let me know how it goes. We have until september 30th to try to dodge this bullet. Meanwhile, you remember sean spicer, former white house stress secretary . Hes been getting around. After his controversial spot on the emmys sunday, sean sat down with paula faris of gma where he finally opened up. Lets talk about the russia issue which seems to be plaguing the presidency. Has the mueller team reached out to you . Im not going to discuss that issue at all. Were you hired a lawyer . Im not going to discuss that issue at all. You havent been subpoenaed . Im not going to discuss that issue at all. Have you heard in the white house mueller should be fired . Im not going to discuss that issue at all. Have you spoken with the president about your cameo . Im not going to discuss that issue at all. Do you think you have a credibility issue, sean . Im not going to discuss that issue at all. Jimmy is your name sean . We have a very good show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ] senator al franken and halle berry are with us tonight. Aahhhhhhh jimmy can i help you . Hello en im frankenberry and im your special guest tonight on the jimmy kimmel show. Jimmy no, no, no. Tonights guests are al franken and halle berry. Laugh lau [ laughter ] i dont know, i think there was a mistake. Oh, well. Isnt this embarrassing. Yeah. Boy, isnt my face pink. Jimmy yeah, it is. Yeah. Well, can i interest you in some strawberryflavored marshmallows . Theyre part of a nutritious breakfast. Jimmy actually, theyre not. But yeah, i will i would like those, thank you very much. Ill have a bowl. All right. Thank soth much. Did someone say nutritious breakfast . Mm [ cheers and applause ] jimmy count chocula. What are you doing here . I came here to see al franken and halle berry. Jimmy oh, all right. You know what, i like these better. Just have a seat over there, im so sorry. Everyone likes them better. Jimmy im so sorry. Im so sorry. [ cheers and applause ] were going to take a break. Theres Nothing Better than these, i mean, really. This is why we need health care. [ laughter ] all right, were going to take a break. Al franken and halle berry are here tonight. And when we come back, guillermo wrote some jokes today. Were a little shorthanded. Im going to share those jokes when we return, so stick around, well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] oh, you brought butch. Yeah butch growls at man hes looking at me right now, isnt he . Yup. butch barks at man butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. laughs vo you can never have too many faithful companions. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. 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And our office is about half too. We have some jewish writers here. I know, were the only show that [ laughter ] allows it, were very inclusive around here. Were a little shorthanded when it came to jokes today so i asked guillermo to help out. He did this for us last year and it was really, really good. We asked him to do it again this year. [ cheers and applause ] bring me the jokes. Thank you. You wrote these by yourself . Guillermo yes. Jimmy there you go, all right. Im just going to read them. Today is Rosh Hashanah. You spelled it wrong. Ive been waiting for this day to celebrate it and get drunk with jewish people. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] have you ever been in a comedy room . You know the writers are the only ones that clap at their own jokes. [ laughter ] today is thursday and we have in the show halle berry. Is a great way to close the week of shows. I always been choking and always have problem with my diets. If halle berry ask me to loose weight i will for sure and for her i will become a houseman. [ cheers and applause ] theres one about the president. Donald trump wants to build the wall and he wants mexicans to pay for it. We hardly wants to pay for groceries and beers already do you think we want to pay for stinky wall . No way, jose. [ cheers and applause ] one more about halle berry. I think halle berry is beautiful, she is sweet, hot, and she can keep any man awake all night. [ laughter ] thats not a jek by the way. Guillermo no i think its true. Jimmy i think we might need security to protect halle berry from security. Guillermo no, no, no problem. Jimmy okay, these can go back over there. Thank you, guillermo. [ cheers and applause ] very well done. Heres something for those of you who, like me, are fans of the show game of thrones. Hbo is reportedly developing five game of thrones prequel shows, to make sure we never leave home on a sunday night again. Theyre being very secretive about what specifically they plan to do. But apparently in the prequel, autumn comes instead of winter. And the dragons go applepicking. [ laughter ] so thats good news. Well have more game of thrones characters to keep track of. Autumn really is coming tomorrow. Tomorrows the first day of fall, that magical time of the year here in Southern California where we switch our alerts over from wildfire to mudslide. [ laughter ] and in honor of fall, we went out on the street today with a leaf blower and a slowmotion camera and we asked people out there to open wide and welcome it. Happy fall [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, thank you, thank you. Happy fall to you too. One more thing. Its thursday night which means its time