Anyone have any questions for me about russia . [ light laughter ] alternatively i could show you my tax returns. Do you guys want to see that . [ light laughter ] President Trump and the first lady hosted the congressional picnic today on the south lawn of the white house, or as eric was told, the north lawn. [ light laughter ] following losses in two special Congressional Elections this week, one democratic staffer reportedly said, we have 80yearold leaders and 90yearold ranking members. This isnt a party, its a giant assisted living center. [ light laughter ] even worse, the reporter then asked about the upcoming g7 summit, and several people yelled bingo [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] an article published in the north korean state newspaper today called President Trump a psychopath, which means their official Foreign Policy towards north korea is now takes one to know one. [ light laughter ] according to a report, President Trump spent about 133,000 in taxpayer money on furnishing for the white house between january and may, compared to the 51,000 former president obama spent during same period. Though, to be fair, barack and michelle only needed the one bed. [ audience ohs ] so that was a huge saving. [ applause ] a New Hampshire restaurant recently created a 159foot, sixinchlong lobster roll which they hope will set a world record. Im sorry, hope will set a world record . If youre going to make a 160foot lobster roll, do your homework. [ light laughter ] bad news, guys. The record was 161, so i guess were going to toss this 40,000 sandwich into the garbage. Better luck next time. [ light laughter ] the makers of pokemon go have announced new methods to punish cheaters by branding their accounts with shame badges because if theres one thing that could get to someone who walks around the city staring at their phone, collecting imaginary monsters, its shame. [ light laughter ] and finally, a Southern California high school announced last week that a faculty adviser rigged the election for class president. Even weirder, they dont remember hiring him. [ light laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause ] here to talk about the rerelease of his groundbreaking album, death certificate, ice cube is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] hes the star and writer of an excellent new film, the big sick, Kumail Nanjiani is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] and he is the mayor of south bend, indiana. Pete buttigieg is here. So excited to talk to him as well. Got a great show. So, before we get to all that, Senate Republicans finally unveiled a draft of their healthcare bill today after weeks of secret closeddoor meetings. And now, they want to rush it to the floor for a vote as early as next week. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth as the gop tries to jumpstart its agenda in congress, President Trump seems to be feeling a little emboldened. Last night, he held a campaignstyle rally in iowa where he was about to repeat his infamous claim that hes done more in office since any president in history. This time he caught himself, sort of. Weve produced so much legis i dont think anybody president it could be somebody. I have to be a little careful, because theyll say, he lied. [ laughter ] so few president s, few, just have to be a little careful because theyll say, headline. Donald trump lies to the people of iowa. I dont want to seth you think it would be a headline if you lied . [ light laughter ] it would be a headline if you didnt. No matter what else was happening, that would be the biggest story in the country. Donald trump doesnt lie, also cancer cured, page 8. [ laughter and applause ] of course [ applause ] trump has actually signed none of the major legislation he promised in the first 100 days, let alone the first five months. One of those signature promises was of course the southern border wall, an idea trump seemed to revive last night with an interesting new twist. Were talking about the southern border, lots of sun, lots of heat. Were thinking about building the wall as a solar wall, so it creates energy. [ cheers and applause ] and pays for itself. Solar wall panels, beautiful. I mean actually think of it. The higher it goes, the more valuable it is, its like [ laughter and applause ] pretty good imagination, right . Good . My idea. [ light laughter ] seth good imagination, right . He sounds like your College Roommate who figured out how to get the roomba to bring him beers. [ light laughter ] but there was one moment in particular during trumps rally last night that was especially eyeopening, revealed a lot not, just about trumps priorities in general, but the healthcare policy in particular. The it came when trump explained why he appointed so many millionaires and billionaires to his cabinet. So somebody said, why did you appoint the rich person to be in charge of the economy . I said, because thats the kind of thinking we want. I mean, you know, really, because theyre representing the country. [ applause ] in those particular positions, i just dont want a poor person. Does that make sense . Seth yeah, what would a poor person know about economic problems . You cant understand the economy if youre bankrupt. You have to be bankrupt four times before you really get it. [ light laughter ] and that truly seems to be the operating ethos of the trump era, a president