OUR NEXT GUEST IS THE
HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN EVER
ELECTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
SHE IS A WARRIOR FROM THE GOLDEN
STATE.
PLEASE WELCOME THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI.
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HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> Jimmy: HOW ARE THINGS GROING
IN WASHINGTON?
ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPENING?
>> I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
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>> Jimmy: DO YOU FEEL A SENSE OF
RELIEF WHEN YOU COME BACK HOME
TO CALIFORNIA?
>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS -- THIS IS
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY PROUD IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> Jimmy: IT'S THE BEST STATE.
IT IS.
>> IT'S FABULOUS.
AND TONIGHT THE GOLDEN STATE
WARRIORS ARE --
>> Jimmy: YEAH, RIGHT.
YOU'RE FROM THAT AREA.
THAT'S YOUR DISTRICT.
DO YOU WATCH THE GAMES?
>> ALWAYS.
>> Jimmy: YOU DO.
>> I WATCH ALL THE GAMES BECAUSE
I WANT TO SIZE UP WHAT'S COMING
NEXT FROM THE OTHER TEAMS.
>> Jimmy: WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE
PLAYER ON THE WARRIORS?
>> OH, YOU YOU DON'T THINK I WO
SAY THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY?
OKAY.
>> THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL.
I DO HAVE A DRAYMOND GREEN --
ONE OF HIS SHIRTS SIGNED.
YOU KNOW, I WON IT AT AN
AUCTION.
BECAUSE EVERY TEAM NEEDS
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
>> Jimmy: IS IT ONE OF HIS DRESS
SHIRTS OR IS IT A JERSEY?
>> IT'S A JERSEY.
>> Jimmy: YESTERDAY ROBERT
MUELLER FINALLY SPOKE.
AND HE -- HE STEPPED DOWN, HE
MADE A STATEMENT, AND HE SAID --
I WROTE IT DOWN HERE.
HE SAID, "IF WE HAD CONFIDENCE
THAT THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY DID
NOT COMMIT A CRIME, WE WOULD
HAVE SAID SO."
SO HE DIDN'T SAY SO.
AND THEN HE INDICATED THAT NOW
IT'S CONGRESS'S JOB TO TAKE IT
FROM HERE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: ARE YOU TAKING IT FROM
THERE?
>> WELL, WE'VE BEEN ON THAT PATH
FOR A WHILE.
AND WHEN WE DO GET TO WHERE
WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO BE
READY.
>> Jimmy: BUT IT FEELS LIKE
WE'VE BEEN ON THE PATH FOR A
REALLY, REALLY LONG WHILE.
>> WE REALLY -- WELL --
>> Jimmy: LIKE SINCE THE '70s.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE'VE
ONLY HAD THE MAJORITY, THE
MAJORITY, THE DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY.
YOU GOT THAT?
>> Jimmy: THAT'S TRUE.
>> SINCE THIS YEAR.
AND THE FIRST MONTH GOVERNMENT
WAS SHUT DOWN.
YOU REMEMBER.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> SO WE HAVE -- I'M VERY PROUD
OF OUR CHAIRMAN.
WE HAD A BIG WEEK LAST WEEK.
WE WON THREE COURT CASES AND ONE
DECISION BY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US DOCUMENTS.
WE HAVE TO BE READY.
IT IS -- IT'S A VERY -- OUR
FOUNDERS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY
THIS, OUR FOUNDERS IN THE
DARKEST DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION
THEY SAID THE TIMES HAVE FOUND
US.
WELL, I THINK RIGHT NOW THE
TIMES HAVE FOUND US.
WE HAVE A DEFIANCE OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
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AND SO WHEN WE GO DOWN THIS PATH
WE HAVE TO BE READY AND IT HAS
TO BE CLEAR TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND WE HAVE TO HOPE THAT
IT WILL BE CLEAR TO THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
>> Jimmy: SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD BEFORE YOU
WOULD GET INTO SOMETHING LIKE
IMPEACHMENT?
>> NO, NO.
I'M NOT -- WELL, WE'RE ON A PATH
TO GAIN INFORMATION.
THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THE
TRUTH.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> THE FACTS.
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>> Jimmy: AND YET --
>> WHEN YOU GO DOWN A PATH LIKE
IMPEACHMENT, WHICH IS VERY
DIVISIVE.
