VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
BEFORE WE START.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> THERE'S SOME YINACCURACIES I
THE FRED WILLARD PIECE.
>> Jimmy: OH, YOU MEAN HAL.
WHAT ARE THE INACCURACIES?
>> IT IS NOT HARVEST TIME.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S FEBRUARY, I GUESS NOT.
>> THERE'S THAT.
ALSO, MINNESOTA HAS CAUCUSES.
>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.
>> AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE,
WHO VOLUNTEER.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> THEY'RE GREAT.
AND THEY'RE VERY CIVIC-MINDED.
IT
IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT.
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE SAYING FRED WAS
NOT THOSE THINGS, I MEAN, HAL?
>> HE WAS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO DID THAT.
>> Jimmy: IS IOWA REPRESENT
ITREPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNITED STATES?
SHOULD THEY HAVE SO MUCH WEIGHT
WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE?
>> NO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BUT IT'S A RA DIGGS, AND IT GOT
SCREWED UP.
>> Jimmy: IS IT GOING TO HURT
THE DEMOCRATS, THIS SNAFU OR
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT?
>> NO.
TRUMP CRITICIZED HEMTHEM FOR MAG
THIS MISTAKE, THEY'RE
INCOMPETENT.
HIS HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
SEPARATED ALL THESE CHILDREN
FROM THEIR PARENTS.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S WORSE.
>> AND DIDN'T KEEP TRACK OF HEM.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S MUCH WORSE,
YES.
SOME MIGHT SAY THINK
INTENTIONALLY DIDN'T KEEP TRACK
OF THEM.
YOU WATCHED THE STATE OF THE
UNION I ASSUME.
>> YES.
>> Jimmy: IS THIS SOMETHING YOU
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING?
>> WELL, I LOOKED FORWARD TO
SEEING IT MORE WHEN I WAS IN THE
SENATE.
>> Jimmy: HOW MANY TIMES WERE
YOU THERE AT THE STATE OF THE
UNION IN PERSON?
>> SEVEN OR EIGHT.
IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
YOU'RE IN THAT HISTORIC CHAMBER.
AND THE WHOLE ABOVE THE IS
THERE, THE SENATE AND HOUSE, THE
PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT
AND THE SPEAKER, AND THE JOINT
CHIEFS
CHIEFS ARE THERE, THE SUPREME
COURT, THE CABINET'S THERE.
AND WHEN OBAMA WOULD DO IT,
THERE WOULD BE THIS, I FEEL THIS
KIND OF IMAGIMAJESTY, AND THEN
FIRST TIME TRUMP DID IT, I WAS
LIKE IN THE SECOND ROW IN THE
MIDDLE.
ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," WE
USED TO DO SKETCHES ABOUT THE
SAY THE OF THE UNION.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> AND I JUST WENT LIKE, I'M
SEEING RESULT HEARTHERE AND I'M
GOING LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER
THIS IN READ THROUGH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
TRUMP'S THE HOST, AND IT'S --
>> Jimmy: IT'S WEIRD, LIKE VINCE
McMAHON SHOULD BE POLLING HIM
INT
INTO THE ARENA.
>> I HAD A LOT OF SURPRISES
WATCHING IT.
>> Jimmy: WHAT SURPRISES DID YOU
HAVE?
>> WELL, THE FIRST THING IS THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: THAT IS WEIRD, YEAH.
>> I KIND OF HAVE THAT EVERY DAY
WHEN I WAKE UP.
SO THAT WAS --
>> Jimmy: SO WHEN YOU, YOU
BECAME SENATOR OF MINNESOTA, AND
THIS IS, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, WOW,
THIS IS A BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY
IN THE COMEDY WORLD.
AL FRANKEN IS A SENATOR.
>> I BELIEVE I WAS THE ONLY
COMEDIAN SENATOR.
>> Jimmy: YES, THE ONLY
PROFESSIONAL COMEDIAN.
>> AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE
OTHER -- YES.
>> Jimmy: AND THEN I WOULD
IMAGINE THAT MADE YOU FEEL
PRETTY SPECIAL, WHICH IT SHOULD
HAVE.
AND THEN DONALD TRUMP COMES
ALONG AND BECOMES PRESIDENT.
THAT HAD TO JUST RUIN IT, RIGHT?
>> IN MANY, MANY WAYS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
NO, I WAS SURPRISED, I PREDICTED
THAT HE'D BE VERY, THAT HE WOULD
TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND
BE MAGNANIMOUS.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU THINK THAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> NO.
>> Jimmy: I KIND OF THOUGHT WHEN
HE GOT ELECTED, I CERTAINLY
DIDN'T SUPPORT HIM OR VOTE FOR
HIM, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE HE'LL
GO WITH THE FLOW AND TRY TO BE
POPULAR AND DO SOME THINGS THAT
AREN'T THIS HARD PARTY LINE.
MAYBE HE'LL DO SOME THINGS
DIFFERENTLY AND CROSS OVER.
>> MAYBE HE'LL BE A PSYCHOPATHIC
LIAR AND THAT KIND OF THING?
>> Jimmy: NO.
