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>> dicky: From hollywood, it's
"jimmy kimmel live."

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tonight, president barack obama.
And music from zac brown band.

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And now, jimmy kimmel!
[ cheers and applause ]

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>> jimmy: Oh, that's me, hi.
Hello, I'm jimmy, the host.

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Thanks for watching thanks
for -- we've got a big show for

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you tonight.
A very, very special guest.

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You know joe biden in this guy
used to be his boss.

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[ laughter ]
so the former president of the

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united states, barack obama,
will join us tonight.

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[ cheers and applause ]
he's fired up.

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He's ready to go.
Are you fired up, guillermo?

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>> guillermo: I'm ready, jimmy,
yeah.

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[ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Is the perimeter

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secure?
>> guillermo: Clear, jimmy, code

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four.
>> jimmy: My secret surveyso

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over here.
[ laughter ]

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day 16 of squattergate.
The bad president has no public

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events on his schedule but he is
busy cooking up all manner of

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evil schemes.
This really is getting scary.

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All jokes aside, it's become
very clear he's trying to cut

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the voters out of voting.
He lost the election.

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He's 6 million votes behind.
It's not even close, that's a

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lot of votes.
Now he's doing what he does,

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he's abusing the system to try
to steal this election he claims

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has been stolen from him.
Remember when o.J. Went into

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that hotel room with a bunch of
thugs to steal his old

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memorabilia back?
This is the white house version

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of that.
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what's happening is insane.
There's no one trump won't

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falsely accuse.
He's accusing the georgia

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secretary of state, guy named
brad raffen berger, of

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obstructing because he won't
overturn biden's win.

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This guy, not only is he a
republican, he's a hard-core

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republican, a guy who watches
"bluebloods" every week type

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republican.
Never voted for a democrat in

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his life.
And two years ago, he got an

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endorsement from guess who?
Donald trump wrote, brad

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raffensberger will be a
fantastic skate for georgia,

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will work closely with brian
kemp, it's really important you

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vote for brad, vote brad, tough
on crime and borders.

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The job has nothing to do with
that, by the way.

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Loves our military and vets, he
will be great for jobs.

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But that was before brad
raffensberger got tough on his

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job.
Brad is now part of the liberal

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conspiracy, I guess.
And people believe this.

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Your uncle believes this.
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the bad news for trump is, the
legal part of his legal strategy

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is not working.
Even worse news is, rudy

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giuliani is running his legal
team.

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Rudy guiliani gave another doozy
of a press conference today.

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It was a success in that it did
not take place in a parking lot

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next to a dildo shop.
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but otherwise, it was not a
success.

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It was a desperate, vomitus
attack on every american who

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bothered to vote.
Here's rudy using the movie "my

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cousin vinny" to explain why
trump was swindled out of the

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vote in pennsylvania.
>> we could do like -- did you

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all watch "my cousin vinny"?
You know the movie?

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It's one of my favorite law
movies because he comes from

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brooklyn.
When the nice lady who said she

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saw, and then he says to her,
how many fingers do I -- how

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many fingers do I got up?
And she says, three.

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Well, she was too far away.
To see that it was only two.

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These people were further away
than my cousin vinny was from

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the witness.
>> jimmy: Your honor, I rest my

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case.
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[ applause ]
bold move bringing up cousins

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from a guy who married one of
his.

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But this is the best part of the
press conference.

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This press conference went on
for an hour and 45 minutes.

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And during that time, he got
sweaty.

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And his hair color started
running down both sides of his

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head.
This is real.

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We did not doctor this.
He was literally dying up there

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today.
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isn't it funny, the ones who
shout fake news the loudest all

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have fake heads.
It's like something out of a

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sci-fi horror movie.
Let's look at that again.

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How scary is this?
It's a gram-pyre, run for your

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life!
Even with all this, even though

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trump is about to be evicted, he
is still president of the united

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states, they can't take that
away.

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They'll still have a painting of
him in the national portrait

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gallery.
There will still be a trump

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presidential library.
They're planning it route now.

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In fact, we were able to get in
touch with the man in casual of

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designing the trump presidential
library, and he's with us now.

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Please welcome scott mcdougal.
Hi, scott.

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>> oh!
Hey, jimmy.

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I was just doing some measuring.
You know what they say, measure!

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[ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Yeah, right, yeah,

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they do.
Sorry to interrupt the

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measuring.
I just had some questions for

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you about this presidential
library you're designing.

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>> well, you got the right guy.
>> jimmy: Politics aside, for an

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architect, this has got to be an
exciting project to get, right?

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>> for what?
No, no, god no.

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I'm not an architect, no.
>> jimmy: Oh, you're not?

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>> no, no.
No, I'm a dentist who retweets

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racist cartoons.
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they saw some of my stuff on
facebook and they said, you got

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a good eye, give it a go!
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>> jimmy: You are in charge of
the library, correct?

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>> heck, yes!
Yes, I am.

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>> jimmy: All right, well --
walk us through some of what you

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have planned, then.
>> I'd hoff to.

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Open wide!
That's dentist talk.

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>> jimmy: Oh, okay, yeah, all
right.

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[ laughter ]
>> okay, let me share my screen

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with you.
>> jimmy: Great.

