[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. hi, everyone. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. to those of you who are visiting, welcome to los angeles, california, which as of today is the official home of the summer olympics in 2028. that's right. [ cheers and applause ] the lilks will be in paris in 2024, l.a. in 2028, which is very exciting. president kid rock himself will be here for the opening ceremonies. [ laughter ] the u.s. dwell gation originally wanted to have the olympics in boston and that seemed to be the plan, until think realized they had very little local support. people in boston didn't want them. but here they did a poll, they found that 83% of l.a. residents approve of hosting the olympics. although it's important to keep in mind 83% of l.a. residents also approve of gluten-free pizza, so we really can't be trusted. [ laughter ] get ready, we can in just 11 short years, we can look forward to seeing the greatest athletes in the world stuck next to us on the 405. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] we have an olympic-caliber program for you tonight. sean spicer is here with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] you may remember his hit reality show "i'm a press secretary, get me out of here." this will be sean's first television appearance since he escaped from, i mean resigned from, the trump administration. i feel like i'm interviewing one of the chilean miners. still has the helmet on. also tonight the surprise winner of the u.s. open, the american underdog sloan stevens is here. [ cheers and applause ] a spicer and a slicer tonight. first i want to update you on ted cruz. ted cruz is having a tough week. monday night the senator's official twitter accou account @tedcruz liked a very graphic clip from an adult film titled "moms bang teen 20." without any kind of spoiler alert for us who didn't see the 19 in the series. he was embarrassed, called it a staffing issue which is a term no human ever uses. even though he made a statement there were still a lot of questions. to clear things up, today ted sat down with dana bash of cnn to explain in detail exactly what happened. >> have you identified the staffer? you know who it is? >> we have looked into it, yes, we identified it. we pulled it down. it was an honest mistake. it wasn't malicious, it wasn't deliberate, it was a screw-up. >> is the staffer being punished? >> we have talked with the staffer. it's not going to happen again. it was a screw-up. >> can you tell me the staffer's name? >> i'm not going to out the fellow. i mean, this -- we're -- we have dealt with it indiddally but i'm not going to throw someone under the bus. >> can you definitively say that it wasn't you? >> it was not me and it's not going to happen again. this was a screw-up. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. it was him, right? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] if he was my teenage son i'd say, yeah, it was you, you did it. this is embarrassing. denny's. john denny's has the grand slam breakfast. they've had it for many years. but to promote them, they had some animated characters drawn up. they have a little cartoon pancake, they've got a little cartoon egg, bacon. the item that's getting attention right now is this. this is -- denny's says this is a sausage. at one point maybe it was. [ laughter ] now it's just a health code violation. i don't know. how this happened? with all the people, the lawyers, all the meetings, these companies, how does that make it through? [ laughter ] i like to imagine someone on the marketing team said, hey, you know what, this kind of looks like a poop. another guy is like, you know what let's just put a hat on it, it will be fine. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this character's been around for $years and people just noticed it. i tell you something, you really dropped the ball here, internet. this is what you do. if you can't handle this maybe we have to go back to gangnam style. this is the worst ad since "what can brown do for you." you know how things haven't been going so great between us and north korea relationship-wise, a rough patch? they're not getting any better any time soon. the u.n. security council this week approved a new round of sanctions against north korea and they're severe. they're taking kim jong-un's ipad away for a week. [ laughter ] the hope is that the new sanctions will force north korea to change its behavior. because that worked so well the last 15 times we tried it. but in response to the sanctions, north korea's threatened to cause the united states "the greatest pain and suffering it has gone through in its entire history." i hate to break it to you, we already kind of did that to ourselves back in november. