sexual harassment this week. but astronomers, you know those guys who have been over doing this all time? astronomers have discovered a previously unknown planet only 11 light years from earth that could possibly support human life. they call it ross 128-b. which sounds like a "friends" spinoff where david sha miller is divorced from rachel and forced to live alone in a sad apartment. but it's not, it's a plan tet. it might have water which would make it possible to sustain life. as far as they know, donald trump is not president there. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] anyway. do you know nasa didn't even start looking for new planets until after donald trump was elected president? [ laughter ] so the plan, they have a plan to test whether this new planet is habitable. this is interesting. they're going to send harvey weinstein and kevin spacey up there. [ laughter ] just to check it out. meanwhile, here on earth, the house passed the gop-backed tax plan today which is very good news for billionaires and also just your average run of the mill-millionaires too. the bill would shift the tax burden from the wealthy to people who really should be paying more, like college students. time for those little punks to start eating bottom ramen for a while. the president is also about to reverse a law that made it illegal to import elephant parts from african trophy hunts. that's right. that's right, struggling families of america, you asked for it and the president delivered. we can finally bring our elephant tusks back home from zimbab zimbabwe. meanwhile, in alabama, there is -- roy moore is still running for senate in alabama. even though more women have come forward to accuse him of making unwanted advances. many at the mall. which raises the question, where was paul blart when we needed him? [ laughter ] he was off on his thing. what do they call those? segways? [ cheers and applause ] roy moore has been accused of sexual misconduct and worse by nine women, seven of whom were teenagers when the events allegedly happened. but when senate majority leader mitch mcconnell called for him to step aside, this is how he responded on twitter. he wrote, dear mitch mcconnell, bring it on. now i'm not an expert in pr, but when you're accused of putting moves on high school girls, maybe don't reference the title of a movie about high school cheerleaders. [ cheers and applause ] don't reference "bring it on." or "13 going on 30." neither of those. there are a bunch of new accusations made today against a wide variety of people, including sylvester stallone, the first pbs, and senator al franken whose story was amplified because it had a visual aid. this photograph of leann tweeden, who's a radio and tv host, she used to be on "the best damn sports show." in 2006 they did a uso tour together. this was taken while she was sleeping. fortunately she was wearing her grope-proof vest as you can see. she said al franken forced her to kiss him while rehearsing a sketch. senator franken apologized today twice and she accepted that apology. there is so much of this. i mean, at this point i know it sounds extreme but it might be time for guys -- i think we might all need to hand our penises over to the police for a few months -- [ laughter ] until we can get a handle on it. i'm going to need the men in the audience to liberia line up, pull them out, and let's get it over with, okay? pat robertson, the 5,000-year-old religious show host, was a little creepy this morning on "the 700 club." >> i'm a great fan of the total gym. it is so easy to use. your own weight is the thing that you work on. have you used the total gym? >> i haven't. i've soon the commerciseen the . i've been tempted. >> don't be tempted. if you want to, come up to my attic, you can use mine. >> jimmy: oh, don't go to the attic, just order your own. pat robertson had words of inspiration today that sum up how a lot of us are feeling right now. >> we're all going to die. we're all going to die. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you, pat. [ applause ] and happy thanksgiving to you too. any of you planning to see "justice league" this weekend? [ cheers and applause ] i was going to say, that's bad news for them. [ laughter ] but "justice league" is the movie that asks the question, can five superheroes with wildly different costumes come together to agree on one overall color palette? the answer is yes. it's expected to be number one at the box office. it's getting mixed reviews but in my opinion, they did something historic. they turned aquaman, the aquaman from my childhood, from this into this. and that is quite a -- [ cheers ] >> jimmy: we might even find out what the hell aquaman does. [ laughter ] there are a lot of superheroes in justice league but i'm excited to see the oldest one, whose origin story began in the supreme court. >> the time has come. for heroes to unite. batman. wonder woman. cyborg. the flash. aquaman. and supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. [ cheers ] >> what are your super powers again? >> it helps sometimes to be a little hard of hearing. >> we are not enough. >> i still have to this day a supply of strom thurmond key chains. >> justice just got supreme. >> cyborg! >> it's ginsburg! >> "justice league." you can't handle the ruth. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i like when we weave a true story into a superhero movie. whether there's a blockbuster film we run it by our in-house movie critic yehya. is yehya here right now? no, he's not, okay, good. all right, this is yehya. [ laughter ] talking about the movie "justice league." >> action! hi, it's me, yehya. i talk about the movie "dusty's lake." the movie talk about the atman, wonder woman, fish guy with fish eyes, the silver guy from terminator, and the guy electric power very fast -- >> how many of you are there? >> not enough. >> and superman in that movie but i don't see him here. maybe he's coming soon. the guy harney and the guy who live in the ocean, justin milan, you know he live in the water, you know his name actor bus. and the lady, her name car gadot. she in the movie with the car very fast with vin diesel and michelle rodriguez. ben affleck is the batman. you know he did the movie with matt dammit in boston and the movie with bruce wallace go to space break the moon. and his brother also, casey affleck, he won oscar for his movie the kids die in the fire. >> shall we? >> go see the movie, is good movie. batman, silverman, fast electric man, beautiful woman, fish man. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, thank you, yehya. we're going to take a break. when we come back, you are going to get a first and exclusive look at a new holiday-themed "hamilton" musical. yes. 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[ scattered laughter ] that's right. don't worry, nothing happened. a portrait of jesus painted by leonardo da vinci sold at auction for an astonishing $450 million. which is -- i mean, you could make half a "justice league" movie for that much money. [ laughter ] this is a painting, it looks kind of like he just put a beard on the "mona lisa." even the jesus christ in this painting is like, $450 million, jesus christ! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the buyer, the person who baug the painting, wishes to remain anonymous for now. because he doesn't want his secret santa to know what she's getting at the office. [ laughter ] how many people could it somebody who has $450 million laying around? guillermo, you didn't buy this thing, did you? >> guillermo: no way jose. >> jimmy: you would tell me if you did? >> guillermo: yeah, i will. >> jimmy: i have good news for those who host thanksgiving dinner their homes. according to the american farm bureau federation, the price of a typical thanksgiving dinner is down 75 cents to $49.12. i'm guessing the people at the farm bureau don't shop at whole foods. [ laughter ] i spid $50 for a sack of potatoes there. the cost of dinner is down which is good. unfortunately the emotional cost of spending three hours with your family this year is higher than ever. [ laughter ] [ applause ] president trump, by the way, his thanksgiving plans, the trumps are spending thanksgiving at his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida, with family and "fox and friends." [ laughter ] that's got to be some scene, all the trumps gathered around the table, the way donald carves a bucket of kfc, cuts himself an extra bigly piece of pumpkin pie. pumpkin pie is donald trump's secret service code name, did you know that? [ laughter ] they say, you know, that the typical thanksgiving dinner checks in around 4,500 calories. donald trump jr., djtj -- [ laughter ] as he lines to be called, is getting ready. he posted a video of himself deadlifting on instagram so we could all celebrate his new personal lift record together. >> arrghh! >> jimmy: yeah. looks like somebody's getting ready for prison, looks like, huh? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] all right. now i assume you know all about "hamilton." it's the hugely popular musical. [ cheers and applause ] about our founding fathers. it's sold out until well after all of us are dead. [ laughter ] it's a huge success on broadway and here if l.a. too. and now there's a new holiday version of the show, a hip-hop tale of sweet potato revenge starring aaron burr and his arch nemesis, ladies and gentlemen, we are proud as punch to give you "yamilton." ♪ ♪ ♪ how does a basted turkey >> waahhh! >> yahhhh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks, kids. thanks, everybody. i think it's intermission, i don't know what's going on. it's still in previews, we're working out some of the kinks. it's thursday night which means it's 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." >> president trump is known for his long and active hand [ bleep ]s but at the asean summit the president seemed to come upon a hand [ bleep ] that threw him. >> president trump was [ bleep ] duterte, but duterte himself was singing. >> i want to [ bleep ] every one of them individually. >> like me, as a member of congress, of course he [ bleep ] russians. i went to moscow one time -- >> a surfer managed to survive a shark attack by [ bleep ]ing it in the [ bleep ] and making his escape. >> the cincinnati [ bleep ] festival has been attracting big [ bleep ]s all week long. >> when i came into office our country was [ bleep ] with a series of growing [ bleep ]s. >> as a young child what was he really like? was he fin icky? was he a [ bleep ] eater? did he have [ bleep ]? >> fill in the blank, take a what? >> take a [ bleep ]. >> do you [ bleep ] your pet? of course. >> you did a good job. >> did he just say good job? >> i've never heard him say that before. and i've [ bleep ]ed his [ bleep ] twice. 