to bleep and blur the big tv moments of the week whether they need it or not. It is this week in unnecessary censorship. [ cheers and applause ] writers use all the tools at their disposal to grab the audience by a [ bleep ] and [ bleep ] them off on an emotional journey. I didnt know i loved [ bleep ]. The president fan cies himself as a disrupter. He came here to [ bleep ] things up. I have to say this about the king. He is a very fine gentleman. A very nice man. Hes also a great, great [ bleep ]er. There will be money in your state to help lower your premiums and provide coverage. And by the way, we [ bleep ]ed those with preexisting conditions. So [ bleep ]. The jimmy kimmel test miserably. Women cannot find out if they have an increased risk of i dont know, i got a little [ bleep ] in my throat all of a sudden. I want to [ bleep ] the brave men and women. One of my earliest emmys is being [ bleep ]ed by a clown at the circus. He just flew up to it was a goat and started just [ bleep ]ing it. Five weeks ive been [ bleep ]ing this, im down 12 pounds. Lets see your head. I cant feel your [ bleep ]. Its down here today mine too [ cheers and applause ] jimmy tonight on the show, senator al franken is here and well be right back with halle berry dicky portions of Jimmy Kimmel Live are brought to you by toys r us. Check out this years hottest toys at toysareus. Com hottoys. To sit idly by, or watch from the stands. We are here. For one reason. To leave. A mark. Lexus high performance. With 5. 0liter v8s and sport directshift transmissions. Experience a shift in the natural order. Experience amazing. Tmobiles unlimited now includes netflix on us. Thats right, netflix on us. Get four unlimited lines for just forty bucks each. Taxes and fees included. And now, netflix included. So go ahead, binge on us. Another reason why tmobile is americas best unlimited network. You each drive a ford all yes. Ght . Im going to show you a next generation pickup. Awesome. Lets do this. The bed is made of highstrength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. Stronger the better. 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Please welcome halle berry. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy how are you . Im fantastic. Jimmy you look beautiful. Oh my god. Jimmy what . Look at you. Jimmy what happened . [ laughter ] oh, this is about my beard . You have a beard. Jimmy i do still have the beard and ill tell you why. Because i think the first night i wore it on the air, because usually i shave, i came back from vacation and you told me you liked it. And then people were telling me, you need to shave the beard. And i was like, well, halle berry said she liked it. You should keep that for of you look so good. Jimmy i will keep it forever. I will be buried in this beard. You reached a milestone i think yesterday. On instagram, you got your 2 millionth follower. I did. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and to celebrate that milestone yay i dont know how these things happen. Jimmy you posted a picture. You posted this picture. [ laughter ] did you decide, i need to post the moment number 2 million signed up . Or how did this come to pass . Thats the moment i heard it happen, thats what i was doing. [ laughter ] jimmy and do you always wear a fur coat into the toilet . I was on my way going somewhere. As a woman you get all dressed and youre ready to go youre having your has it little drink, oh, i gotta pee jimmy i see, i dont think thats unique to women, i think that works for men as well. You guys dont do it like that together. Jimmy it looks like were having a little drink together. Hello, how are you up there . [ applause ] heres the thing. I know i just got on instagram a little over a year ago. I know how this works. So i had to make sure that you could see absolutely nothing. Jimmy you have to be very careful. Because i knew, when i first did it, there was a little bit of there was a dark spot like right under, right between where my legs come together. I thought, somebody is going to super impose some lips. [ laughter ] and say, i see vagina jimmy hello, how are you . I just got those hairs down a little longer. Its the only picture ive ever photoshoped on all my instagrams because i am not going to give somebody that opportunity. Jimmy who took that picture by the way . Thats a secret. Jimmy a secret. Your team didnt burst into the bathroom and take this photograph . My daughter took it actually. Im just kidding. Its a secret who took that picture. Jimmy the kids like it . The kids havent seen it, but they see me doing that all the time. Theyre not that impressed. Jimmy you guys dont have doors at the house . No, we dont. Jimmy no doors, really . No doors on the bathroom . Not in my not in my bathroom we dont. Jimmy not in your bathroom. They walk am and see me like that all the time. Jimmy thats interesting to not have a door in your bathroom. Liberating. Jimmy is it liberating . It is. Jimmy in what way . Just because. You know whoevers in there has to be a part of it. [ laughter ] whether they like it or not. Jimmy have you i was thinking about you today, have you ever had a regular job . Like, you know, at a store or Something Like that . Yeah. I did. I was a bartender once. Jimmy you were . Before i started acting, i wasnt even old enough to be a bartender. Jimmy where were you living at the time . I dont