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it's not something to be taken lightly. they have nuclear weapons. and they have an unpredictable dictator running things. most experts believe they have missiles that can reach at least the west coast, which is where we all are here right now. and i don't know, i like to be prepared in situations like this. we hear a lot about what to do in an earthquake but not much about how to deal with nuclear attack. we got in touch with an expert, dr. irwin redliner, director of the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university. he knows what to do. so i grabbed guillermo and we met him at the first place i would go if disaster strikes. >> hello, dr. redliner, i'm jimmy. >> hi, how are you? >> jimmy: very good, this is my associate guillermo. thank you for meeting us here, i really appreciate it. we've been worried, right? >> guillermo: yeah, very much. >> jimmy: i'll take off my glasses. we're worried about nuclear attack. we're here in california. we're on the west coast. i know you're director of the national center for disaster preparedness. >> right. >> jimmy: explain it to us like we're children. >> guillermo: yes, like kids. >> jimmy: we kind of are. >> i can do that. first of all, background is and why people are so worried about this, during the cold war -- >> >> jimmy: you say white people? >> i didn't but you can. >> jimmy: he said "why people." i thought you said white people also. white people are worried. >> i think all people are worried about it. it used to be people worried during those years that the united states and the soviet union, body having tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, would start a war in minutes that could basically wipe out everybody on the planet. >> jimmy: we didn't want that. >> no, no one wants that, who would want that? >> jimmy: if north korea, for instance, were to launch nuclear missiles, like how soon would they get there? if we ordered chicken wings right now would the wings get here first or the missiles get here first? >> i don't know, how's the service around here? >> guillermo: it's easy to order a shot of tequila because it doesn't take too long. >> jimmy: you're right but you're missing the point, guillermo. say north korea launches missiles. is it possible we wouldn't know it was coming? >> we'd probably -- now we're on high alert and we would know it was coming. the question is would we be able to stop it from actually hitting us? presumably -- we have the technology that might make that possible, hopefully that would be the case -- >> jimmy: nothing ever works. i try to order pay per view and i can't. i fail. so i'm worried that we have the same deal going with our technology. >> guillermo: and how do we know that we've been attacked? are we going to see smoke or something? >> if you become aware of the fact that there's been a nuclear detonation, how would you know? a gigantic flash of light 1,000 times more powerful than the sun. you have a few seconds. then you have this tremendous explosion. and a force of wind that would be like 1,000 hurricane harveys. >> jimmy: really. >> just enormous. the farther you are away from the detonation, the more chance you have of actually surviving. if you know a few simple rules about it. >> jimmy: i'm going to write these down. >> write them down. here's the big rule. you want to put as much shielding between you and the outside. if you can get to the center of the building, away from the windows. not too close to the top because radiation's going to fall on the roof. and the more interior you are and the more protection you'll have and the more likely you will be able to survive. the main thing is to get out of harm's way immediately. you've got 15 to 20 minutes. and that's it. then you've got to be inside someplace, with provisions to let you stay for 24, 48 hours. >> jimmy: will we have wi-fi at that time? >> you won't. you might, actually. >> jimmy: what's the point of being alive if we don't have wi-fi, really. >> it's a point. >> jimmy: you might as well go up on the roof -- >> it's a point. >> guillermo: as long as i have tequila, i don't care about a wi-fi. >> jimmy: okay, all right. los angeles, for example, since we're here. if a nuclear bomb or briefcase explodes here. take us through that. >> i just happen to have with me my wallet-size map. >> jimmy: you carry this around just to bum people out? >> you never know when people are going to ask a question. you have ground zero here. and within a half mile, the actual detonation, there will be no life. every building could be destroyed, everybody would be gone. but this is very tight in. if you're up here, if you're three, four, five miles from ground zero, you are going to be alive. most likely. >> jimmy: that surprises me. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i'm really surprised by how small the area is. >> the problem is going to be if you're here and your wife is working down here. >> jimmy: right. >> your kids are going to school over here. it's a nightmare. >> guillermo: yeah. >> most of us would want to go get our loved ones. >> guillermo: it's going to be a nightmare. >> jimmy: you're wearing an aluminum foil hat. >> guillermo: oh, yeah, but this is for safety. >> jimmy: but the dodgers are going to be okay, it looks like. >> that's a good point. >> jimmy: that's true, yeah. might not be. >> guillermo: so if you live in the valley in the valley, you'll be safe. >> jimmy: well, no, he's using this as an example. >> it's just an example. >> guillermo: oh, oh, i thought it was going to happen downtown. >> jimmy: nothing's going to happen downtown, he's just saying it's an example. >> guillermo: oh, i was so happy, live in the valley, i'm going to be safe. >> jimmy: yeah, no, you're not. do you want to go play some games? >> i'd love to play some games. >> guillermo: me too. >> jimmy: come back for it a little bit. >> i'm going for it. >> jimmy: all right. here we go. >> got him! >> jimmy: i think we got one. oh, oh, oh! >> my goodness. >> jimmy: oh my god. kim jong-un wins again. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's where you go, hide in the ball machine. tonight music from 21 savage, u.s. open champion sloane stephens is here, and we'll be right back with former white house, sean spicer. 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[ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night we have a fun show. the host of the emmys, stephen colbert will be here, nina dobrev will be with us and we'll have music from dustin lynch. and this is exciting, the week of october 16th. october 16th through 20th, we are packing up the whole show, the band, our announcer dicky this desk, guillermo, everything goes in the truck and we're relocating to brooklyn, new york, for a whole week. we'll be at the opera house at b.a.m., brooklyn academy of music. if you are in brooklyn, or nearby, go to this website, kimmelinbrooklyn.com. the tickets are free. and if you need a ride, my uncle tony will pick you up. guillermo, are you excited about brooklyn? g very happy. >> jimmy: are you bringing your wife? >> guillermo: uh -- [ laughter ] >> guillermo: maybe, maybe. >> jimmy: does she even know you're going to brooklyn yet? >> guillermo: yeah, i told her. >> jimmy: okay, we'll work it out. let's work that out on the air. >> guillermo: yes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: here we go. from the oval office to the bushes in the rose garden, our first guest has seen it all. he survived one of the worst jobs ever and is free at last to expectation speak about it. from our nation's capital please say hello to former white house press secretary sean spicer! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: there you are. it's veg to have you here. thank you for coming. >> if i'd known i was going to get that kind of applause i would have left earlier. >> jimmy: is it weird for you to get applause when you walk out onto a stage? usually you're looking at all these grim-faced reporters. >> yeah, especially in california. >> jimmy: oh, have you been getting -- have you been harassed? >> no, no, it's been unbelievably pleasant since -- for the last month. people have been very, very supportive. and that's i think very helpful to know. people come up and say, thank you for your service, i didn't vote for the president, i'm not a republican, but i appreciate you serving the country. i think that gets back to what this should always be about is that we have elections, they get decided, then people of both parties should be able to serve this country. >> jimmy: are you distancing yourself from the president right now? [ laughter ] >> absolutely not. no i'm not. >> jimmy: well, you know, this is obviously a hard job. and, i mean -- it turned out to be kind of funny in a lot of ways. was it for you? >> funny? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm not so sure i see it that way. but i appreciate the jokes. >> let's go back to the beginning. how did you get the job of press secretary in the first place? >> so i had been at the republican national committee for about six years. you know, our job is to sync up with the nominee. after the indiana primary, trump became the apparent nominee. went into the convention. they ran a rather unconventional campaign. and so there was a lot of need for communications staff. and i was asked to go up and start helping out on a more full-time basis, help up and down the ticket. i started basically commuting to new york the last week of august, spent the last 3 1/2 months getting to know the president. traveling with him, doing the events. and you know, then we won. >> jimmy: then he said you're the guy. >> then, you know, i literally got a phone call from the president, and he said, let's do this. i want you to do the job. and i thanked him profusely. and off we went. >> jimmy: and so right off the bat, your first-ever press conference. you get in there and it's the day after the inauguration, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: and you are charged with the job of going in front of the press and saying that the inauguration crowd was the biggest crowd i think ever, biggest audience -- [ laughter ] >> yes, i'm aware. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate the reminder how it went down. >> jimmy: so did the president himself -- if it was up to you would this even have been a topic? >> you know, if it was up to me i would have probably worn a different suit. i thought i was going in on a saturday morning to set my office up, get the computer, make sure the e-mails went out. you know. and -- >> jimmy: somebody told you, you need to go out there and say this? >> the president wanted to make sure the record got set straight. >> jimmy: why is he so concerned with size? have you ever seen the president naked? >> i have not, no. >> jimmy: you have not, okay. >> but look, i said it at the time and i believe in all seriousness, again, whether or not you voted for him or not, the president won the election. he was -- faced a lot of headwinds. i think there was a faction of people out there that didn't want to give him the credit that he rightly deserved. i think he takes a lot of that sometimes personally. some of us who worked very hard to get him elected felt as though a lot of folks in the media in particular constantly sought to undermine the validity of that election. and so you have to understand it sometimes from that perspective. >> jimmy: but the validity of the election, compared to looking at photos of the crowd at an inauguration. i mean, there are like one is this and one is this. did you try to talk him out of that line of defense? >> i think we, you know -- there's a lot of us that wanted to be focused on his agenda, what he spoke about in his inaugural address. so, you know, look. he's president, he made a decision -- >> jimmy: you have to go along, even though -- even if you know, and i'm not going to ask you to say, even if you know the crowd wasn't bigger you have to go, as press secretary, you have to say that it was? >> look, your job as press secretary is to represent the president's voice. and to make sure that you are articulating what he believes his vision is on policy, on issues, on other areas that he wants to articulate. whether or not you agree or not isn't your job. your job is to give him advice. and which what is we would do on a variety of issues all the time. he would always listen to that advice, but ultimately he's the president. he'd say, agree sometimes, he'd say that's a good point, incorporate it, sometimes he would say, depending on the issue, i know what i believe and this is what i think the right thing to do is. >> jimmy: then you had to march out and say, yeah, he had a bigger crowd, everybody. [ laughter ] >> as i said, he's the. >> the. he decides. >> jimmy: i understand, that's what you sign up to do. >> jimmy: a lot of these guys, these members of the press, were your friends, right? >> i think were, yeah. >> jimmy: were, okay. laugh live [ laughter ] jonathan karl from abc news who was a friend of yours? >> i've known jonathan for a long time. >> jimmy: okay, all right. here's how you guys kind of got it going. >> is it your intention to always tell the truth from that podium, and will you pledge never to knowingly say something that is not factual? >> it is. it's an honor to do this. and yes, i believe that we have to be honest with the american people. i think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. >> jimmy: can we, though, disagree with the facts? >> look, i think the point is that you can look at a set of -- an argument or set of facts and come out with one opinion, someone else can say, while the facts are the same i come out with a different conclusion. >> jimmy: i see. >> that's what makes our country great is that there's ways that you can look at economic models and say, we believe that growth rates will be higher or lower and that's -- >> jimmy: if i were to say to you, i'm sitting on a horse right now -- >> you are not. >> jimmy: right, exactly! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so i want to ask about jonathan. when he's asking you this question are you like, you son of a bitch, i've known you for 20 years! >> there were a couple of other words. [ laughter ] but that's the tv version. we're on cable. you know, yeah, there's times when you're thinking to yourself, you know -- if you want to ask about policy or a particular instance, but to get up there and question, you know, on day one my integrity, i think was not something that i anticipated. >> jimmy: yeah. well, i'm sure. although when you brought that crowd size thing out, it opened this terrible pandora's box. you think that's what got you off to kind of a bad start with the press corps? >> i don't think it was -- it was probably not the best start, no. >> jimmy: did donald trump -- did the president watch all your press conferences? >> i don't think, not every one of them. >> jimmy: would he be waiting for you afterwards? >> there were some days when he would at some point either see clips or watch it, depending on the day and what meetings were happening and what time the briefing was. so a lot of times he would provide feedback based on, again -- my job is to articulate his position. >> jimmy: yeah, right. >> he would say, hey, i thought that was really good how you articulated this. i think i would have phrased this differently. >> jimmy: really? he's that constructive in the way he puts things? >> sometimes. depends on the issue. it depended on the issue, and again, it's my job to speak on his behalf. >> jimmy: yeah. >> if you're not speaking in the way that he wants, obviously he wanted to make sure that he corrected that. >> jimmy: i want to ask about the tweeting. we're going to take a break. i have this fantasy of you reading twitter and reacting. in fact, we actually made this fantasy come to life. sean spicer is here with us, we'll be right back. 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[ laughter ] >> jimmy: did he ever run a tweet by you before tweeting it? >> i don't -- [ laughter ] maybe once or twice. >> jimmy: did you ask him to? >> to run it by? >> jimmy: yeah. >> no. >> jimmy: no, you didn't. did it ever like wake you up in the middle of the night? anything like that? >> i think there were times when you were -- you might have wanted to go to bed and said, okay, this is going to be a little longer night. or you would get up -- the first thing. but that was the, you know -- one of the president's most effective tools in the campaign, he continues to utilize it. you were constantly kept on your toes. i will tell you there's no one that's working harder than him when it comes to the hours of the day. he's up late, he's up early. as a staffer you're trying to get ahead of your boss. >> jimmy: did you ever try accidentally dropping his phone in the toilet? [ laughter ] >> i did not. >> jimmy: you did not, see, you should have called me, i could have helped you with this job. [ laughter ] >> you've been a lot of help. >> jimmy: i know. this idea of fake news. >> yeah. >> jimmy: again, we talked about your relationship. you have a longstanding relationship with members of the press. >> yeah. >> jimmy: do you agree that the vast majority of -- i don't mean the vast majority, the majority of journalists are decent people who are looking to get the truth and to write the truth? >> i think probably the majority. >> jimmy: yeah. >> there are a lot that have now -- i always like to say they'd rather be first than right. and i think that's unfortunate. because it gives a bad name to those who actually do take the time to do it right. >> jimmy: there is a lot of that. people want to just get the click. >> right. there's a line between -- and this is where i think a lot of journalists have cross adeline which is they go on twitter or another social media and start to perpetuate myths or make back and forth and say, that's not a story, that's tweet -- >> jimmy: wait a minute, journalists go on twitter and perpetuate admits? how about the president? [ applause ] >> well, yeah -- i think there's a lot of times, again, what i found frustrating was there were a lot of times when they were literally creating a story out of whole cloth that didn't exist. i think that's difficult, because if you're a viewer or a reader and you see something, you're trusting these individuals to give you what is the best -- the whole truth. >> jimmy: sure, yeah. >> as opposed to a one-sided way that's going to promote a view or a click. >> jimmy: but the president -- it seems that what he calls fake news is really anything that criticizes him. and then he'll give validity to wacky news sources sometimes. because they're complimentary. and do you think that is a dangerous thing to delegitimize the press for america? >> i think it's a two-way street. and when these guys in the press corps go after the president in ways that are unbecoming -- again, it's sort of like what your mom said, two wrongs don't make a right. i think sometimes when the press corps attacks the president, undermines him, calls into question his credibility from the outset, i think it creates a very poor relationship overall. and i think that there is some area that could deserve a reset. hopefully i think sarah's done a phenomenal job of really trying to take the tone down and sand back. >> jimmy: when you say two wrongs, donald trump is wrong? >> no, i didn't say that. [ light laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: you don't have work there anymore, you don't have to worry. >> about him, we can protect