HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GREAT.
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE GREAT?
WELL, I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ARE YOU READY?
>> Jimmy: YES.
WOW.
EVEN YOUR HEART IS LOUD.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME WE
ELECTED A PRESIDENT, WE NEED TO
KNOW THAT YOU EVEN HAVE A HEART.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I DO!
>> Jimmy: YOU DO.
>> AND IT'S FUNCTIONING WELL, SO
THANK YOU.
>> Jimmy: THREE WEEKS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE TIRED OF TALKING
ABOUT THIS.
YOU HAD A HEART ATTACK IN LAS
VEGAS.
WAS THIS A BUFFET-RELATED
ACCIDENT?
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
>> IT TURNS OUT, UNBEKNOWNST TO
ME THAT I HAD AN ARTERY THAT
WASN'T FUNCTIONING VERY WELL.
>> Jimmy: THEY PUT A STINT IN?
>> TWO STINTS.
>> Jimmy: TWO STINTS?
>> IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON
PROCEDURE, HAPPENS A MILLION
TIMES IN THE UNITED STATES.
NEXT DAY I WAS WALKING, COUPLE
DAYS LATER I WAS OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL AND BACK ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> Jimmy: YOU DIDN'T SPEND MUCH
TIME IN BED, DID YOU?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE HAVE A VIDEO HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED
THIS, BUT I NOTICED IT.
YOU WENT FOR A WALK A COUPLE
DAYS AFTER THE HEART ATTACK, AND
I NOTICED YOUR WIFE, JANE, THE
HAT SHE'S WEARING SAYS "KIMMEL
FOR VICE PRESIDENT."
NOW --
>> SHE'S A GOOD POLITICIAN.
I WANTED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO
YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: NO, YOU DON'T, BELIEVE
ME.
THAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST VERY
BAD DECISION.
YOU HAD A BIG RALLY IN QUEENS.
I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH HERE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT AT
A RALLY IN QUEENS?
DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE
BEFOREHAND?
>> WE HAD RSVPs.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> WE HAD ABOUT 20,000 RSVPs AND
WE ENDED UP WITH 26,000 PEOPLE,
SO IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> Jimmy: 26,000 PEOPLE.
>> AND I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT
WE HAD ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
WITH ME.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> AND SHE HAS DONE AN
EXTRAORDINARY JOB.
>> Jimmy: SHE ENDORSED YOU.
>> SHE ENDORSED ME.
SHE'S A REAL CHAMPION OF WORKING
FAMILIES, IMMIGRATION REFORM,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
AND SHE AND I ARE GOING TO WORK
VERY HARD ON TAKING ON THE
FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY AND
TRANSFORMING OUR ENERGY SYSTEM
AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL TO ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
AND SAVE THIS PLANET FROM
CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> Jimmy: THAT WOULD BE NICE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT HER,
SHE IS INSPIRING WORKING PEOPLE
AND YOUNG PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS
COUNTRY TO GET INVOLVED IN THE
POLITICAL PROCESS.
AND, IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A
TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE
WE NEED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO
STEP UP TO THE PLATE, TAKE ON
TRUMP AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE,
THIS IS THAT MOMENT.
>> Jimmy: FOR SURE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS, THIS IMPEACHMENT JOURNEY
THAT WE'RE ON IS GETTING
WEIRDER.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT TODAY, A
GROUP OF REPUBLICANS, HOUSE
REPUBLICANS, STORMED A PRIVATE
M
MEETING IN WHICH SOME WITNESSES
WERE BEING INTERVIEWED.
AND THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE THE
MEETING UNTIL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY WANTED, BECAUSE THERE ARE
REPUBLICANS INCLUDED IN THIS
PROCEEDING.
BUT WHAT IS GOING, WHAT IS
HAPPENING?
>> I THINK THEY'RE NERVOUS.
I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO
DISRUPT THE PROCESS.
I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD, YOU
HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS TRIED
TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE WITH THE
MUELLER REPORT.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS
USED HIS OFFICE,
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY, IN VIOLATION
OF THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE TO
ENRICH HIMSELF.
WHEN YOU HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS,
WHY WOULD YOU USE THE OFFICE OF
PRESIDT TO MAKE MORE MONEY?
YOU KIND OF THINK HE HAS ENOUGH
TO DO AS PRESIDENT, BUT, AND
LASTLY, THIS UKRAINIAN BUSINESS,
WHERE HE IS USING NATIONAL
SECURITY MONEY TO TRY TO GET THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE HIM
DIRT ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT, SO
I THINK YOU GOT A STRONG CASE
FOR IMPEACHMENT.
I THINK THE HOUSE WILL IMPEACH
HIM.
I HOPE THEY DO.
THE TRIAL COMES TO THE SENATE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND I HOPE, I JUST HOPE, THAT
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ALLOWS
FOR A FAIR TRIAL AND LET THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE SENATE
MAKE THEIR DECISION.
>> Jimmy: WILL THE REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP GET TO DECIDE WHETHER
IT'S A FAIR TRIAL?
DOESN'T IT AUTOMATICALLY HAVE TO
BE A FAIR TRIAL IN THE SENATE?
>> NO.
NO.
IT DOESN'T.
I HOPE McCONNELL WILL DO THE
RIGHT THING.
>> Jimmy: HE'S NEVER DONE THE
RIGHT THING BEFORE, THOUGH.
>> MAYBE I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT IN MY VIEW
WHO IS PROBABLY THE MOST CORRUPT
PRESIDENT IN THE MOD ERN HISTOR.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU THINK MITT
ROMNEY IS THE KEY TO GETTING
SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS TO
LOOK AT THE FACTS INSTEAD OF --
>> WELL, JIMMY, I'LL TELL YOU
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN
REALLY SAD, AND I SAY THIS NOT
IN A PARTISAN WAY.