even know if i want to say the city i was living in. Jimmy really . Big city. 19 years old. Jimmy 19 years old. You cant drink so you cant be a bartender, i guess. Were you good . Did you know how to do it . I wasnt very good. But i ended up being good because i would just ask the people, so okay, what do you want . Sex on a beach. I would say, interesting. What is in a sex in a beach . They would tell me. I would just start pouring. Id put way too much alcohol in everything. So imagine the tips i got. [ laughter ] but i lost my job in about three months. Jimmy did you really . You were wasting the companys money . They were going through liquor like you cant believe. Jimmy they were okay with the fact that youre underage, but the fact that youre pouring too much lick colorado they didnt know about that either, i had a fake i. D. Jimmy what was the name of this place . Can you tell us that . Chilis. Jimmy what . [ laughter ] not the chain chilis, another chilis. Jimmy like chili the food . Or chilly, whoo, its freezing . Chilly, whoo, its freezing. It was in a certain windy city. Jimmy lets not say which, though. Is it still there . Have you ever been back . I dont know, thats why i dont want to say. Jimmy i think theyd be okay. I think the statute of limitations. Were going to come back, talk about this new movie kings man youre part of. Halle berry, everybody. 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So how is everyone . Find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. Have you ever wanted to do more than this . Are you serious . Yeah. This is vital. Without us, theyd be lost. I know, but you know what i mean. Get out there in the field. Well, have you ever asked . Of course i have. But every time an agents position has come up, whiskey has voted against me. No yeah. Wait, wait, look, check it out. Jimmy that is halle berry in kings man the Golden Circle. It opens tomorrow. Correct me if im wrong. But are you playing an i. T. Person in that . I am. [ laughter ] jimmy we had a whole thing going on with a guy in the audience here. I saw that, yes. Jimmy hes in the i. T. Business, yeah. Got to get a pair of those glasses. Jimmy you do have to get the glasses, maybe thats why youre still unemployed. Were going to get him glasses, were going to get him a job. Shes a computer geek nerd. Jimmy also a secret agent as well . What you find out in the course of this movie is jimmy oh, okay, is that ive ruined it . No. Theres a little secret behind those glasses and that persons eyes. Theres Something Else waiting for her that you dont really find out. You have to watch the movie to find out. Jimmy can we say your characters name in the movie . Yes, her name is ginger ale. [ laughter ] jimmy everybody has a code name in the kings man movie. Pedro pascal is whiskey, Channing Tatum is tequila, jeff bridges is champagne, we call him champ. So were named after a distillery. Ginger ale, im a mixer, so i go with all of them. Jimmy i see. Thats a good name for your character. Youve had good names for your characters over the years. I thought id give you a quiz to see if you can remember your characters names from various movies. Oh, god. Jimmy we call this name that you. Are you ready to play . [ cheers and applause ] all right, lets start off, lets go to the wall. Well start easy, okay . Yes. We know the name of this character. Oh, cat woman. Jimmy cat woman, that is correct. [ cheers and applause ] do you remember oh, you revealed. Patience phillips. Jimmy yeah, yeah. Next character from the movie die another day. That is jinx. Jimmy jinx is absolutely correct. [ cheers and applause ] next, from monsters ball. That is laticia. Jimmy that is absolutely correct. [ cheers and applause ] i dont know why im impressed. I dont know the last name. Jimmy musgrove was the last name. They never have last names in my mind. Jimmy next movie, executive decision. From 1996. Do you remember . Oh, i dont know. Debbie . She looks like a debbie. [ buzzer ] jimmy not a debbie. That is a jean. Oh my god. Jimmy yes. All right. She looks like a debbie. Jimmy how about this one from the flintstones . Oh, this is rosetta stone. Jimmy oh, almost. It was miss sharon stone. No, was it . It was rosetta. Jimmy was it . This is wrong, you guys are wrong. They modeled the character after sharon stone but her name was rosetta. Jimmy well, a lot of people are going to be fired after the show. [ laughter ] suffice it to say. That is rough. Jimmy all right, lets go to the next one. The next one is . I hope this is right. From gothika. I have no idea. Jimmy you have no idea. I dont have a clue. Jimmy this is dr. Miranda grey. Wow, youve been in a lot of movies, yeah, thats hard to remember. Lets go for another one. This one is the call. Karla . [ buzzer ] no wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait jimmy ill give you a hint, the greatest basketball player of alltime. Jordan jimmy jordan . Jordan. I dont know her last name. Jimmy jordan is correct, yes, thats right. [ cheers and applause ] im terrible jimmy we only have 30 more. [ laughter ] this is not fair. Jimmy lets do one more. Here we go. This is from is this from b. A. T. B. A. P. S. . Do you remember the name of this character . I do, this is nisi somebody. Jimmy this is true, nisi had no last name. You did pretty well. Do you feel like you did well . No, i suck. Jimmy i have one more thing