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS, HE KNOWS THOSE ARE
TRIGGER WORDS FOR PEOPLE.
SO WHAT HE HASSA DONE, HE SAYS
WILL PROTECT YOU, PROTECT YOU
WITH YOUR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS, HE'S JUST LYING,
RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
THIS IS A SUBJECT VERY CLOSE TO
YOU.
>> Jimmy: AND ITTO YOU.
YOU HELPED WRITE THE BILL.
>> I HELPED WRITE THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> AND HE, HE HAS INSTRUCTED THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ON THIS
LAWSUIT THAT'S GOING TO GO TO
THE SUPREME COURT, THAT THE
INTENTION OF IT IS TO GET RID OF
THE ACA AND ALL OF ITS
PROTECTIONS, AND WHAT HAPPENED
WITH YOUR SON, AND YOU MADE A
DIFFERENCE.
YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
SENATE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND WHAT THE BILL THAT THEY
WROTE WOULD NOT HAVE PROTECTED
PEOPLE, NECESSARILY, WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
IT DEPENDED ON THE STATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR SON WASN'T
RESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T
SMOKE CIGARETTES IN THE WOMB.
>> Jimmy: NOT CIGARETTES, NO.
WE CAUGHT HIM WITH SOME OTHER
STUFF.
>> AND THE OTHER THING THAT THIS
WILL DO IS GET, IT WILL RESTORE
WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES
USED TO PUT ON ANNUAL CAPS, AND
ALSO LIFETIME CAPS.
>> Jimmy: AND LIFETIME CAPS.
>> SO I'M SURE HIS CARE WILL
COST INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> AND YOU WERE VERY RAW, BUT
YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
COULDN'T, WHO WEREN'T IN YOUR
FINANCIAL POSITION, AND THIS
WOULD HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE WHAT HE
WANTED TO DO.
AND THIS WILL BE TERRIBLE.
AND THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRATS
SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT HOW TO GET
THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
THAT'S A GOOD DEBATE.
BUT REALLY, WHAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING IS COMPARE, TALK ABOUT
WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO DO AND
WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO DO IS HE
IS TRYING TO REPEAL THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THIS IS
JUST GOING TO BE TERRIBLE FOR
AMERICA AND FOR FAMILIES AND
THAT'S, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT
DEMOCRATS --
>> Jimmy: SHOULD --
>> -- SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT,
BECAUSE THE CANDIDATE THAT WE
SHOULD MNOMINATE IS THE CANDIDAE
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE IT TO
DONALD TRUMP.
>> Jimmy: AND WHO IS THAT
CANDIDATE?
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I THINK WHOEVER IT IS, IS THE
PERSON THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE
CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> IT'S GREAT TO DIFFERENTIATE
YOURSELF FROM THE OTHER
CANDIDATES, BUT I WANT TO SEE IN
THOSE DEBATES PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
AND ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND
ABOUT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND
ABOUT THIS TAX CUT THAT THEY
HAD, WHICH WENT ALMOST ALL TO
THE TOP AND WHICH BALLOONED THE
DEFICIT.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> AND THAT'S WHO WE SHOULD BE
NOMINATING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS,
BUT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
THAT.
I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING ON THAT
DEBATE STAGE INSTEAD OF SAYING
WELL, YOU, WE BASICALLY AGREE ON
THINGS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I'M
STAKING OUT, OR THIS IS WHY I
SHOULD WIN.
THE REASON, WHAT WE WANT IS THE
PERSON WHO'S GOING TO GO TOE TO
TOE WITH DONALD TRUMP AND BEAT
HIM.
>> Jimmy: LET'S FIGURE OUT WHO
THAT PERSON IS OVER THE
COMMERCIAL BREAK AND REVEAL IT
WHEN WE COME BACK.
AL FRANKEN IS HERE, WE'LL BE
WE ARE BACK.
PAUL REUBENS IS ON THE WAY.
SENATOR AL FRANKEN IS WITH US.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ENDS
TOMORROW.
YOU WERE IN THE SENATE, YOU
STILL KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE SENATE.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
ANY OF THEM ABOUT, DURING THE
TRIAL?
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: AND?
>> YOU KNOW, I AM A FORMER
REPUBLICAN, A, COLLEAGUES WHO
ARE REPUBLICANS STILL.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> AND I HAVE BEEN TEXTING THEM.
ONCE I TEXTED, YOU KNOW, IT
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE
CHAMBER DURING THE WHOLE TRIAL.
AND NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A PHONE.
AND I TEXTED ONE OF MY FORMER
COLLEAGUES, AND HE TEXTED ME
RIGHT BACK.
AND HE SAID, I SAID, YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PHONE, WELL,
I DO.
I JUST SAID I COULD GET YOU JAIL
TIME.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT TRUE?
>> YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY
PUNISHABLE BY PRISON.
>> Jimmy: ISN'T THAT INTERESTING
THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO
TESTIFY IF THEY'RE SUBPOENAED,
BUT IF YOU BRING A PHONE INTO
THE CHAMBER YOU COULD GO TO
PRISON.
IT SEEMS BACKWARDS.