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>> you see it now?
Do you see it now?

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>> jimmy: No, I just see you, I
don't -- I think you have to

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push the button that says "share
screen."

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>> I see one that says "mute."
>> jimmy: No, that is not it,

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no.
It's not the one that says

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"mute."
>> okay, let me get my nephew in

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here for a second, I'll call you
right back.

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>> jimmy: You know, we can't
really call back, we're on the

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air right now, scott.
If you can just --

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>> never mind, I got it, never
mind.

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>> jimmy: Great, okay, all
right.

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All right.
>> this computer.

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I figured it out.
This is the front.

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You can see this here.
Look at that.

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>> jimmy: I hate to stop you
already, but you're missing an

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"r."
there's another "r" in library.

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>> you sure about that?
>> jimmy: Yes, I am.

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>> let me get my nephew --
>> jimmy: No, no.

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[ laughter ]
there's really no need to get

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your nephew, I'm positive of
that.

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>> never mind.
>> jimmy: Show us what else you

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have there for the library.
>> kid's an incredible speller.

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This is very special.
I want to start in the food

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court.
We've got a chili's on one side

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and a chili's 2 on the other.
It's like being at two airports

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at once.
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>> jimmy: Sounds like a dream
come true.

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>> I know, right?
And then you head this way.

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You head to the -- past the
ranch dressing fountain.

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Are you seeing that?
Then the spray tan corridor.

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>> jimmy: I do see that.
What is -- that's a spray tan

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corridor?
>> oh yes indeed, kind of like a

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car wash but without all those
dang illegals.

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>> jimmy: Okay, that is
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>> thank you, yeah.
You know, I try to own the libs

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whenever I can, you know.
>> jimmy: Yeah.

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>> anyway, on the other end of
the south corridor is the

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entrance to the ivanka art
pav

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pavilion.
>> jimmy: Ivanka collects art?

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>> no, no.
She poses for it.

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Have you ever seen a sculpture
with breast implants?

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>> jimmy: I can't say that I
have, no.

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>> yeah, it's something they
call squeezable art.

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Very modern and very hot?
Sounds very interesting.

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>> yeah.
>> jimmy: Yeah, no, I'm not

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seeing that.
>> once you exit the ivanka

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exhibit, you will find the eric
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[ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Memorial?

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Why is it memorial?
Eric isn't dead.

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>> really?
>> jimmy: Yeah, no, he's alive.

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>> oh.
Okay.

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I guess I'll let the president
know.

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[ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Yeah, please do, let

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him know.
>> it was his idea.

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You're going to hoff this.
Next to that is the melania

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escape room.
Check it out.

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>> jimmy: Now that sounds like
fun, that seems like a fun deal.

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>> yeah, well, it's a closet
full of rats and hot wires.

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>> jimmy: Okay.
That sounds not as fun.

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This sounds dangerous, actually.
Is this going to be -- will

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kids -- it will be safe for
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>> of course it is.
It will be wonderful for

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children.
When kids see then paper towel

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cannon, their eyes light up like
it's christmas morning, so

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excited.
>> jimmy: You know, scott, with

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all these features, it seems
like there's going to be hardly

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any room for books.
>> for what?

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>> jimmy: For books.
It's a library, right?

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>> no, no.
It's a libery.

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Won't be any books.
Instead of books we're going to

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pay tribute to the president's
personal collection of swedish

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erotica on laser disk.
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>> jimmy: That is exciting, they
say that's the best format.

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>> don't take anything but laser
disks when it comes to the

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swedes.
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>> jimmy: When do you think the
libery will break ground?

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>> as soon as we get the check
from president trump.

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So -- [ bleep ] if I know.
[ laughter ]

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>> jimmy: Okay, thank you,
scott.

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I appreciate your time.
That's scott mcdougal.

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[ cheers and applause ]
he's a dentist.

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Let me explain.
He's a dentist, the dentist they

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put in charge of the trump
libery.

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>> guillermo: Unbelievable.
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>> jimmy: We've got a great show
for you tonight.

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We have music from zac brown
band tonight.

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[ cheers and applause ]
and when we return, we will be

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back, we will be accompanied by
president barack obama.

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[ cheers and applause ]
so please stick around.

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[ cheers and applause ]
♪

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>> jimmy: Welcome back to a very
special show.

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Tonight their song is called
"the man who loves you the

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most," music from zac brown band
later on.

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[ cheers and applause ]
next week we have shows from

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kristen stewart, amy adams,
music from jewel, and the great

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james taylor too.
Our next guest served our

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country for eight years, he
wrote a book to remind you.

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It's called "the promised land:
At long last."

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please say hello to president
barack obama.

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[ cheers and applause ]
>> jimmy: Hi.

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Very good to see you.
>> hey, jimmy.

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[ cheers and applause ]
>> jimmy: All right, all right.

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He knows.
We miss you.

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Why did you leave us with him?
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>> you know -- I've got to
follow the constitution and

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michelle's mandate.
[ laughter ]

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which was eight years.
Then we had to get out of there.

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>> jimmy: The constitution seems
a little shaky lately.

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So I think michelle's mandate is
a lot stronger.