IT COULD DIVIDE THE COUNTRY.
>> Jimmy: SURE.
>> BUT LET'S JUST PUT IT THIS
WAY.
WE UNDERSTAND OUR OATH OF OFFICE
TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
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APPARENTLY, THE PRESIDENT DOES
NOT UNDERSTAND.
>> Jimmy: NO, I THINK HE
UNDERSTANDS IT.
HE JUST DOESN'T LOVE THE
CONSTITUTION THAT MUCH.
>> WELL, HE DOESN'T HONOR THE
OATH TO PROTECT AND DEFEND.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, WE KNOW
OUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT AGAIN,
BECAUSE IT IS DIVISIVE WE HAVE
TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
E PLURIBUS UNUM.
I QUOTE OUR FOUNDERS AGAIN.
FROM MANY ONE.
THEY COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY
WE WOULD BE OR HOW DIFFERENT WE
WOULD BE FROM EACH OTHER, BUT
THEY KNEW WE HAD TO TRY IN WHAT
WE DID TO UNIFY AND NOT DIVIDE.
SO LET ME JUST SAY THIS
IMMODESTLY.
I PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA AS
TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAN
ANYONE.
>> Jimmy: HAVE YOU READ THE
MUELLER REPORT?
>> YES, I HAVE.
>> Jimmy: EVEN THE BLACKED-OUT
PARTS?
>> NO.
WE'RE CALLING FOR THAT.
THEY WOULD SHOW IT TO ME.
BUT I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO LET
YOU SHOW IT TO ME UNLESS YOU
SHOW IT TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
>> Jimmy: OH, INTERESTING.
I WOULD WANT TO SEE IT.
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WILL THEY SHOW IT TO ME?
>> THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS
BETTER THAN I WHY THIS PRESIDENT
IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW, WHY THIS
PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE, THE ONLY PERSON WHO
KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
HE KNOWS.
HE KNOWS WHAT HIS VIOLATIONS
HAVE BEEN.
>> Jimmy: I DON'T THINK HE EVEN
KNOWS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELL, HE MAY NOT CARE.
BUT I THINK HE KNOWS.
>> Jimmy: I THINK SOMETIMES THEY
DO THINGS AND THEY GO OH, THAT'S
NOT ALLOWED?
AND THEN THEY KIND OF GO BACK
AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT
WAS AND HOW THEY CAN KEEP IT
QUIET.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY BUGS ME
ABOUT THAT?
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY
SAY OH, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T
KNOW IT WAS WRONG TO TALK TO
RUSSIANS ABOUT THIS, I DIDN'T
KNOW, I SAY WHY DON'T -- HOW DO
YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO KIDS IN THE
HOOD?
WHEN THEY'RE APPROACHED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THEY SAY WELL, I
DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO THIS OR THAT.
WELL, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW.
BUT THESE VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE
WITH HIGH-PRICED LAWYERS CAN GET
AWAY WITH SAYING I DIDN'T KNOW
IT WAS WRONG --
>> Jimmy: THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOU
TO GET IN THERE AND TO TAKE CARE
OF THIS AND DO SOMETHING TO
THESE GUYS.
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HERE'S WHAT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE, HONESTLY, I
BELIEVE THAT -- I -- YOU KNOW, I
KNOW IT MAY SOUND DISINGENUOUS,
BUT I HOPE THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING.
I HOPE THAT WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH
THE MUELLER REPORT IT IS WHAT HE
SAYS IT IS.
WE DON'T WANT THAT IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Jimmy: BUT YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T -- WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE
TO SEE THE MUELLER REPORT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE -- IT SEEMS
LIKE WHEN YOU SUBPOENA SOMEBODY
IN CONGRESS THEY -- FOR?
REASON IT USED TO BE IT SEEMED
LIKE YOU GOT SUBPOENAED BY
CONGRESS YOU HAD TO GO IN AND
SPEAK.
NOW IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF
I'M GOING TO DO THAT, IF I DO I
HAVE?
DIFFERENT TERMS -- CAN'T YOU PUT
THOSE PEOPLE IN JAIL IF THEY SAY
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO --
>> WELL, YOU CAN FINE THEM.