you here. i've got the best security guy in the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> guillermo: i got your back. >> no, i just -- i believe that, look -- a free press is paramount to a democracy. and it's what makes our country great. that we do have the ability, like so many places on earth don't have that ability to speak freely, to have a free press. but it is an awesome responsibility for those members of the press corps to have. and they need to understand that when they cross the line or when a member of the press corps crosses the line, they have a responsibility to help hold that in. and i've never seen a group of individuals who protect themselves like the press corps does. especially the white house press corps. they've never once, during my 10 you've, at least to my recollection, ever called out someone who has crossed the line on a story. i think the undermines -- >> jimmy: is that true? >> i rarely have seen any -- they always have an excuse for why that story, oh, we were going to correct it and we checked with the sources and now -- and it's never -- there's never an admission of guilt. once in a while you see the little correction, we erred in putting the period here or there. but i do believe that the healthier press corps that we have, the better democracy that we have. >> jimmy: lumping everyone together, though, as fake news, just seems terrible to me. >> sure, but -- >> jimmy: you're a catholic and i'm a catholic as well. i'm offended when people lump all priests together as child abusers. i find that to be unfair to those who aren't. >> i agree. >> jimmy: but -- >> as someone who's a conservative and a republican, i spent 25 years in washington, d.c. being told, conservatives want this. republicans are against this. so i agree. but it's the press corps that also lumps all of us into the same bucket as well and says, conservatives don't care about this. the republicans are racist. those are -- if those statements are not right, then it's not right -- again, it's that whole idea of two wrongs don't make a right. the press corps wants to attack republicans, attack conservatives, undermine our attempt to have a constructive dialogue. and i think it's a two-way street. so if we don't want to lump every journalist into the same thing, don't lump every republican and every conservative into the same box. >> jimmy: okay. [ cheers and applause ] i don't think everyone is. you've got fox news is certainly not doing that. you consider them to be part of the press. i mean, it's -- it really is -- it seems almost like a childish way to interact with each other as two different groups. >> that's the thing, i think there's a time that we can start taking down the temperature and getting back to a more constructive and civil dialogue. >> jimmy: you mean when mike pence takes over? [ cheers and applause ] >> i think we could all use a dose of that, and especially, you know -- one of the things that makes us, again, such a great country that is we have this ability to have the discourse that we have. but i think that what we want to do is continue to be that place in the world that people look to and admire. and the values and the principles that we have. >> jimmy: when we come back, i want to ask you about anthony scaramucci. >> i've heard of him. >> jimmy: we'll get into that with sean spicer when we come back, we'll be right back. 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[ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: melissa mccarthy. i watched you laughing very hard. >> i've spent a lot of money on therapy. >> jimmy: you thought that was funny? >> that was kind of funny. [ laughter ] sdplt president didn't think that was funny? >> i don't think he found it as humorous. >> jimmy: particularly annoyed by the fact that a woman was playing you? >> i really didn't ask a ton of questions. [ laughter ] that may have been a contributing factor. >> jimmy: what a situation that is, they're making fun of me and you're mad at me for it! >> and she wins an emmy! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you posted this on twitter. there's us together. what year was this? >> that was -- 2007? >> jimmy: i think i was filling in for regis with kelly. >> yes. >> jimmy: outside and it was fleet week. there you are in your uniform. that's pretty crazy. [ cheers and applause ] >> yep. >> jimmy: i didn't know about it until you sent to it me. and i'm not -- i don't know what i'm looking at there. but i apologize for that. this anthony scaramucci character. you didn't get along with the guy, obviously. >> actually, that's not true. >> jimmy: oh. >> i'd known anthony from the campaign. he'd done a lot of surrogate work for us on different television networks supporting the president and the campaign. we had known each other through the campaign. >> jimmy: but when he was hired, that's what you said -- >> right, but