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How are you?
Thank you for doing this.

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It's great to see you.
>> thank you so much for having

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me.
>> jimmy: Yes.

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I enjoyed your book.
It is quite a book.

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I mean, it really is interesting
and long.

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It's very long.
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it's 701 pages long.
Did you make it that long to

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make sure trump never reads it?
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>> you know, I don't think it
would have to be 700 to be sure

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he didn't read it.
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you know, as I said in the
preface, I didn't start off

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wanting to write a book that
long.

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But as you start getting into
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of all, I want people to
understand how I was making

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decisions, you know, what we
were dealing with the financial

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crisis or with iran or these
other issues.

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And, you know, I didn't want to
put everything in footnotes and

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end notes.
I don't know about you, but when

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I read, I skip over those.
I never look at that stuff.

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>> jimmy: I've never looked at a
footnote, no, yeah.

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>> exactly.
>> jimmy: There's not a bit of

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it that's extraneous.
It is fascinating and it is

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interesting, because you read
the news, you see the news, you

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know the stories that are
happening.

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We'll get into some of that
stuff.

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But the thought and the
methodology that you put into

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every decision, and the gravity
of these decisions, is

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absolutely I'm sure
overwhelming.

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I don't know if you keep track
of this stuff, but you sold

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around 900,000 copies the first
day of release.

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[ cheers and applause ]
do you know if that is more or

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less than your wife, michelle
obama, sold with her book?

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[ laughter ]
>> it's a tad more.

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[ laughter ]
but I'm not rubbing it in over

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dinner.
You know.

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I know -- although in truth,
michelle's attitude is, boy, you

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go out and sell some books,
that's fine, because that will

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pay for some of my shoes.
[ laughter ]

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>> jimmy: Have malia and shaush
sa read the book?

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>> they have not.
You are never a protet in your

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own land.
[ laughter ]

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their attitude is, we've got
better things to do than to read

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your boring -- you know -- rants
and raves.

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They promise at some point they
will.

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Which, in truth, I think it took
them like ten years before they

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finally picked up my first book.
So I suspect by the time they're

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30, they will have read it.
>> jimmy: Your wife, michelle,

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told me that you are afraid of
sasha, is that true?

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[ laughter ]
>> yes.

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[ laughter ]
and the reason is because sasha

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is a mini michelle.
>> jimmy: Ah.

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>> and I'm afraid of michelle.
[ laughter ]

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and sasha, having seen that, you
know, basically has the same

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look and the same attitude.
Malia is more like me

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temperamentally.
And we call ourselves the long

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faces.
Because her face is more shaped

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like mine.
And it's -- the brown faces are

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michelle and sasha.
The round faces are a fiercer

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tribe.
We're like the vegetarians, you

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know, the gatherers, and they're
the hunters.

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We try to keep the peace with
them.

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>> jimmy: One of the fun stories
in the book, shortly after you

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gave that speech at the dnc,
suddenly you became very famous

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and you decided to take the
girls to the zoo.

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You thought you'd be able to
pull it off.

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You got mobbed at the zoo.
And the girls came up with a

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secret identity for you.
>> that's right.

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We get mobbed.
We have to leave the zoo.

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I'm kind of depressed about the
whole thing.

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And malia, you know, who's
sitting in the back seat with

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sasha, she says, "dad, you need
an alias."

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sasha's like, what's an alias?
Well, it's a fake name you use

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so you disguise your identity.
She said, it should be like

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johnny mc johnjohn.
That should be my name?

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She said, yeah.
The problem is you also have to

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disguise your voice because it's
too distinctive.

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You talk really slow, you need
to speed up how you talk and use

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a higher voice.
So she had a whole plan, sasha

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agreed to the plan.
We get home, they explain the

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plan to michelle.
Michelle says, hon, the only way

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that daddy's going to disguise
himself is if he has surgery to

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pin back his ears.
[ laughter ]

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which I found somewhat
offensive.

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I'm generally the brunt of jokes
in my house.

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>> jimmy: It's comforting to
know that because I get the same

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thing at my house.
You think you're a big shot,

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then you walk in the door.
>> exactly.

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>> jimmy: It is interesting to
read about the difficulties of

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being -- trying to be a good
father and trying to be a good

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president and senator at the
same time.

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And how much you struggled with
that.

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>> yeah, I -- look, I mean -- I
was very proud of the work I did

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and the service.
And at the same time as I

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describe in the book, look, my
dad wasn't there when I was

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growing up.
And when I married michelle and

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we talked about starting a
family, I said to myself, I'm

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going to do things differently.
I'm going to make sure my

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daughters know me, they know
they're loved, they know they're

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supported.
And overall, they'd say, I

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think, that I did a good job on
that front.

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But there were a lot of times
where I'd be gone more than I

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wanted.
Especially during the campaign

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for the presidency.
There were times where I'd have

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to leave early in the middle of
something because some crisis

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comes up.
And maybe most frustrating, I

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couldn't do normal stuff with
them.

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I describe how, if we wanted to
go to a bookstore while I was

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president, you'd have the
s.W.A.T. Teams and you'd have

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to -- they'd have to, you know,
bolt down the manhole covers in

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front of the store.
>> jimmy: You'd have to bring in

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johnny mcjohn john to handle
everything.