TRUMP IS TRUMP.
BUT YOU WOULD THINK, YOU HAVE A
LOT OF REPUBLICANS.
I KNOW A LOT OF THESE GUYS, IN
THE SENATE AND HOUSE, WHO ARE
NOT LIARS.
THEY'RE NOT RACIST.
THEY'RE NOT SEXIST.
THEY'RE NOT HOMOPHOBES, AND YET
THEY HAVE BEEN INTIMIDATED AND
FRIGHTENED BY THIS PRESIDENT,
AND WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS,
THEY DON'T HAVE THE GUTTING TO
STAND UP AND TELL THE TRUTH
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
I HOPE THAT IN THIS PROCESS SOME
OF THESE REPUBLICANS UNDERSTAND
THAT THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Jimmy: SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS
IS HERE E .
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK FROM
BROOKLYN.
>> Jimmy: YOU LEARN THAT SWING
PLAYING STICKBALL AND WHATEVER
ELSE IN THE STREETS OF BROOKLYN?
>> I SURELY DID.
WE SPENT HALF OUR LIVES IN THE
SCHOOLYARD PLAYING BALL.
>> Jimmy: YOU TALK ABOUT
FAMILIES GOING THROUGH FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP.
YOUR FAMILY WENT THROUGH
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
>> YEP, I GREW UP IN A THREE AND
A HALF-ROOM RENT CONTROL
APARTMENT AND OUR FAMILY
STRUGGLED.
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET WHERE I
CAME FROM.
IN THE SENSE THAT I UNDERSTAND
TODAY THAT HALF OUR PEOPLE ARE
LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE CAN'T
AFFORD TO GO TO A DOCTOR WHEN
THEY NEED TO GO TO CREATE AN
ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR
EVERYBODY, AND NOT JUST THE
PEOPLE ON TOP.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PLEDGED TO
DO.
>> Jimmy: YOU SPEAK VERY
HONESTLY ON THE SUBJECT.
I THINK YOU ARE VERY BLUNT AND
BRUTALLY HONEST, ALMOST TO THE
POINT WHERE IT'S SHOCKING TO SEE
A POLITICIAN SAY YES, THIS IS
GOING TO MAKE YOUR TAXES GO UP.
BUT, IN THE BIG PICTURE, I THINK
THAT IT WILL MAKE IT COST YOU
LESS.
>> LIKE, LOOK, HERE IS THE
REALITY.
WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR COUNTRY ON
EARTH NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH
CARE TO ALL PEOPLE AS A HUMAN
RIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT HEALTH CARE IS A
HUMAN RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NEED
ALL THAT WE NEED TO DO.
PEOPLE MAKE THIS MORE
COMPLICATED THAN IT IS.
MEDICARE RIGHT NOW IS THE MOST
POPULAR HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
IN AMERICA.
I WANT TO EXPAND MEDICARE TO
INCLUDE DENTAL CARE, HEARING
AIDS AND EYEGLASSES.
AND THEN, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS
LOWER THE ELIGIBILITY AGE, FIRST
YEAR FROM 65 DOWN TO 55.
THEN TO 45, THEN TO 35.
AND THEN WE COVER EVERYBODY.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, THERE ARE
NO MORE PREMIUMS.
YOU'RE NOT PAYING ANYMORE
PREMIUMS.
NO MORE CO-PAYMENTS.
NO MORE DEDUCTIBLES.
NO MORE OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES.
AND VIRTUALLY EVERY PERSON IN
THIS COUNTRY WILL SAVE MONEY ON
HEALTH CARE, BECAUSE WE ARE
CURRENTLY SPENDING TWICE AS MUCH
PER PERSON AT PEOPLE OF ANY
OTHER MAJOR COUNTRY, AND THE
REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE
FUNCTION OF THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM TODAY, SHOCK OF ALL
SHOCKS, IS TO MAKE THE DRUG
COMPANIES AND THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES INCREDIBLY RICH.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE
FUNCTION OF HEALTH CARE.
SO, IF YOU ARE PAYING, JUST AS
AN EXAMPLE.
IF SOMEBODY WAS SELF-EMPLOYED,
PAYING $15,000, $20,000 A YEAR
IN PREMIUMS AND OUT OF POCKET
EXPENSES, THAT R'S ALL GONE.
THEY MAY PAY $7,000 OR $8,000
MORE IN TAXES.
THEY'RE $12,000 TO THE GOOD.
WE CAN MAKE SURE NEANYBODY CAN
TO ANY DOCTOR THEY WANT WHENEVER
THEY WANT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT
THE COST OF HEALTH CARE.
>> Jimmy: HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET
BACK TO YOUR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
HERE IN FLAT BUSH?
>> NOT AS OFTEN.
>> Jimmy: WE WENT, WE SENT A
CAMERA CREW.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER MET
THE FAMILY, BUT WE SENT THE
CAMERA CREW JUST TO SEE WHO'S
LIVING IN YOUR OLD PLACE.
IT'S INTERESTING.
I'M NOT SURE.
HERE YOU GO.
>> WHO ARE YOU?
>> HI, DID YOU KNOW BERNIE
SANDERS USED TO LIVE HERE?
>> MOM!
THERE'S SOMEONE AT THE DOOR!
>> WHAT ARE YOU SELLING?
GO BACK TO WALL STREET.
WE'RE NOT BILLIONAIRES.
>> DID YOU KNOW BERNIE SANDERS
USED TO LIVE HERE?
>> NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
>> Jimmy: IT WASN'T FRIENDLY,
BUT AT LEAST THERE'S A FAMILY
LIVING THERE.
BUT THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE, I'M
GLAD YOU'RE DOING BETTER.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS,
EVERYBODY.