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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> hello, mr. kimble. >> jimmy: how are you doing? >> i'm great, how are you? >> jimmy: i'm doing well. i imagine you're very busy. >> knee-deep in rehearsals, stretching, vocalizing, making sure i massage my face so there's blood flow. >> jimmy: are those some of the tips for hosting? >> i don't know, you've done it way more than me. sounds like if you don't recognize those tips i'm going to fail. >> jimmy: i don't recognize any of those tips. you're rehearsing? >> yeah, rehearsed a little today, got on the stage. there's a lollipop they call it where the stage comes out like a runway with a circle at the end of it. >> jimmy: i didn't know they called it that. >> a lollipop. >> jimmy: i didn't learn anything when i did this. are you having -- enjoying it? >> i am. >> jimmy: is it something you're comfortable with? >> i've hosted before, i do the award show hosting which i really enjoy. but this is an extra-special evening. >> jimmy: sure. >> because my mom is receiving a lifetime achievement award. >> jimmy: that's right. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's one of those things that i don't think i could have thought that up. but you know, it's abc. that's my network. it's not like it's so out of the ordinary. but the fact that it's like on the year she's receiving the lifetime achievement award, it feels like kind of extra special. >> jimmy: it is. your mom is diana ross. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i'm surprised she hasn't received this lifetime achievement award already. is she excited about it? >> they were waiting until i could host. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i guess so. your mom hosted. >> she did, twice. >> jimmy: a couple of times. >> she is very excited. as a matter of fact my entire family will be there. all the fathers, all the kids, all the husbands and wives. there's not that many fathers. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: one per kid? >> no, no. >> jimmy: less than one per kid? >> there's three -- forget it. anyway. the fathers will be there, all my siblings, husbands, wives, grand babies. >> jimmy: what year did your mom host? >> i feel it was early '80s. >> jimmy: did you go with her? >> i didn't, no. for my mom it was probably more important that we got in bed on time. >> jimmy: i see. >> than watching. it's not like you could google it the next day. >> jimmy: we did google, we dug up a clip of your mom hosting the show. >> really? >> jimmy: maybe this will offer you inspiration. >> i'm so excited. >> jimmy: what year is this, 1986? 1986. diana ross hosting the american music awards. >> please greet new edition and janny brickley! [ cheers and applause ] >> ricky schroeder! >> jimmy: that is an uncomfortably long shot of ricky schroeder. >> that is unbelievable. okay. first of all, i think i need to perfect the clap, right? ricky schroeder! >> jimmy: that's right. your mom did it like almost to the side. >> they were long nails. >> jimmy: yeah, right. >> i'm going to do this all night on sunday. >> jimmy: i knew there was a ricky in new edition, i didn't realize it was ricky schroeder, though. >> ricky schroeder. i loved that show. >> want to ask one other question about your mom. she tweeted this the other day. >> yes, she did. >> jimmy: and this is -- i have a million questions about it. thank you to the angel, i lost my fanny pack in marshall's in l.a. on olympic and someone turned it in, what a blessing. [ laughter ] >> okay, can we break it down? >> jimmy: let's break it down. >> first of all, i'm going to first prep you all. you should let go -- think of this as my mom. and the grandmother of my siblings -- >> jimmy: and not miss diana ross. >> no. and grandma, my mom, lost her fanny pack. [ laughter ] it's the cutest thing ever. and first of all i know fanny packs are in now. but she's been wearing fanny packs for like years. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: she has. >> yes. >> jimmy: does she have a variety of them? >> she has a favorite one. >> jimmy: one fanny pack? >> until that one wears out and she gets another. >> jimmy: do you support the fanny pack? with mom? >> yes. >> jimmy: you do. [ laughter ] does it even occur to her that it may be odd that she's wearing a fanny pack? >> no it's convenient. and it's like an oversized wallet with a handle. >> jimmy: i'm not questioning its convenience. in fact, i'm not questioning it at all. i wore a fanny pack to the emmys this year, as a matter of fact. >> was it a joke, though, jimmy? >> jimmy: well, yes. [ laughter ] >> this is not a joke. the point of this tweet which is the sweetest thing, she called me in tears. >> jimmy: yeah. >> is someone found it and returned it. >> jimmy: yeah, because who the hell wants a fanny pack? [ laughter ] >> i will get -- i'm going to put a little -- i'm going to pop your balloon. who wants diana ross' fanny pack that was full? >> jimmy: everyone. [ cheers and applause ] what's in there? >> i know. >> jimmy: what does she have in there? >> money? license? how much cash does diana ross carry? >> jimmy: i feel we missed a big part of this tweet that your mom's shopping at marshall's. [ laughter ] >> i wish she had been in jcpenney where my line was, right? that would have been good. >> jimmy: imagine how the people at ross feel, that diana ross -- [ laughter ] is shopping at marshall's. this has got to be like a strike in the heart. >> they are just like, this is bull crap. >> jimmy: does your mom regularly shop at marshall's? >> i think it was a new experience. but my thing was when she called me, i was like -- i didn't know it had already happened. i was like what do you mean you were going across the street by yourself? where are you? where are you? and how can i come make sure you're okay? >> jimmy: she was alone? >> no. she had an entourage of security and people. [ laughter ] who should be fired for letting her forget her fanny pack. >> jimmy: when you were a kid, let's say mom's driving to school or something, one of her songs comes on the radio. did that ever happen? >> i don't have memories of that but i have some really awkward memories as i got older of fooling around with someone, and like i remember this one specifically, like "endless love" came on. and the hand was like just there -- and i was like, whoa, doggy! back it up there, buddy, let's take a little pause. let mom stop singing. [ applause ] the thought is, is she watching? [ laughter ] yeah, it's a little weird. >> jimmy: singing "you can't hurry love." >> she's like, "my love, get your hand off her boob." >> jimmy: this is a wonderful anecdote to share at the show sunday night. >> no we've given it here. >> jimmy: tracee ellis ross is here. we'll be right back! >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by print pocket. plug your smartphone - choose a photo, print instantly! learn more at prynt.com. ♪ ♪ put a little love ♪ in your heart. yeah. ♪ take a good look around... ♪ and if you're lookin' down... ♪ put a little love in your heart ♪ ♪ and the world... ♪ the world! ♪ will be a better place ♪ for you... ♪ for you... ♪ and me...and me... ♪ you just wait... ♪ and see... i'm pretty good at that. ♪ put a little love in your heart...♪ ♪ come on, come on (barking) ♪ put a little love in your heart... ♪ hoo-rah! ♪ put a little love in your heart ♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart. 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[ laughter ] >> first of all, i was not expecting that. pass the jell-o, michael! [ laughter ] michael makes the jell-o mold. no, not -- i guess it's -- maybe a little. there were some vacations with michael and tennis with cher. >> jimmy: tennis with cher. [ laughter ] is cher a good tennis player? >> i was young, but there's pictures. >> jimmy: i see. >> and there was like my mom and cher, these two bean poles, they were so skinny, playing tennis with michael. cher, michael, my mom and my dad. >> jimmy: michael was playing tennis? >> i think so. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you must have some photographs of that. >> there are, there are. that's the only reason i know. i don't remember, i was real small. >> jimmy: when he would like -- >> i don't know, jimmy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i guess there's no answer. >> you were really about to dive in there. >> jimmy: i'm imagining him moonwalking back to the ball. [ laughter ] >> i think this was very before moonwalking. >> jimmy: he didn't wear a glove? [ laughter ] >> no. no. >> jimmy: wow. your life is so much more interesting than mine. >> i don't know that i agree. >> jimmy: trust me. agree. >> okay, okay. >> jimmy: i mean, the most exciting thing that would happen at our family thanksgiving would be smoking. that would be like, you know -- my aunt chippy breaking open a new pack of marlboros. >> at the table? >> jimmy: of course at the table, yeah. >> that sounds pretty exciting, that would not happen at my house. >> jimmy: oh, really? no smoking in the house? >> you do not smoke around my mom, if you're a smoker, outside. my mom was a singer no smoking around my mom. >> jimmy: that makes sense. my aunt chippy is more of a screamer. [ laughter ] it's a different thing, i know. well, i look forward to seeing you on sunday night. have a lot of fun. >> thank you. >> jimmy: please give your family my best. >> i will. >> jimmy: tracee ellis ross! "the american music awards" airs sunday at 8pm on abc. we'll be right back with frankie shaw. being a location scout, my office is on my back. the less stuff i have to carry the better. with surface pro, i have one device that does everything. technology has really changed how i do this job. on pacific rim: uprising our characters are 250 ft. tall. where in the heck are you gonna land this big robot? pulled up a satellite image and there is like a giant bullseye, robots here! i feel very proud of what i bring to the screen. i have the greatest job in the world. 