it wasn't personal, it wasn't that i had anything against anthony. i didn't feel -- anthony has been a very successful -- in business he's made a ton of money but i didn't feel as if he had the qualifications or background to work in the communications office. >> jimmy: i see. >> and my view was is that if i'm going to have to partner with somebody that i don't believe had the skill set to execute the job, it was incumbent upon me to either step aside or make my voice known. i did. i told the president i thought it was an -- if hadn't a clean slate, if he wanted a change, that i respected that. but it was in his best interests to have me step aside completely and let anthony move forward. >> jimmy: when that "new yorker" article came out where he said all those that's things and apparently didn't seem to realize he was on the record, where were you when you read that? >> i don't -- i was -- i think i was in my office. >> jimmy: did somebody give you a heads-up? take a look at this? >> i think i started to read on twitter there was a story coming out. >> jimmy: were you cackling like a maniac when you read that thing? [ laughter ] >> look, i don't like to -- i don't think it's right to relish in somebody else's problems. and so i just as a person, i don't think that's right. but again, i think it proved my point. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> and -- that to do this job is one in which you have to have the proper background. >> jimmy: i think you -- i imagine you high-fiving everyone there. [ laughter ] this is a shot from your farewell party. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and i have to say, i've never seen anyone happier than you are in this photograph. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] you are literally the happiest man on earth. >> the president said to me right before i left, he said, "my gosh, you look 10 years younger." >> jimmy: do you think donald trump wants to be president? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: you do, really? >> yeah. listen, i think you can disagree. but i will tell you, i got to know him fairly well. he's a good man that really cares about this country. you may not always agree with his policies, but i know his heart's in the right place. he truly cares about this country. he wants to give back. >> jimmy: you are doing public speaking now. >> i am. >> jimmy: are you enjoying doing that? >> it's -- it's -- yes. >> jimmy: is there a q&a portion? or are you done with that? >> yes, there's been a q&a. it's a little nicer. >> jimmy: it's a nicer q&a, yeah. will you write a tell-all book -- >> no. >> jimmy: you will not? >> no. >> jimmy: why? >> i don't think that's the right thing to do. i think if someone entrusts you to bring you into the inner circle of something, that it would be an act of betrayal. i this i've learned a lot from my experience there. it was an amazing honor to serve in this position. and i would like to maybe share some of the experiences with folks. share some of the lessons learned. some of the inside -- >> jimmy: you'll write a tell-some book? >> i'll write a tell book. [ laughter ] with pictures. but i don't think it would be the right thing to do. but i think there's something there. there's a lot of really interesting pieces of history that i had the unbelievable honor and privilege to be part of and i'd love to maybe share that with the american people. >> jimmy: you have trump by the balls right now. [ light laughter ] if you write that book, if you hold on to writing that book, you could literally run this country from some kind of shadow organization at your house. >> well, i appreciate -- i appreciate that. >> jimmy: i thank you for being here. i really do appreciate it. it's great to meet you. 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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: congratulations. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i'm very happy for you. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i always like to see an american win. i know it's maybe like an old-faced kind of thing. but then for you to come out of nowhere and win this thing was unbelievable. >> i know, i don't know where i came from. >> jimmy: as we mentioned, 957th. you had an operation. when was your operation? >> january 23rd. >> jimmy: january 23rd you had an operation. then you recovered sufficiently to play when? >> wimbledon was my first tournament back. >> jimmy: wimbledon was the first. you come out. you win the u.s. open. you beat in the finals one of your very close friends, madison keys, which is -- how does that feel? to beat a close friend? >> sucky. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah. but we both made a lot of money, so i don't think it was that bad. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i actually have a -- >> oh my god. >> jimmy: this is a photo -- this is real. [ laughter ] how much money was in here? >> it says $3.7 million. >> jimmy: $3.7 million in that check. >> but that's before tax. >> jimmy: uh-huh, yeah, yeah. what are you going to spend this money on? >> i don't know. >> jimmy: this by the way is the face sean spicer made every time donald trump tweeted. [ laughter ] [ applause ] to win the u.s. open is something you've been dreaming about since you a little kid? >> yeah, every tennis player dreams of winning a tournament. >> jimmy: i dream of winning a tournament, i don't even play tennis. >> yeah, that's never going to happen. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'd argue but you're right. >> it's the ultimate -- that's what any tennis player wants to do. i'm still kind of like, did i really win? did that happen? i see all these pictures, yeah, it happened. >> jimmy: we have video when you got the trophy. there you are with the u.s. open trophy. and you -- yeah. got to glue that thing on. [ laughter ] so is it dented? >> oh my god. they were telling me, yeah, there's a little dent in it. i was like, i didn't do that. [ laughter ] of course someone else on this big trophy whose name is on here did that. >> jimmy: must have done that. that was a private moment between you and the trophy. >> yes. i'm like, i didn't do this. they should have glued it. >> jimmy: that's not the trophy you get, do you get a replica? >> something else, which is a bummer because i thought i was taking that home. >> jimmy: you don't have it yet? >> no. >> jimmy: when do you get it? >> i don't know. >> jimmy: how does it come to you? do they deliver on it a steed or something? >> that's a great question. i don't know. i don't know where they're sending it to. >> jimmy: it would be disappointing if the u.p.s. guy brings it to your house, wouldn't it? here it is, i guess i should put this up on something. >> yeah. >> jimmy: so as far as "sports illustrated" goes, are you happy with this photograph? on the cover? because you never know. i mean, sometimes these action shots are kind weird but that's a pretty great shot. >> i picked that one. this is the one. i went to "sports illustrated's" offices, they have all the photos out. don't use this one, don't use that one. >> jimmy: do you think they listen order was it questions dense? >> they definitely listened. that's the one i picked. >> what was wrong with the other pictures? >> there's like a -- they weren't cute, some of them had -- there was like a lot of things and aggressive looks on my face, and like crotch open, and like -- [ laughter ] boob sweat, and like -- it just wasn't the vibe. >> jimmy: you treated it like your instagram selfie or something like that. >> exactly. it waen the vibe i was going for. >> jimmy: so you had to do one of these. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> jimmy: will you continue playing tennis? or, the hell with it, that was good? >> i told -- that's what i said, this is going to be hard to top, i should just retire now. then i was thinking, i just had all that time off, i can't retire now, what am i going to do? >> jimmy: what's next up for you? >> i have to continue to play tennis, so i'm leaving for asia in a week. then our season continues. we don't finish until november. >> jimmy: you don't finish until november, then how much time do you have off? >> november and december. >> jimmy: >> just that. then the australian open? >> yeah, we start in january. >> jimmy: wow, that's very exciting. congratulations and well done. [ cheers and applause ] you represented your nation very well. sloane stephens, everybody. she's the u.s. open champion! we'll be right back. 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[hero] i'll take my chances. >> jimmy: hi, there, welcome back to the show. i want to apologize to 21 savage, he was supposed to be on the show tonight. luckily he's pretty baked backstage. he doesn't know it but he'll be back next week, okay? in the meantime this is album called "issa." i want to thank sean spicer, i want to thank sloane stephens, congratulations to you. of course apologies to matt damon, we ran out of time for him tonight. "nightline" is next, thanks for watching, good night! this is "nightline." >> tonight, racial profiling? nfl star michael bennet pinned to the ground -- >> i wasn't doing nothing! >> handcuffed for a crime he didn't commit. >> the guns were already drawn. at that point i'm just thinking like, is this real right now? >> one officer holding a gun to the back of his head. now this super bowl champ speaking out exclusively with my coanchor byron pitts about what happened that night. and how he explained it to his daughters. plus, living on the edge. >> basically i'm sleeping like this tonight. >> we're on the side of the mountain with a world-champion rock climber and social media phenom hoping to become the first woman to free-climb