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>> exactly.
The good news was, and I didn't

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anticipate this, this ended up
being a weird benefit of the

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presidency.
You don't have a commute.

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>> jimmy: Right.
>> you live above the store.

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I was able to make sure that I
was having dinner with them

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every night at 6:30.
So you come from the situation

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room, then you sit down, and
suddenly you're hearing about

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some dorky boy at school.
You know.

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Or witnessing an argument
between michelle and sasha about

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whether sasha's going to
actually eat that spinach or

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not.
It takes your mind off things a

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little bit.
And I -- it helped ground me.

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I actually think I was a better
president because of that

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constant reminder of, what's the
point of all this?

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Other than making sure you're
leaving a better world for your

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kids.
>> jimmy: I have a feeling

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michelle and the girls are going
to enjoy the cover of "instyle"

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magazine.
Have you seen this?

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>> I have not seen it.
Oh, look at that.

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[ cheers and applause ]
that's what I do.

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>> jimmy: How many martinis in
were you on this shoot.

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[ laughter ]
>> I think it was shot around

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noon.
>> jimmy: Oh.

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So you have no excuse.
>> you know, these

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photographers, they mess with
you.

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They'll say something, you'll
say, that's ridiculous, and

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suddenly -- they splice it up
and it makes it look like you're

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trying to look like james bond,
when in fact you were asking,

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how soon is this going to be
finished?

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>> jimmy: Right, yeah, and you
can't order a missile strike on

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their homes anymore.
Very powerless feeling, I'm

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sure.
We have many things to discuss.

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I want to talk about health
care, I want to talk about bin

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laden.
President obama is with us.

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[ cheers and applause ]
this is his book, "a promised

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land."
we'll be right back.

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>>> oh!
>> whoa!

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>> that's what I do!
[ cheers and applause ]

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>> jimmy: That's what he does.
Welcome back.

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President barack obama is with
us.

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This is his book.
That's unbelievable.

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I mean, come on.
That's ridiculous.

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>> you know -- some people may
not know.

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You know who passed me that
basketball was actually maisie

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biden, joe biden's
granddaughter.

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>> jimmy: Oh.
>> who was traveling with him on

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that campaign stop.
And she's one of sasha's best

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friends, and I had coached her
on the vipers, which is sasha's

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rec league team when they were 7
or 8.

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She was the lebron james of the
league.

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>> jimmy: Well, she got an
assist on that one.

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That has to make you happy.
I mean, for all the many

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accomplishments, making a shot
like that as you're campaigning

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for joe biden is ridiculous.
[ laughter ]

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it really is.
Do you feel that --

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>> it was.
>> jimmy: When you congratulated

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biden and senator harris that
you were premature in doing

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that?
[ laughter ]

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>> no.
>> jimmy: No?

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>> I thought I was right on
time.

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[ laughter ]
there seems to be some lag.

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The communication system in the
white house used to be better.

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It was realtime.
[ laughter ]

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you know, there's a lot of, you
know --

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[ applause ]
-- computers there that actually

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tell you what is going on around
the world.

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>> jimmy: You know the white
house well.

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You lived there for eight years.
Are there places someone could

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hide?
Like if, say, they want -- they

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were going to be removed?
Are there little cubbyholes or

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anything we should know about?
>> well, I think we can always

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send the navy s.E.A.L.S in there
to dig him out.

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Laugh.
>> jimmy: Will it be weird to

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call joe biden mr. President?
>> no.

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I've already called him mr.
President-elect.

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>> jimmy: Okay.
>> I called him up.

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You know -- and I think that his
experience over eight years

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is -- he knows the job.
And he understands the gravity

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of it.
He will hit the ground running.

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Most importantly, with respect
to how to deal with this

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pandemic.
We, as I describe in the book,

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we dealt with h1n1, we dealt
with ebola.

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We actually set up an entire
pandemic playbook and task force

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inside the white house in the
eventuality that, in fact,

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something like this would
happen.

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>> jimmy: And what happened to
that task force?

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>> it got disbanded.
>> jimmy: It got busdisbanded,

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yeah.
>> by the current president.

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But it will be resurrected.
[ applause ]

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and that will be really
important.

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I wish the transition was going
better, because we lose time

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during these crisis.
As I describe, when I came in,

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we were in the middle of a big
crisis, the financial crisis.

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George w. Bush, you know, he and
I had obviously big policy

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differences, but he's a good
man.

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He's a patriot.
And he ordered everybody on his

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team to work seamlessly with us
on the transition.

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Could not have been more
gracious, could not have been

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more helpful.
And that actually helped us be

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able to get a head start on
trying to stem what could have

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been a great depression instead
of a great recession.

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>> jimmy: It is interesting,
reading the book, that you

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have -- you could pick what you
want to push.

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There are many things you care
about, a million different

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things you care about, but there
are only so many things you're

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going to be able to get done as
president.

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Fortunately for us you chose
health care as your first big

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push.
And it is -- going through and

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reading about how difficult it
is to get something like that

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done, which is crazy by the way,
because it's something that,

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looking back, people are pretty
happy with.