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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: frankie, i see you every day, your billboards are all over the place. >> it's so embarrassing, i'm sorry, i know it's a lot. >> jimmy: no need to apologize. is it emembarrassing? >> it's a lot. i see if of when i'm dropping my son off to school, on that drive. >> jimmy: as a matter of fact you brought a photograph, this is your son. >> isaac. >> jimmy: there's 8 sack in front of his mom. >> he's so proud. i know. >> jimmy: he does look proud. does he know what smill of means? >> yeah, do you know what it means? >> know part of it. [ laughter ] >> single mom in love forever. >> jimmy: oh, is that -- >> in love with her kid. what do you think it means? >> jimmy: in love with -- i don't know, i thought the "i" might stand for isaac. >> oh, yeah, i should tell him that, i know. >> jimmy: he won't believe it for long, so get away with the lies while you can. >> yeah, i'm surprised no one at his school has told him. >> jimmy: i'm sure they have, you don't realize it. would he share that with you? >> we are that close, yeah. so i was in boston shooting when all the billboards went up. and the first day he saw it his babysitter's drive herring home and he made her pull over and take that picture and they september to it me. he's very proud. >> jimmy: sure, of course. >> until he finds out what it really means. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: maybe one day he'll host the american music awards ask give you a live time achievement award. >> i actually have to make the show to pay for his therapy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the show is very, very funny. and you're very, very good it in. >> thank you. >> jimmy: this is -- i was mentioning that you created this show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you actually like put this together and then sold it as your own television show. >> yeah. so i actually made a short film which then became the series. it's loosely based on my life as a single mom. i basically -- i moved every three months with isaac for two years. and there's a lot of stories which i've taken from for the show. >> jimmy: like there's a scene where your character bridget drys the baby, which i guess is isaac, with paper towels. >> yeah. >> jimmy: is that something that you did? >> i mean, it was hard to do my laundry very often, so occasionally i'd have to use paper towels. the thing that is you can't let the paper towels dry. you have to -- >> jimmy: on the child? >> on the child. it could be painful to take it off. you have to quickly dry him off and put on his pajamas. >> jimmy: that's a great tip for people at home. [ laughter ] >> you're welcome. >> jimmy: go through a whole role of brawny. your character tutors wealthy children, is that something you did? >> yeah, i worked at a tutoring center teaching s.a.t., tutoring for s.a.t., and i wrote college application essays. >> jimmy: you wrote them? >> yeah. laugh live it's not the most ethical job. i wonder if admitting it on live television, if i could get arrested. >> jimmy: no, but those kids -- did kids get into college? >> yeah. >> jimmy: they're going to get in trouble. >> i know. >> jimmy: they deserve it. how would this racket work exactly? >> i would advertise a tutor. that i was a tutor on craigslist. and then i would also advertise that i would write your child's application else say also on craigslist. >> jimmy: you would. >> i really would. i know, it's bad. >> jimmy: it's really bad. [ laughter ] >> i know. >> jimmy: it might be worse than hooker. [ laughter ] >> it was one of the two, jimmy. but it was, you know -- it sort of became the thing that i was good at for some reason. just like inhabiting these 18-year-old voices. >> jimmy: oh, you would imagine -- >> i'd meet with the kid and i'd interview them. they'd say, i made a computer from scratch or something. i'd sort of formulate it into an essay. when i was in the writer's room for "smilf" i got a call asking me to write another essay. because the last time i did it was maybe three years ago. so i got the message and i called them back, sure, i'll do it. but i now charge $10,000. [ laughter ] and he didn't call me back. >> jimmy: yeah, he didn't. >> yeah? would you like -- would you follow up and see if the kids got into school? >> yeah, april 1st, whenever people get their acceptance letters, that was a more important day for me than i think for the kids because it was like, did i get in? [ laughter ] or did they get in? >> jimmy: isn't that the worst day to send letters? you're opening yourself up for an april fools prank right there. >> that's a good point, i know. >> jimmy: so wow, did your kids go into like yale or anything like that? >> i think my proudest moment, i had one student get into the grad school for architecture at harvard. >> jimmy: architecture? >> i know nothing about architecture. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: was the essay about architecture? >> yeah, it was about his influences, which it was like -- >> jimmy: that is really something. anything a way you're writing characters. >> it was the first time i probably got paid to write, right? >> jimmy: i guess so. >> illegally, though. >> jimmy: the actor who plays your mom on the show is rosie o'donnell. how -- did you know rosie? how did you get her to do that? >> no, so my casting director deanna brigidi suggested her name, we facetimed. rosie had watched two of my shorts that i made. so we facetimed and rosie just said she wanted to disappear into the character. she said, i don't want to be rosie, i want to do something where i can fully immerse myself into somebody else. so we cast her. she's f'ing amazing. >> jimmy: did you feel like she's really capturing your mom? >> i feel like she's so tapped into my mom and to the character, and she gives such an emotional nuanced performance. and she did say, like what did you need from me, frankie? before we started the pilot. so i brought my mom up one night, they went out. at first i should say my mom was very skeptical. >> jimmy: oh, really. >> oh, yeah. to anyone i suggested. it wasn't rosie. every single woman i suggested, no, she can't do it. she's like, don't even try. so then they went to dinner and they drank two bottles of wine, then they're walking around boston falling over each other. and then she's like announcing to the world my mom, there's no one else i'd rather have play me! she's all excited about it. even to the point we were shooting the pilot, and rosie had a scene. and my mom came to visit her. and rosie was done with her scene. my assistant went and got them a bottle of wine. it's now a thing. they drink together. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> and so i go on to shoot another scene. i'm in the bakery. i'm in the middle of a take. and my mom comes wandering in with her big glass of wine. frankie, who's going to drive me home? [ laughter ] as if she owns the place. she didn't care about watching me. >> jimmy: yeah you've not gotten a report on her, how she thinks rosie's handling her? >> all i know is she thinks rosie's her best friend. >> jimmy: i see, i see. >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, whatever you're doing over there seems to be working out very well. the show is called "smilf." it airs sunday nights at 10:00 on showtime. frankie shaw, everybody! be right back with manchester orchestra. >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: i want to thank tracee ellis ross, frankie shaw and the reason i apologize to matt damon every night is because of this little man. jason shrift. we will miss you terribly. we've run out of time for matt damon. "nightline" is next. but first, their album is called "a black mile to the surface." here with the song "the gold" manchester orchestra! ♪ ♪ ♪ i couldn't really love you anymore you've become my ceiling ♪ ♪ i don't think i love you anymore that gold mine ♪ ♪ changed you you don't have to hold me anymore ♪ ♪ our cave's collapsing i don't want to be me anymore ♪ ♪ my old man told me you don't open your eyes for a while. you just breathe that moment down forty miles out ♪ ♪ of east illinois for my old man's heart attack ♪ ♪ i believed you were crazy you believe that you love me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i don't want to bark here anymore the black hills ♪ ♪ the colly it wasn't really dangerous for us ♪ ♪ we just catch you coughing what the hell are we gonna do ♪ ♪ a black mile to the surface well i don't want ♪ ♪ to be here anymore it all tastes like poison you can't open your eyes ♪ ♪ for a while you just breathe that moment down ♪ ♪ forty hours out of homestake and i'm trying ♪ ♪ to translate you again i believed you were crazy you believe that ♪ ♪ you love me you and me we're a day drink ♪ ♪ so lose your faith in me ♪ ♪ ♪ you can't open your eyes for a while ♪ ♪ you just breathe that moment down you can't open your eyes ♪ ♪ for a while you just breathe i believed you were crazy ♪ ♪ you believe that you love me you and me ♪ ♪ we're a day drink so lose your faith in me ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] this is "nightline." >> tonight, home groans. a home rental giant under fire. complaints including one family claiming toxic mold in their walls gave their daughter asthma. >> every morning, every night, she has to take a breathing treatment. >> some tenants claim this company cofounded by a friend of president trump, is slow to repair even serious problems. but quick to threaten eviction. brian ross investigates with our stations across the country. >> a d-plus from the better business bureau? here's johnny. a new series pulling back the curtain on the imagined backstage bustle of the legendary "tonight show with johnny carson" from comedian paul reiser. >> what i

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