>> IT'S VERY, VERY ODD.
AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF --
>> Jimmy: ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT
NO ONE, MITT ROMNEY, OBVIOUSLY,
BUT NO ONE --
>> SUSAN COLLINS CALLED FOR
WITNESSES.
>> Jimmy: WITNESSES, YES.
>> BUT LAMAR ALEXANDER SAID WE
DON'T NEED WITNESSES, WE KNOW
HE'S GUILTY, BUT IT'S NOT
IMPEACHABLE.
SO THAT'S THEIR STANCE NOW.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW, HE, YOU KNOW, WENT,
BRIBED A FOREIGN LEADER.
>> Jimmy: UH-HUH.
>> TO HELP HIM, YOU KNOW, SMEAR
A POSSIBLE OPPONENT.
>> Jimmy: I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK HE CARES ABOUT
CORRUPTION IN THE UKRAINE.
I THINK HE'S WORRIED THAT THERE
MIGHT BE CORRUPTION IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT HE NEVER HEARD OF.
>> I ASKED MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES TO ASK THE LAWYERS A
QUESTION, BECAUSE THEY WERE
ASKING QUESTIONS, WHICH IS THERE
ANY EVIDENCE, THIS IS TO ASK THE
PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS, IS THERE
ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS EVER CARED ABOUT CORRUPTION,
AND BY THAT, I MEAN BEING
AGAINST IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: I THINK THEY ASKED THE
FIRST PART OF THAT.
>> THAT'S WHY THEY MISS ME.
>> Jimmy: GUYS LIKE LINDSEY
GRAHAM, LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHO, AT
TIMES IT SEEMED HAD FLASHES OF A
BACKBONE.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH A PERSON
LIKE THAT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS
SOMETHING ON HIM.
HE IS A COMPULSIVE SHOPLIFTER.
>> Jimmy: LINDSEY GRAHAM,
REALLY?
WELL, IS THAT RIGHT?
THIS IS A --
>> I THINK THEY HAVE FOOTAGE OF
HIM.
>> Jimmy: SHOPLIFTING?
>> CHINA, IN CHINA.
>> Jimmy: WOW.
HOW ABOUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING.
FILLING HIS HUTCH.
YEAH, IT IS DISAPPOINTING,
THOUGH, ISN'T IT?
>> IT REALLY IS.
I LIKED LINDSEY UNTIL RECENTLY.
>> Jimmy: A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM
TO BE SAYING THAT.
THEY LIKED HIM UNTIL RECENTLY.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
>> Jimmy: WHAT ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP?
HAVE YOU MET DONALD TRUMP?
DO YOU KNOW HIM AT ALL?
>> I MET HIM, I DIDN'T REALLY
MEET HIM.
THIS IS, I LIVED IN MORNING FOR
A LONG TIME, AS YOU KNOW.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> AND I WOULD BE IN THE SAME
ROOM WITH HIM A LOT.
BUT I JUST WOULD NEVER, I DIDN'T
GO LIKE OH, HE'D BE AN
INTERESTING GUY TO TALK TO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO I REMEMBER WHEN THE
"SOPRANOS" WAS HUGE, AND IT WAS
FOR A WHILE.
AND THEY HAD A PREMIERE OF THE
FIRST TWO SHOWS BACK TO BACK AT
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL AND FILLED
THE PLACE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND DONALD TRUMP WAS SITTING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
AND BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT,
I JUST, I JUST, ON IMPULSE, I
SAID VERY LOUDLY, THAT IS THE
WORST COMBOVER I'VE EVER SEEN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND I KIND OF DID A JACK BENNY
THING.
THAT IS THE WORST COMBOVER I'VE
EVER SEEN, AND HE JUST KIND OF
WENT, LIKE, AND HE SAW IT WAS
ME, AND HE WENT, THIS ISN'T
WORTH IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT'S IT.
>> Jimmy: SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T
GET A CABINET POSITION IS WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING.
>> NO, I, WELL, WE WERE THERE AT
THE SAME TIME.
I NEVER WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
I WASN'T REALLY THAT INTERESTED.
>> Jimmy: THIS PODCAST OF YOURS,
WE TAPED A PODCAST TOGETHER LAST
NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE A MIX OF
PEOPLE FROM THE WORLDS OF
POLITICS.
WHO HAVE BEEN SOME OF YOUR
GUESTS ON THE SHOW?
>> WE HAVE GUESTS LIKE JEFFREY
TOOBIN, CHRIS ROCK.
MICHELLE OBAMA.
NOT HER, BUT GUESTS LIKE HER.
JO
>> Jimmy: OH, LIKE HER.
>> AND I'M ALSO TOURING.
YOU CAN ASK ME ABOUT THAT.
>> Jimmy: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
>> I JUST, I'M THE ONLY,
CURRENTLY, THE ONLY EX-SENATOR
COMEDIAN ON TOUR.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT RIGHT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO I'M DOING THEATER.
I'LL BE IN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTH
ORANGE.
>> Jimmy: WELL, THERE HE IS.
FORMER SENATOR AL FRANKEN.
FIND OUT MORE AT ALFRANKEN.COM.