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. 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