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But it's amazing that you got it
done.

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It is the slimmest of margins.
And to this day, republicans

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keep trying to kill it.
And us while they're at it.

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I mean, that is -- that alone
is, I think, an accomplishment

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that you could build a
presidency around.

447
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,387
>> you know, I was really proud
about that.

448
00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:22,593
And I go into detail of the --
all the hurdles and barriers.

449
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:26,730
It's probably the one piece of
legislation where I really

450
00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:30,534
describe in detail the whole
legislative process.

451
00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:33,571
The sausage-making, as it's
called in washington.

452
00:24:33,606 --> 00:24:35,840
You're right, it shouldn't be
that hard.

453
00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,909
>> jimmy: Yeah.
Because when you make sausage,

454
00:24:38,945 --> 00:24:41,779
people -- everybody understands
the people want to eat the

455
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,547
sausage.
But there are people going, no,

456
00:24:43,583 --> 00:24:49,920
no, no sausage for these people!
And you're saying, but people

457
00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:51,822
want sausage.
We wind up with no sausage a lot

458
00:24:51,858 --> 00:24:53,524
of the time.
[ laughter ]

459
00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:58,095
>> you know, we have some
structural barriers that are

460
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:01,065
making government not work.
And I describe one of them,

461
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:04,635
which is the filibuster in the
senate, where it's not in the

462
00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:09,540
constitution but somehow -- now
everything requires a super

463
00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:13,143
majority, 60 votes, to get
things done.

464
00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:17,815
Which means that unified
opposition can block anything.

465
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,850
And that's what happened during
health care.

466
00:25:19,886 --> 00:25:24,989
I tell you what though, jimmy.
The bottom line is that we ended

467
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:28,893
up getting not just 20 million
people who didn't have health

468
00:25:28,928 --> 00:25:34,298
insurance health insurance, but
as you have so eloquently

469
00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:40,371
championed, and I mean this
sincerely.

470
00:25:40,406 --> 00:25:44,842
You helped save the protections
of the affordable care act when

471
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:51,315
you spoke so eloquently about
its impact on your own family.

472
00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:54,285
And hundreds -- over 100 million
people have somebody in their

473
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,688
family with a pre-existing
condition that could have been

474
00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:00,658
affected if this thing had
gotten repealed.

475
00:26:00,693 --> 00:26:04,962
Now I look back and I say, that
is worth it.

476
00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:13,137
And as I describe in the book,
the night that we got that done,

477
00:26:13,172 --> 00:26:15,973
and I was upstairs, michelle and
the girls were on spring break.

478
00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:22,947
I was alone with beau, the dog
that ted kennedy had given me.

479
00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:24,048
He had been a champion of health
care.

480
00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:26,116
>> jimmy: Oh, I thought you
meant beau.

481
00:26:26,152 --> 00:26:28,252
Beau was also a champion of
health care.

482
00:26:28,287 --> 00:26:29,987
>> sure.
>> jimmy: Veterinary, I'm sure.

483
00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:37,728
>> you know, that night was the
best night of my presidency.

484
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:41,765
Because I knew this was a hard
thing, we got it done, and I was

485
00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:46,036
absolutely convinced that once
it took, that the american

486
00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:48,739
people over time would see the
benefits of it.

487
00:26:48,774 --> 00:26:50,975
And it survived a lot of efforts
to get unwound.

488
00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:54,078
>> jimmy: Many years ago I
decided to do an experiment.

489
00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:58,115
We went out on the street, we
asked people what they thought

490
00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:01,018
of the affordable care act.
And then we asked those same,

491
00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:05,122
mostly republicans, asked those
same people what they thought of

492
00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:06,323
obamacare.
And it was comical.

493
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:10,361
I mean, everybody liked the
affordable care act and no one

494
00:27:10,396 --> 00:27:13,063
liked obamacare.
And it's just so frustrating.

495
00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:17,134
And I would imagine it's very
frustrating for you.

496
00:27:17,169 --> 00:27:23,140
But thank god you made that top
of the list, really.

497
00:27:23,175 --> 00:27:24,308
[ applause ]
>> it was a priority.

498
00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:28,912
We've got more work to do.
And yeah, there's still people

499
00:27:28,948 --> 00:27:31,715
who don't have coverage.
There's still people who, even

500
00:27:31,751 --> 00:27:36,520
though obamacare has made it
accessible, some of the premiums

501
00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:40,391
are still a little bit too
expensive for folks who are

502
00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:43,560
working but don't make a lot of
money and aren't getting as big

503
00:27:43,596 --> 00:27:47,564
of a subsidy as they need.
So I'm glad that joe biden has

504
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,669
made it one of his priorities,
to improve it.

505
00:27:51,704 --> 00:27:53,971
I always called this a starter
home.

506
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:57,374
It's a good start.
Just like social security began.

507
00:27:57,410 --> 00:27:59,810
It didn't cover everybody,
eventually it grew.

508
00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:03,714
My hope is we build on this.
Each generation should be able

509
00:28:03,749 --> 00:28:08,452
to refine and perfect this so
that over time, eventually we do

510
00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:12,222
the same thing for american
citizens as every place else,

511
00:28:12,258 --> 00:28:16,093
from canada to japan to France
to England, everybody else is

512
00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:18,562
able to do, which is ensure if
you get sick, you don't go

513
00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:22,800
bankrupt, your family's getting
good care, and overall everybody

514
00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:24,568
is better off.
>> president obama is with us.