AND YOU COULD -- LET ME JUST,
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL
THINGS.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> WHY I THINK THE PRESIDENT
WANTS US TO IMPEACH HIM --
>> Jimmy: YOU THINK HE WANTS US
TO IMPEACH HIM?
>> WELL, HE KNOWS IT'S NOT A
GOOD IDEA TO BE IMPEACHED.
BUT THE SILVER LINING FOR HIM IS
THEN HE BELIEVES THAT HE WOULD
BE EXONERATED BY THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
>> Jimmy: I SEE.
>> AND THERE IS A SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT THAT SAYS IF THE SENATE
ACQUITS YOU WHY BRING CHARGES
AGAINST HIM IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR WHEN HE'S NO LONGER
PRESIDENT?
SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH WITH OUR
CASE, IT'S GOT TO BE IRONCLAD.
IRONCLAD.
>> Jimmy: SO BECAUSE THE SENATE
LEANS REPUBLICAN YOU --
>> NO, NOT LEANS.
COMPLETELY IN THE POCKET OF
DONALD TRUMP REPUBLICAN.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
AND YOU THINK THOSE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS, EVEN IF THEY KNOW HE
COMMITTED A CRIME, WILL SIDE
WITH DONALD TRUMP?
>> THEY HAVE BEEN EVERY DAY.
NOT ONE OF THEM HAS SPOKEN UP.
BUT IN ANY CASE, HERE'S THE
THING.
JUST AS YOU'VE SAID.
WE WOULD HOPE THE BEST FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
THIS IS A COUNTRY WHOSE HEART IS
FULL OF LOVE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SO GOOD.
WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES.
WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF
THAT.
AND AGAIN, TRY TO UNIFY, NOT
DIVIDE IN WHAT WE DO.
BUT I DO THINK THE -- WHEN WE
MAKE -- AS WE GO DOWN THIS PATH,
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL KNOW
THE TRUTH AND THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN THAT
PATH WHEN YOU'RE AS READY AS YOU
CAN POSSIBLY BE.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL
YOU GO DOWN THE PATH.
>> Jimmy: WILL WE BE READY
BEFORE THE YEAR 2020?
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: WE WILL BE READY?
OKAY.
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS
HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH NANCY
PELOSI.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND I
DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A REINS WHY I
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
THESE OPINION POLLS, IF THEY ARE
TO BE BELIEVED, YOU KNOW, WE
FEEL LIKE WE'RE SO DIVIDED RIGHT
NOW.
BUT LET'S PUT THE OPINION POLLS
UP ON THE WALL.
THESE ARE ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
OKAY.
OPTION OF MEDICARE FOR ALL.
74% OF AMERICANS FAVOR THAT.
COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
75% IN FAVOR.
OPPOSE A WALL.
58%.
STRICTER GUN LAWS, 67%.
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS,
97%.
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ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, 66%.
ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL IN MOST
OR ALL CASES, 58%.
AND YET --
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I MEAN, THAT'S ALL WELL AND
GOOD.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DOES IT COME
DOWN TO PARTY IDENTIFICATION
MORE THAN ANYTHING?
BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM THAT IF,
FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A SUBJECT
THAT 97% OF AMERICANS AGREE ON
THAT EVERYONE WOULD COME
TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THAT.
>> WELL, LET ME JUST SAY
ELECTIONS HAVE RAMIFICATIONS AND
WE HAVE PASSED MANY OF THOSE
PROPOSALS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE LAST
THREE OR FOUR MONTHS SINCE WE'VE
BEEN THERE.
GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION, VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN ACT.
WE'RE ALWAYS PROTECTING THE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
MAKING IT SO WELL KNOWN, WHAT
WAS AT STAKE IN --
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>> Jimmy: TO ME THERE'S NOT
EVEN -- I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
ANYONE WHO FEELS DIFFERENTLY.
I JUST THINK THAT IF YOUR
NEIGHBOR WAS IN THAT SITUATION
YOU'D SAY YES, OF COURSE WE
SHOULDN'T PRECLUDE THIS PERSON
FROM HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY
HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.
BUT WHAT REALLY FRUSTRATES ME
MORE THAN ANYTHING IS THAT MORE
PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US DON'T
STAND UP AND SAY THAT'S TRUE AND
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO GO
WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
>> WELL, LET ME JUST SAY ON
HEALTH CARE -- AND HOW IS BILLY?
