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.