who campaigned on populist rhetoric but whose policy would cause needless suffering for low and middleincome people. And theres no better example ever that than trump care. The gop finally unveiled a draft of their healthcare bill today after weeks of secretive closeddoor meetings. Remember, the house bill slashed medicaid, which millions of lowincome people rely on to fund giant tax cuts for the rich. And somehow, the senate made the house bill even worse. Senate republicans finally unveiling their draft unveiled to deliver on their longheld promise to repeal and replace obamacare. The proposal largely mirrors the house bill, including deep cuts to medicaid, big tax credits for the wealthy. The Congressional Budget Office said the house bill would cut 834 million from medicaid. The senate bill makes even deeper cuts. If the house bill was mean, the senate bill seems to be very cruel. Seth now there are some republican who is claim at least that they are against throwing people off medicaid like this. So what happened to those republicans . Well they didnt even know what was in the bill until it was revealed today because Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell was basically writing it by himself behind closed doors, and nobody is ever doing anything good behind closed doors. If your teenaged son was locked in his bedroom this long, you wouldnt say, hey, buddy are you doing extra credit homework in there . [ light laughter ] in fact, the process for writing this bill was so secretive, that even the people supposed to be writing it had no idea what was in it. When the senate first started writing the bill, they announced a working group of 13 senators that included people like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, texas senator ted cruz, and utah senator mike lee. Now given that he was supposed to be one of the people writing the bill, lee naturally got lots of calls from constituents asking him, whats in the bill youre writing . And on tuesday, lee responded to the calls with a stunning admission. Weve gotten a lot of calls in the last few days from people throughout utah and across america, expressing concerns in one way or another about the healthcare bill. Ive had a lot of people ask me specifically when the healthcare bill is going to be released to the public, why it isnt public. The short answer to the question is i havent seen it yet, either. Seth wait. Youre supposed to be writing it, and you havent seen it . Thats like your doctor saying, i think the liver transplant was successful, but i dont know. I was at the movies. [ light laughter ] now several republican senators have at least feigned concern over the secretive process, but they dont seem to be doing much about it like arizona senator john mccain who was asked this week if he had seen the bill and got super sassy. I havent seen it. Is that a problem . Oh, no. Never a problem, no, of course not. I always like to move forward with legislation that i havent seen. Thats one of the practices ive enjoyed around here. Did you get any more clarification today, sir . We had lots of conversations. Every lunch we have conversations. We have more and more conversations. Its wonderful the conversations we have. [ light laughter ] seth that, of course, is a direct quote from john mccains book, oh, the conversations we have. [ light laughter ] also, nothing beats old man sarcasm. Oh, im so happy were all on our phones during thanksgiving dinner. [ light laughter ] i hate for someone to miss a chat snap while grandpas telling a story about prohibition [ light laughter ] but sarcastic remarks are not going to accomplish anything. If youre genuinely appalled by the bill and the process used to write it, then you need to do something about it, because so fa things, Mitch Mcconnell is moving full speed ahead with a plan to vote on the healthcare bill, which was written behind closed doors with no public input one week after unveiling it. In fact, during the floor debate, Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer tried to get mcconnell to promise that he would at least allow a paltry 10 hours to debate and amend the bill before its voted on, and mcconnell wouldnt even promise that. Will it be available to us and the public more than 10 hours before we have to vote for it . Since our leader has said, our republican leader, that there will be plenty of time for a process where people can make amendments. You need time to prepare those amendments. I think well have ample opportunity to read and amend the bill. Will it be more than 10 hours, mr. Mcconnell . I think well have opportunity to read and amend the bill. Seth i think well have ample opportunity to read and amend the bill is the longest euphemism ive ever heard for, go [ bleep ] yourself. [ light laughter ] you cant even guarantee 10 hours of debate . It takes longer to debate a healthcare bill than it takes to bingewatch a season of empire. [ light laughter ] and to paraphrase empire, republicans, if you want cookies nookie, ditch the mitch. [ light laughter ] this is a dramatic break from how the legislative process is supposed to work. Of course, when democrats worked to pass obamacare in 20092010, it was a much more normal process, with over 100 hearings and months of debate. Todays process is far worse, and yet youll never guess how much of what mcconnell is totally cool with today, he complained about back