515
00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:28,172
When we come back I want to ask
about bin laden and more things.

516
00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:30,174
We'll be right back.
[ cheers and applause ]

517
00:28:39,318 --> 00:28:42,486
♪
>> jimmy: Welcome back.

518
00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:44,555
President barack obama is with
us.

519
00:28:44,590 --> 00:28:47,991
This is his book.
It is a big bestseller called

520
00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:49,693
"the promised land."
it's great.

521
00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:54,498
One of the -- really, one of the
most fascinating stories I've

522
00:28:54,533 --> 00:29:00,738
ever heard is the story about
planning and executing the raid

523
00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:02,973
on bin laden.
And also all the different

524
00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:09,113
things that were going on while
you were working on that.

525
00:29:09,148 --> 00:29:12,549
>> well, the bookends with the
bin laden raid.

526
00:29:12,585 --> 00:29:14,184
>> jimmy: Yeah.
>> and part of the reason I

527
00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:17,421
ended the book on the bin laden
raid was, it was also at the

528
00:29:17,456 --> 00:29:24,128
time when the whole birther
conspiracy was being floated by

529
00:29:24,163 --> 00:29:25,262
donald trump.
>> jimmy: Right.

530
00:29:25,297 --> 00:29:31,568
>> and so, you know, you get the
split screen that I was

531
00:29:31,604 --> 00:29:34,238
experiencing during my
presidency, where we are

532
00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:41,011
planning this huge, risky,
difficult operation that

533
00:29:41,046 --> 00:29:46,984
involves all the power and
technology and skill and courage

534
00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:49,286
of the u.S. Military and
intelligence.

535
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:55,092
And at the same time I'm dealing
with a guy who's saying that I

536
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:59,730
wasn't born where I was born.
It gives you kind of an example

537
00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:03,734
of the weirdness of modern
politics.

538
00:30:03,769 --> 00:30:08,505
Where you want the president to
be focused on the job, not on a

539
00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:10,774
circus.
But the circus is what a lot of

540
00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:18,482
times is dominating the press.
And ends up distracting a lot of

541
00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:20,217
the white house.
And one of the things I always

542
00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:24,555
had to do was to try to screen
that stuff out to make sure that

543
00:30:24,590 --> 00:30:27,457
I'm keeping my eye on the ball.
>> jimmy: It's almost -- it

544
00:30:27,493 --> 00:30:31,195
almost feels like a television
show, it's so preposterous.

545
00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:35,365
You've got this guy who -- by
the way, I'm sure you know,

546
00:30:35,401 --> 00:30:40,537
floated the idea that you --
they didn't actually kill bin

547
00:30:40,573 --> 00:30:43,907
laden.
You killed weird al or something

548
00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:47,644
like that.
Did you kill weird al yankovic?

549
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,714
[ laughter ]
>> well, look.

550
00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:52,683
I mean, it would be preposterous
except for the fact that it's

551
00:30:52,718 --> 00:30:56,053
the president of the united
states retweeting it.

552
00:30:56,088 --> 00:31:00,190
>> jimmy: Yes.
>> and when you had I think one

553
00:31:00,226 --> 00:31:07,064
of the members of the s.E.A.L.
Team responding, you know,

554
00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:13,537
understanding the risks he and
his fellow s.E.A.L. Members

555
00:31:13,572 --> 00:31:16,340
took, anything could have
happened.

556
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,676
That's just not what you want
out of a commander in chief.

557
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:21,612
>> jimmy: It's very silly.
>> yeah.

558
00:31:21,647 --> 00:31:23,981
>> jimmy: So a personal
question.

559
00:31:24,016 --> 00:31:25,816
I asked this question of your
wife.

560
00:31:25,851 --> 00:31:28,051
I interviewed her in tacoma last
year.

561
00:31:28,087 --> 00:31:32,155
She told me that -- she said the
next time I see you, I will tell

562
00:31:32,191 --> 00:31:35,659
you the answer, and I will tell
you a story.

563
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:40,464
But I haven't seen her.
So on the night you did kill bin

564
00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:41,598
laden, did you and michelle make
love?

565
00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:46,803
[ laughter ]
>> did she say she was going to

566
00:31:46,839 --> 00:31:47,938
answer that?
[ laughter ]

567
00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:52,109
>> jimmy: Yes.
When I read the book and you

568
00:31:52,144 --> 00:31:54,278
were talking about hearing
people outside the white house

569
00:31:54,313 --> 00:32:00,684
chanting "usa, usa, usa," I had
an image in my head, I did.

570
00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:05,389
[ laughter and applause ]
>> I suspect that she was

571
00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:07,257
asleep.
Because the truth of the matter

572
00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:11,128
is, most of the time, by the
time I was done working, she'd

573
00:32:11,163 --> 00:32:13,530
be snoozing.
>> jimmy: Right.

574
00:32:13,565 --> 00:32:14,865
>> michelle goes to bed about
9:00.

