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>> Dicky: FROM HOLLYWOOD, IT'S "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE," WITH GUEST

HOST, KERRY WASHINGTON.

TONIGHT, STACEY ABRAMS. AND NOW, KERRY WASHINGTON.

>> WELCOME TO "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE." I'M YOUR GUEST HOST

KERRY WASHINGTON ‐‐ OUTSIDE ONCE AGAIN IN THE SUMMER HEAT.

I HAD A GREAT TIME HOSTING LAST NIGHT AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE

AGAIN. ALTHOUGH IN THE THREE SECONDS

SINCE THE SHOW STARTED, I HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY 600 MOSQUITOES.

LAST NIGHT I HAD A GREAT JOKE COACH, SLASH SIDEKICK, WITH MY

DAD EARL WASHINGTON, BUT JIMMY KIMMEL HAS AN AMAZING

SIDEKICK OF HIS OWN AND I HAVE HIM HERE TONIGHT.

HOW ARE YOU DOING GUILLERMO? GR GROUP.

>> Guillermo: I'M DOING GREAT, YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

>> OH, THANK YOU, YOU KNOW I TRY TO CLEAN UP FOR YOU ALWAYS.

>> Guillermo: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU, I AM THE 13th GUEST HOST SO FAR THIS

SUMMER. SO HONESTLY, WHERE DO I RANK?

>> Guillermo: FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, YOU'RE NUMBER ONE,

YOU'RE THE BEST.

>> NUMBER ONE.

>> Guillermo: THAT'S RIGHT!

>> WOO, NUMBER ONE, FOR YOUR SAKE I REALLY HOPE BILLY EICHNER

DOESN'T SEE THIS.

>> Guillermo: NO, I THINK HE'S ON VACATION.

>> I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I WAS NERVOUS THAT WOULDN'T BE YOUR

ANSWER, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AMAZING GUEST HOSTS THIS

SUMMER. SO I WANTED TO START WITH SOMETHING EVERYONE LOVES,

SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNDENIABLE. CUTE, INTERNET BABIES.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THESE NEW BO BORN TWINS ARE, BUT I LOVE THEM

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

I LOVE THAT FACE. IT'S LIKE ME, WHEN I WALK BY

ANYONE WHO'S NOT WEARING A MASK. THAT CLIP IS ACTUALLY PERFECT,

THERE IS SCIENTIFIC PROOF THAT BABIES DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO

GIVE SIDE EYE AT TWO MONTHS OLD. SPEAKING OF SIDE EYE, HAVE YOU

BEEN FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE U. S. POSTAL SERVICE?

IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE. I AM GOING TO GET INTO IT WITH

MY AMAZING GUEST, STACEY ABRAMS, BUT I KNOW YOU WANT TO HELP THE

POSTAL SERVICE NOW BUT DON'T KNOW HOW.

IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS, PEOPLE COME TO ME, BECAUSE THEY THINK I

AM REALLY OLIVIA POPE. I AM NOT A CRISIS MANAGER, BUT I

DID DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THREE SIMPLE THINGS CAN YOU DO

TODAY TO SUPPORT THE POSTAL SERVICE. SO, HERE WE GO.

NUMBER ONE. BUY A LOT OF STAMPS. I BOUGHT SO MANY STAMPS THIS

WEEKEND I THINK I COULD SEND A JET SKI TO THE UKRAINE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULD DO THAT, BUT I COULD.

NUMBER TWO, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE AND

THE SENATE AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.

SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO SUPPORT THE POSTAL SERVICE,

DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME. TAKE A SCREEN SHOT, RIGHT NOW,

BEFORE WE CHANGE THE CHIRON. OKAY.

NUMBER THREE, TUNE INTO THE DNC,

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

IMAGINE, EVEN PEOPLE WHO VOTE BY MAIL.

TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19th AMENDMENT WHICH GAVE WOMEN

THE RIGHT TO VOTE. IT WASN'T EHASY.

WOMEN REALLY HAD TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE, AS DID BLACK

PEOPLE, AS DID YOUNG PEOPLE. VOTING IS ONE OF OUR MOST SACRED

DUTIES, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT EARLY.

SO I CHATTED WITH SOME KIDS TO SEE WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT OUR

ELECTORAL PROCESS. THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT VOTING IS?

>> YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

>> DO YOU, LIKE GO OUT INTO THE STREET AND JUST SCREAM IT, LIKE

THIS IS WHO I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?

AND THEN THAT COUNTS AS VOTING?

>> MAYBE YOU GO INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AND SAY IT?

>> OH, LIKE EVERY PERSON GOES IN INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE?

>> YES.

>> DO YOU THINK YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE?

>> ACTUALLY, I THINK I VOTED BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL HAVE TO TELL MY MOM.

>> ARE YOU SURE?

>> YES.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSING THEIR FRONT TEETH

SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

>> YES. I LOST MY FRONT TEETH, AND I'M

VOTING RIGHT NOW.

>> SO HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO VOTE?

>> $50.

>> LIKE $100? OR $200?

>> $2,000?

>> $2,000 A VOTE?

>> TO VOTE.

>> GOT IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PRESIDENT IS?

>> IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY THAT, LIKE, OWNS THE STATE.

>> SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT AUTHORITARIAN.

>> UH‐HUH. THEY OWN THE STATE.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHO OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT IS?

>> YEAH, IT'S DONALD TRUMP. HE'S KIND OF HANDLING THINGS OUT

OF CONTROL, BECAUSE HE WANTS PEOPLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, BUT A

LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK.

>> ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE'S GOING NUTS.

>> DOES TRUMP DO BAD THINGS?

>> KIND OF.

>> LIKE WHAT?

>> LIKE LYING.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM?

>> ALIEN.

>> SO LET'S SAY THAT FOUR YEARS AGO YOU VOTED FOR COOKIE

MONSTER, BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THAT COOKIE MONSTER WOULD BE A

GOOD PRESIDENT, AND THEN WHEN HE GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE ALL HE

DID ALL DAY WAS EAT COOKIES, WHICH IN FAIRNESS, YOU SHOULD

HAVE KNOWN BECAUSE HIS NAME IS COOKIE MONSTER, BUT NOW HE'S

SAYING HE WANTS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN AND BE COOKIE

MONSTER FOR PRESIDENT. WOULD YOU VOTE FOR HIM FOR A

SECOND TERM?

>> NO, I WOULD CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE. LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER.

>> WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE?

>> I HEARD THAT THE PRESIDENT CANCELED TIK TOK.

>> YOU DID? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

DO YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING?

>> WELL, I THINK HE DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE FUN.

>> DO YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE NEVER

HAD A WOMAN PRESIDENT BEFORE, EVER?

>> REALLY?

>> YOU KNOW, 100 YEARS AGO, WOMEN WEREN'T ALLOWED TO VOTE,

DID YOU KNEE?

>> WOMEN WEREN'T ALLOWED ON BOATS?

>> NO, WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE.

>> WHAT?

>> DO YOU KNOW WHO'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?

>> NO.

>> THERE'S A MAN NAMED JOE BIDEN.

AND THE PERSON RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT IS LIKE US.

SHE'S GOT A LOT OF BLACK GIRL MAGIC.

HER NAME IS KAMALA HARRIS. MM‐HM.

>> I LIKE MAGIC.

>> WHAT KINDS OF MAGIC DO YOU LIKE?

>> BIPPITY, BOPPITY BOO, MAKE HER DISAPPEAR!

SHE DISAPPEARED!

WHERE IS SHE? BIPPITY BOPPITY BOO!

MAKE HER COME BACK!

>> HELLO!

>> TONIGHT'S SHOW IS FILLED WITH BLACK GIRL MAGIC.

WE HAVE MUSIC FROM CHLOE AND HALEY, AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH

STACEY ABRAMS!

♪

WELCOME BACK TO "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE." I'M YOUR GUEST HOST,

KERRY WASHINGTON. IN JUST A BIT, THEY ARE TWO

TALENTED SISTERS WITH A NEW ALBUM CALLED "UNGODLY HOUR."

THE AMAZING CHLOE AND HALLE ARE WITH US. AND TOMORROW NIGHT THE

EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED BEN PLATT WILL BE HOSTING WITH

HIS GUEST, THE EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED ZENDAYA.

I CAN'T IMAGINE NOBODY BETTER‐SUITED TO SPEAK ABOUT

WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH VOTING ACCESS AND THE U. S.