then. The bill were being asked to consider was assembled behind closed doors, out of sight, without input from the public. Nobody has seen it other than the handful of democrats who were in the Conference Room and the majority leader, writing this thing in secret. The administration doesnt want to hear criticism because it doesnt want people to know what its proposals will actually do. This is an incredibly unpopular bill. Thus, their only rallying cry, make history. Ignore the american people. What an act of arrogance. Theyre doing everything they can to jam this bill through, and they dont even seem to care any more about how ugly it all looks. After all, common sense dictates that any Time Congress rushes, congress stumbles. Seth thats right. When congress rushes, it stumbles. And if thats the case, then the gop congress is currently this guy. [ light laughter ] seth you can laugh. You can laugh, but trump just appointed that guy secretary of shovels. [ light laughter ] now republicans can hate obamacare, but they cannot argue that it was a far more open, transparent, and inclusive than the process the republicans are using now. In fact, president obama even held healthcare summits at the white house. Where he invited republicans to essentially come and complain about the bill to his face for hours on television. Mcconnell, himself, was there. In fact, not only was he there, mcconnell, the man who wouldnt even tell people what was in the bill he was writing, complained at the time that republicans werent given as much time to speak as democrats, prompting a snappy retort from president obama. [ talking over each other ] may i inject one quick point here, very quick in terms of trying to keep everything fair, which i know you want to do. To this point, the republicans have had 24 minutes, the democrats 52 minutes. Lets try to have as much balance as we can. Youre right. There was an imbalance on the Opening Statements because im the president. [ laughter ] seth oh, snap, mitch [ cheers and applause ] just look. We have actual footage on how the gallery reacted to that comment. [ cheers ] in fact, while were talking about healthcare, mitch, you might need some ointment, because thats a thirddegree burn. [ light laughter ] what were seeing right now is a breathtakingly cynical process to produce a breathtakingly cruel bill. And not only that, it breaks so many of trumps promises to voters. The bill allows states to waive out of providing essential benefits like Maternity Care and prescription drugs. And it slashes medicaid subsidies for low and middleincome people, which would not only take Health Insurance away from millions but would also result in higherdeductible plans that cover fewer Health Benefits and cost people more. Which, of course, is somewhat surprising, given that trump said all of this on the campaign trail. Im not going to cut Social Security like every other republican. Mmhmm. And im not going to cut medicare or medicaid. Universal healthcare . I am going to take care of everybody. I dont care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody is going to be taken care of much better than theyre taken care of now. Youre going to have such great healthcare at a tiny fraction of the cost. Seth wow. I wonder what people will say now that the gop plans to break all of his promises . Theyll say, he lied. [ light laughter ] seth yeah, that sounds right. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with ice cube, everybody [ cheers and applause ] isnt this fun, living like the pioneers of olden times . I hate the outside. Well, i hate it wherever you are. Burn. Burn. Is that what the kids are saying now . Im so bored, im dead. You can always compare rates on progressive. Com. Oh, thats nice, dear. But could you compare camping trips . Because this one would win. 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Our first guest is a rapper, actor, writer and producer who you know from films like friday, 21 jump street and barber shop. The 25th Anniversary Edition rerelease of his 1991 album, death certificate is available now. Please welcome back to the show, ice cube, everybody [ cheers and applause ] seth how are you . Im good, man, im good. Seth im happy to have you here. I want to talk about the album, but i also i want to talk a little basketball first. Oh yeah. Seth so you were talking last time were you here, huge lakers fan. Yep. Seth huge magic fan and now youre one of the narrators for a fantastic 30 for 30 on espn films about the celtics lakers rivalry. How did that come about that you got to be one of the voices oh, its great. One of the directors the director contacted our team and was like, yo, we need the biggest laker fan in the world. Cause we got we got donnie wahlberg, the biggest celtic fan in the world so we need we need to counter. And im like, youve come to the right place. [ light laughter ] you know what i mean . Dont nobody hate the celtics like your boy ice cube, so seth oh, so interesting, so you were not pulled to it out of a of the lakers, you were pulled to it out of a hatred for the celtics . [ light laughter ] yes, without a doubt, you know, it was like when i was young, man they made me cry. Its like i was, they beat us in 84 and i was just so pissed, man. Seth yeah. So to be able to get some revenge . Seth yeah. You know what i mean . I had to do it. Seth did you did you have a least favorite celti