>> Jimmy: HE'S DOING GREAT,
THANK YOU.
>> WE ALL PRAY FOR HIM.
>> Jimmy: THANK YOU.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO FIGHT OFF THE
ATTEMPTS BY THE REPUBLICANS IN
THE LAST -- YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO USE THE REPUBLICAN WORD.
BY THE OTHERS WHO OPPOSED HEALTH
CARE.
THE REPUBLICANS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THEY HAD LIKE 60-SOME ATTEMPTS
TO ABOLISH THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT OR PIECES OF IT.
REALLY GOING AFTER THE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION BENEFIT,
WHICH IS REALLY IN MY VIEW
SINFUL.
AND THE REASON WE WERE
SUCCESSFUL WAS NOT BECAUSE OF US
INSIDE OUTMANEUVERING.
IT WAS THE OUTSIDE MOBILIZATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE PASSED THE GUN
VIOLENCE PROTECTION BILL TO --
JUST FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS.
A MODEST BILL, PASSED
OVERWHELMINGLY, HAS OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT.
AS YOU INDICATED.
IN THE PUBLIC.
IN THE SENATE THEY'VE SAID WE'RE
GOING TO BURY IT, WE'RE THE GRIM
REAPER, WE'RE GOING TO BURY IT
IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE SENATE.
WHEN WE'RE DEPENDING ON WHAT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS EVERYTHING.
WITH IT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH
ALMOST ANYTHING, WITHOUT IT
PRACTICALLY NOTHING.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU FEEL
HANDICAPPED BY THE FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T PAY ANY REGARD
TO WHAT IS TRUE?
THAT HE JUST SAYS WHATEVER HE
WANTS TO SAY AND THE PEOPLE WHO
SUPPORT HIM BELIEVE HIM EVEN
THOUGH REASONABLE IMPARTIAL
SOURCES LOOK AT HIS
STATEMENTS -- I MEAN, HE LIED
FOUR TIMES IN ONE TWEET TODAY.
HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE ON TO HIM.
>> Jimmy: OH, NO, THEY'RE NOT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> HIS 39 PERCENTERS, OR LET'S
GIVE HIM 40%.
FOR SOME REASON HE CONNECTS WITH
THEM.
BUT OVERWHELMINGLY THE COUNTRY
IS ON TO HIM.
MYSELF, I'M DONE WITH HIM IN
TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT HIM.
WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS
LET'S BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE
OF AMERICA AND NOT HAVE HIM
STOMP OUT OF THE ROOM.
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LET'S HAVE AFFORDABLE -- WE HAD
FOR THE PEOPLE OUR AGENDA WHEN
WE RAN, FOR THE PEOPLE, LOWER
HEALTH CARE COSTS BY LOWERING
THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
AND SAVING THE PRE-EXISTING
CONDITION BENEFIT.
LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS.
BIGGER PAYCHECKS BY BUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURE OF AMERICA IN A
GREEN WAY TO PRESERVE THE
PLANET, TO --
>> Jimmy: IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE
COULD PRESERVE THE PLANET
BECAUSE A LOT OF US LIVE HERE ON
IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND THERE'S NO PLAN B.
THE FIRST TWO I THINK HE HAS
EXPRESSED AN INTEREST WITH
WORKING WITH US ON IT.
>> Jimmy: INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> WE'LL SEE.
THE THIRD I'M NOT SURE HE'S
TYRANTED.
CLEANER GOVERNMENT.
LOWER HEALTH CARE, BIGGER
PAYCHECKS, CLEANER GOVERNMENT TO
REDUCE THE ROLE OF BIG DARK
MONEY, SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY IN
POLITICS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IS HARMING OUR
ABILITY TO GET GUN SAFETY
LEGISLATION PASSED.
THAT IS HARMING OUR ABILITY TO
GET THE OTHER SIDE
TO SUPPORT OUR CLIMATE ACTION
NOW LEGISLATION TO SAVE THE
PLANET.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE
IMPORTANCE OF REDUCING THE ROLE
OF MONEY TO GETTING BETTER --
>> Jimmy: CAN I MAKE ONE
SUGGESTION?
THE NEXT TIME YOU GO INTO A
MEETING, A NEGOTIATION WITH HIM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: BRING McNUGGETS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD LUCK.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY
PELOSI, EVERYONE.