575
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:18,101
>> jimmy: You don't have to make
excuses, it's okay.

576
00:32:18,137 --> 00:32:19,569
[ laughter ]
I experience the same thing.

577
00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:24,441
>> it's not an excuse, it's a
lament.

578
00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:27,110
[ laughter ]
[ applause ]

579
00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:30,514
>> jimmy: That's a good title
for the next book, "a lament."

580
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:35,319
I thought this might be fun.
We have something planned.

581
00:32:35,354 --> 00:32:39,022
We found some people who are
very excited about your book

582
00:32:39,058 --> 00:32:41,858
coming out.
Some of them traveled to your

583
00:32:41,894 --> 00:32:45,329
inauguration in 2008.
And we told them -- they don't

584
00:32:45,364 --> 00:32:46,863
know that we're involved with
this at all, they don't know

585
00:32:46,899 --> 00:32:50,634
this is on television.
I think they think it's through

586
00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:53,503
a bookstore.
We asked them if they wanted to

587
00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:55,372
watch clips of you reading your
that you book.

588
00:32:55,407 --> 00:32:59,509
They think these are prerecorded
clips, like an audio book that

589
00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:02,846
they'll be seeing.
Instead, we'd like you to do it

590
00:33:02,881 --> 00:33:04,614
live, and then kind of surprise
them as you do.

591
00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,717
Would you like to give this a
try?

592
00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:09,653
>> good, let's do this, come on,
I'm ready.

593
00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:10,954
[ applause ]
>> jimmy: Let's start.

594
00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:12,823
This woman's name is joyce
taylor.

595
00:33:12,858 --> 00:33:16,593
She's an auditor from temple
hills, maryland.

596
00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:19,062
Huge fan.
Saves magazine clippings about

597
00:33:19,098 --> 00:33:20,998
you, all this stuff.
She can't hear us, she doesn't

598
00:33:21,033 --> 00:33:28,305
know she's on.
>> who is this?

599
00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:31,975
>> being the president takes a
lot of hard work and sacrifice.

600
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:34,411
>> oh!
>> one of the most rewarding

601
00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:37,381
parts of the job was traveling
these united states --

602
00:33:37,416 --> 00:33:39,182
>> oh my god.
>> meeting the great people that

603
00:33:39,218 --> 00:33:44,354
make up this country.
From farmers in iowa to auto

604
00:33:44,390 --> 00:33:49,192
workers in detroit to retired
auditors from temple hills,

605
00:33:49,228 --> 00:33:51,495
maryland.
The retired auditors are

606
00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,764
actually my favorite.
>> oh my god!

607
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,532
[ laughter ]
they're always coming up to me

608
00:33:55,567 --> 00:34:01,171
and saying things like, oh my
god, barack, I love you, my name

609
00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:03,440
is joyce taylor.
Joyce, was that a pretty good

610
00:34:03,475 --> 00:34:07,110
impression of you?
Hey, joyce, what's going on?

611
00:34:07,146 --> 00:34:11,081
[ applause ]
how are you?

612
00:34:11,116 --> 00:34:16,186
>> I'm fine!
>> joyce, it's so nice to see

613
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:26,530
you.
[ laughter ]

614
00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:29,066
>> oh, joyce, this is so sweet.
>> okay, okay.

615
00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:32,102
>> you okay?
>> yes, mr. President.

616
00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:36,139
Okay, I'm okay, I'm good.
>> joyce, I just wanted to let

617
00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:41,144
you know that I so appreciate --
I hear that you've been a big

618
00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:44,014
supporter.
>> I am.

619
00:34:44,049 --> 00:34:47,017
>> jimmy kimmel decided we
should surprise you by

620
00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,685
pretending we were reading the
book.

621
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:52,189
>> oh my god.
It's so nice to meet you.

622
00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:55,225
>> jimmy: Hey, joyce.
Joyce, are you excited to see

623
00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:56,359
me?
[ laughter ]

624
00:34:56,395 --> 00:35:00,564
>> see, there's jimmy.
[ applause ]

625
00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:04,668
>> we're not getting a lot out
of joyce in terms of words.

626
00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:08,638
[ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Joyce?

627
00:35:08,674 --> 00:35:13,143
Wow, we know why you're named
joyce, that's for sure.

628
00:35:13,178 --> 00:35:14,277
Rejoice.
Joyce?

629
00:35:14,313 --> 00:35:17,681
Maybe you could send joyce a
book, president obama.

630
00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:21,618
>> joyce, you are going to get a
signed copy of this book, that's

631
00:35:21,653 --> 00:35:23,887
for sure.
[ cheers and applause ]

632
00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:26,957
>> oh my gosh, thank you so
much, thank you.

633
00:35:26,992 --> 00:35:28,825
Thank you.
>> jimmy: All right, thank you,

634
00:35:28,861 --> 00:35:29,893
joyce.
I'm sorry to --

635
00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:33,063
>> you stay safe, okay?
>> jimmy: Stay safe, that's

636
00:35:33,098 --> 00:35:34,731
right.
>> thank you so much.

637
00:35:34,766 --> 00:35:42,472
So nice to meet you.
And you too, mr. Kimble.