i want to sew you. Apparently you know al franken, huh . Because this is a hell of a photo right there. Do you remember have any memory of this day . Nope. [ laughter ] jimmy this man is a United States senator now. [ laughter ] are you sure thats me . Jimmy im sure thats you. Its the him part were not exactly positive of. Its very, very good to see you. The movie is called kingsman the Golden Circle. It opens tomorrow. Halle berry, everybody thank you, halle. Well be right back with senator al franken [ cheers and applause ] buy the galaxy note8 and choose free accessories up to 229. Liz assumed all dressingsrust were made equal. Assume nothing. Just like the leading brands, these kraft dressings are made with high quality ingredients, at a price you can feel good about. No wonder kraft is so good. Schick hydro ® vs a lube strip. 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Sometimes you give me hope for the future. I want to thank you for what youve been doing. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, thats not and, you know, usually i dont like it when comedians get involved in politics. [ laughter ] but when you did that, the monologue after your son billy was born and by the way, it was one of the least funny monologues ive seen you give. [ light laughter ] jimmy oddly, it wasnt. But it was important. It was very important. And probably the most important monologue youve done. Because or at least up to that time. Because youd never given an important monologue before. [ laughter ] jimmy that is true, i hadnt. Anyway. So but it really was important. Because it sort of laid out what the stakes are in health care. Jimmy yes. And especially now vr that we are seeing this last iteration of trumpcare. And, you know i think its officially called the screw you billy kimmel act. Jimmy that is what theyre calling it . No, no, its Graham Cassidy. Jimmy which sounds like a fox news anchor, Graham Cassidy. It does. Jimmy somebody who won a beauty pageant in florida. In the south they use last names as first names. Jimmy yes, right, exactly. They do. But the stakes here are so high. For example, preexisting conditions. You mentioned this in your monologue. Jimmy right. Right now you cannot be youre protected if you have a preexisting condition, you cant be prejudiced against. You have a certain essential health benefits. Like hospitalization and prescription drugs and mental health, et cetera. You have you cant have lifetime limits. Before obamacare they used to have lifetime limits and you could go through your cap, theyd have these caps, then no more. Jimmy and that is so crazy if you think about it. Well, it was so terrible for kids like jimmy like my son. Like your son billy, whose dad isnt cashing, you know, old man show checks. Jimmy right, right. [ laughter ] you know . Jimmy by the way, were working on the old man show right now. Right, thats right. Jimmy yeah, because he could potentially, at like by the time hes 10 years old, he could have already hit his lifetime cap. And then for the rest of his life, hes kind of on his own. Medicaid. This thing ends medicaid as we know it. You know . It block grants it, which is a technical term, but basically cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from medicaid. I had a medicaid event in minnesota a few months ago. And we had a young man there named brandon, 20 years old. He had been born very premature. He weighed about 1. 5 pounds, a little bit more, when he was born. Doctors saved his life. But the care they gave him in the first couple of days was about was over 1 million. Jimmy wow. And the parents were terrified at this cost. And the nurses took her aside and said, were taking care of you, we got him enrolled in medicaid. And medicaid is needbased. So he now, brandon, came to that event. And hes 20 years old. He has cerebral palsy, walks with a walker. Hes had 37 surgeries. He just told us he had finished his First College course, got an aminus in it. And there were 200 people at this event. He was the person there that i was least worried about. He was so resilient. I know hes going to do great. And if we keep obamacare and we have to make changes to it, and we should do that in a bipartisan way, and were beginning to do that. He will be a happy geriatric. And so will billy, hell an happy geriatric. [ cheers and applause ] thats what this is about. One of my colleagues yesterday was asked about this bill, republican colleague, who i like a lot. Hes a friend of mine. But he said, there are ten reasons to vote against jimmy Chuck Grassley said this . Yes. There are ten reasons to vote against this bill, i gave you three. Really big reasons. Jimmy this is a bill hes planning to vote for. He said, but the one reason to vote for it is that we promised to repeal obamacare. And thats a political reason. Look. Jimmy this is the promise they want to keep, i mean thats pretty crazy. I have the seat that Paul Wellstone held. Paul was a friend of mine, he died in a plane crash 2002. He said this. He said about politics, politics isnt about winning for the sake of winning. It isnt about money, it isnt about power. Its about improving peoples lives. And thats what health care is about. And so you shouldnt be voting for something because you made a political promise, if there are a whole bunch of other people, millions of people who are going to be hurt. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy it seems very reasonable. It doesnt seem hard to understand. Everybody knows somebody with a preexisting condition. Everyone does. And thats why and those people should be calling. They should be making their voices heard. The people here in the audience, the people at home. This makes a difference. So they should make their voices heard. This makes a tremendous difference. They only have about a week to do this. Jimmy yeah. They have until acceseptembe 30th, the end of next week for all intents and purposes. Weve got to stop this from happening. Lets take a break. Senator al franken is here. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] facing an epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. Vanessa in honor of september being recovery month, we want you to know that recovery from addiction is possible, but you need to know the signs. They can be hard to spot social withdrawal, financial problems, irritability. Christie if you see these signs occurring together or suddenly, you may have cause for concern. The signs you spot today. Vanessa . Could save a loved one tomorrow. Christie call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Throughout history, the one meal when we come together, break bread, share our day and connect as a family. [ bloop, clicking ] and connect, as a family. Just, uh one second voice guy. [ bloop ] huh . Hey . I paused it. Bam, family time. So how is everyone . Find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. Jimmy al franken, the senator from minnesota, is here with us. This is his book, al franken, giant of the senate. Its very interesting. Its very, very funny. Why did you write this book . Well, you know, to answer the question i get asked probably more than any other question. Jimmy which is what . Which is, is being a senator as much fun as working on saturday night live . And the answer is, no [ laughter ] why would it be . But its the best job ive ever had. And ill tell you why. Its the best job ive ever had because of exactly what were talking about today. Because you get to improve peoples lives. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and do you feel like you are able to effect change, because we have this situation where somehow weve managed to get the country to the point where its like just exactly divided. Jimmy half and half. Seems like its very hard to get anything done. It is, but every once in a while we do. Right before Mitch Mcconnell pulled the plug on this, we in the health committee, the Health Education labor and pension committee, were working in a very bipartisan way to try to improve the exchanges in the Affordable Care act, to lower the costs of them. And we had bipartisan hearings, we had governors from five states, three republicans, two democrats. We had five insurance commissioners. We did this over two weeks. People were agreeing on everything. And then we got the plug pulled because of this damn thing. Which is about just President Trump wants a victory. And, you know remember he said that no one knew that health care was complicated . Jimmy yeah, nobody knew that, yeah. This is the kind of intellectual rigor [ laughter ] behind this. Jimmy nobody knew. He expected he was going to waltz in and get rid of obamacare. Its going to be easy, everything is going to be easy. Jimmy its really remarkable. Are you nervous about being on the west coast now that kim jongun is making insults . Yes, you know, i dont think he has the warhead weaponized, but this is my last trip out here. [ laughter ] jimmy it is, yeah. Youre leaving tonight. Yeah. Im going to mississippi. Minnesota is right on the mississippi. Jimmy you guys will be fine. Im very comfortable there. [ laughter ] jimmy do you ever find yourself in situations where you really want to Say Something funny, like during a hearing for a Supreme Court justice . You want to make a joke, you did make a couple of jokes. But you say, you know what i should just keep that inside. At this point. All the time. [ laughter ] jimmy you make sketches of your colleagues. That is a little doodle of jeff sessions, right . That was jeff sessions. Actually during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Jimmy did he see this doodle . What happened was a photographer took a picture of me drawing that. And it got into newsweek for some reason. Then i brought it to his office and said, the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee in command. Thats what i wrote, the caption. He framed it and stuff. Jimmy he liked it . Now look how bad he is. [ laughter ] jimmy ted cruz. [ cheers and applause ] does ted like that . Ted, i have a line in the book which is that i say, this is the thing you should know about ted cruz. I probably like ted cruz more than most of my colleagues like ted cruz, and i hate ted cruz. [ laughter ] jimmy by the way, yesterday during rehearsal i was looking at bill cassidy. I drew a little picture. Thats good. Jimmy i did a little bill cassidy. Maybe you would give this to him. [ cheers and applause ] if you see him. I have a feeling he will not be hanging that in his office or home. Well, thank you so much for being here, senator. Thats breaking. Jimmy thank you very much. Thats al franken. This is his book called giant of the senate. Theres a lot of great stuff in here. 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