638
00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:44,374
[ applause ]
I'm so sorry, I'm not normally

639
00:35:44,409 --> 00:35:46,643
like this.
Thank you so much, thank you so

640
00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:48,478
much.
God bless you.

641
00:35:48,514 --> 00:35:49,579
>> jimmy: You're making people
happy.

642
00:35:49,615 --> 00:35:51,481
>> I pray for you all the time.
Thank you so much.

643
00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:55,018
>> jimmy: Thank you, joyce.
Thank you, president obama.

644
00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:56,653
The book is called "a promised
land."

645
00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:58,989
it is out now.
Thank you very much.

646
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:00,757
Thanks for joining us.
That was fun.

647
00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,325
Appreciate it.
We'll be right back with zac

648
00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:05,929
brown band.
>> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel

649
00:36:05,964 --> 00:36:08,031
live" concert series is
presented by mercedes-benz.

650
00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:10,634
The best or nothing.
>> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel

651
00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:20,810
live" concert series is
presented by mercedes-benz.

652
00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:25,749
The best or nothing.
>> jimmy: Thanks to president

653
00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:29,085
barack obama.
Apologies to matt damon, we ran

654
00:36:29,121 --> 00:36:30,287
out of time.
"nightline" is next.

655
00:36:30,322 --> 00:36:32,756
But first, before that, their
song is called "the man who

656
00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:35,725
loves you the most."
zac brown band!

657
00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:50,240
♪
♪

658
00:36:50,275 --> 00:36:52,876
♪ most nights I try to pack
got you climbin'

659
00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:54,511
on my back
sayin' daddy when am ♪

660
00:36:54,546 --> 00:37:02,319
♪ I gonna see you again
you know I gotta

661
00:37:02,354 --> 00:37:05,822
go out on the road
and get on with the show ♪

662
00:37:05,857 --> 00:37:11,261
♪ so most nights your
mama's gonna tuck you in

663
00:37:11,296 --> 00:37:18,235
when you're missin' me
look at the stars up there ♪

664
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:21,504
♪ I'll be wishin' on
the same ones and singin'

665
00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:27,711
this father's prayer
I hope you see ♪

666
00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:29,512
♪ the seven wonders
I hope you sail

667
00:37:29,548 --> 00:37:33,817
the seven seas
I hope you let the ♪

668
00:37:33,852 --> 00:37:35,018
♪ whole world in your heart
but you still

669
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:39,823
got room for me
I hope you find a guy ♪

670
00:37:39,858 --> 00:37:42,325
♪ that treats you right
on your wedding night

671
00:37:42,361 --> 00:37:47,130
I'll raise a toast
hope he understands ♪

672
00:37:47,165 --> 00:37:57,574
♪ I'll always be the man
that loves you the most

673
00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:06,850
♪
♪

674
00:38:06,885 --> 00:38:11,921
♪ summer's gone and
school is back ♪

675
00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:13,523
♪ it's my turn to
help you pack

676
00:38:13,558 --> 00:38:16,893
I'll keep your room
exactly how it is ♪

677
00:38:16,928 --> 00:38:21,298
♪ I know you gotta
go out on your own

678
00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:24,234
I'm so proud of you
you know you're the ♪

679
00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:29,906
♪ best thing that this
old man ever did

680
00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:36,112
when I'm missin' you
and all the stars come out ♪

681
00:38:36,148 --> 00:38:40,950
♪ sing this prayer when
the quiet gets too loud

682
00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:44,487
I hope you see
the seven wonders ♪

683
00:38:44,523 --> 00:38:47,957
♪ I hope you sail
the seven seas

684
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:50,393
I hope you let the whole
world in your heart ♪

685
00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:54,497
♪ but you still
got room for me

686
00:38:54,533 --> 00:39:02,072
I hope you find a guy
that treats you right ♪

687
00:39:02,107 --> 00:39:05,075
♪ on your wedding night
I'll raise a toast

688
00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:12,382
hope he understands
I'll always be the man ♪

689
00:39:12,417 --> 00:39:14,284
♪ who loves you the most
trust your gut

690
00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:18,621
hold your own
but allow for doubting too ♪

691
00:39:18,657 --> 00:39:19,956
♪ forgive the wrongs
and love yourself

692
00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:22,926
that's the hardest
thing to do ♪

693
00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:35,338
♪ if your back's against
the wall baby come on home

694
00:39:35,374 --> 00:39:38,641
I'm always here for you
and when you've seen ♪

695
00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:41,244
♪ the seven wonders
when you sail

696
00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:46,316
the seven seas
when you change the whole ♪

697
00:39:46,351 --> 00:39:50,887
♪ world with your heart
I hope you think of me

698
00:39:50,922 --> 00:39:53,523
when I go to sing
my final song ♪

699
00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:57,994
♪ hope you celebrate
and raise a toast

700
00:39:58,029 --> 00:40:04,134
if you cry
they'll understand ♪

701
00:40:04,169 --> 00:40:11,408
♪ for the man who
loved you the most ♪

702
00:40:11,443 --> 00:40:24,254
♪
♪

703
00:40:24,289 --> 00:40:25,488
♪
♪

704
00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:42,004
♪