POSTAL SERVICE, THAN OUR NEXT GUEST, WHO JUST MIGHT END UP ON

A POSTAGE STAMP HERSELF, ONE DAY. SHE'S THE HISTORY‐MAKING FORMER

MINORITY LEADER OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

FOUNDER OF FAIR FIGHT AND FAIR COUNT, AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK,

"OUR TIME IS NOW." PLEASE WELCOME STACEY ABRAMS.

HI, STACEY, HOW ARE YOU?

>> I AM WELL, HOW ARE YOU? IT'S A DELIGHT TO BE HERE WITH

YOU.

>> OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO, SO MUCH.

SO WE'RE TAPING THIS BEFORE NIGHT TWO OF THE DNC WHERE YOU

ARE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, BUT WE'RE AIRING IT AFTERWARDS, SO I'M

JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY YOU WERE BRILLIANT, YOU WERE

BRILLIANT, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU WERE. DID YOU WATCH NIGHT ONE, IN

PARTICULAR, DID YOU WATCH MICHELLE OBAMA?

>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS ALLOWED NOT TO WATCH IT.

>> SHE WAS GLORIOUS, JUST GLORIOUS.

>> PEOPLE SENT IN SOME QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEIR QUESTIONS AND MINE.

IF WE LIVE IN NON‐SWING STATES, WHAT CAN WE DO DO GET THE BLUE

VOTE OUT IN KEY SWING STATES?

>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU GO DO FAIRFIGHT.COM.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE TO. WE ARE WORKING TO PROTECT VOTERS

IN SWING STATES, THAT MEANS GETTING THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE 67,000 ALREADY.

WE KNOW THE OPPOSITION HAS 50,000 LINED UP TO INTIMIDATE

VOTERS. WE'LL GET YOU SIGNED UP AND

READY TO WORK.

>> VOTER SUPPRESSION IS REALLY YOUR MISSION.

IT'S YOUR PASSION TO FIGHT THAT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S BEEN

GOING ON WITH THE POST OFFICE AND MAIL‐IN VOTING LEADING UP TO

NOVEMBER?

>> SURE. SO LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT VOTER

SUPPRESSION IS ANY TIME YOU PREVENT OR DISCOURAGE SOMEONE

FROM VOTING. AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A

WAVE COMING, UNFORTUNATELY, DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CRONIES

HAVE DECIDED TO STEAL THE VOTE BY SCARING US OUT OF MAIL‐IN

VOTING. THEY KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE

BEST WAYS TO VOTE IN A PANDEMIC. SO WHAT WE'VE WATCHED IN THE

LAST FEW WEEKS IS AN ATTEMPT BY LOUIS DEJOY OF THE POST OFFICER

ADVICE TO SLOW DOWN THE MAIL, REMOVED POSTAL BOXES, REMOVED

MAILBOXES AND DOING EVERY K NEFARIOUS THING YOU CAN IMAGINE.

WHAT THEY HAVE DECIDED, THOUGH, IS TO WALK AT THAT BACK.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTING IS WORKING IN AMERICA BY

MAIL. BUT IT'S NOT OVER. THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AGAIN.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO NOT PANIC.

WE CAN VOTE BY MAIL, WE CAN VOTE EARLY IN PERSON, WE HAVE VOTE ON

ELECTION DAY, BUT DON'T LET THEM

SCARE YOU OUT OF SUCCESS

BY REMOVALING YOUR TOOLS. THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT TEN STATES

THAT LIMIT YOU. ALMOST EVERY STATE YOU CAN VOTE

BY MAIL, IN PERSON EARLY, AND CAN YOU VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

IF YOU GO TO VOTE.ORG, THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE,

NO MATTER WHICH STATE YOU LIVE IN.

>> SO DEJOY TESTIFIES BEFORE THE SENATE ON FRIDAY.

IF WERE YOU GOING TO INTERVIEW HIM. IF YOU WERE QUESTIONING HIM,

WHAT WOULD YOUR FIRST QUESTION BE?

>> IF YOU BELIEVE IN OUR DEMOCRACY, THEN YOUR

RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SUPPORT IT, NOT TO UNDERMINE IT.

WHAT HE HAS DONE SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE IS UNDERMINE ACCESS.

AND WORST, HE'S UNDERMINED CONFIDENCE.

IT'S NOT JUST PREVENTING YOU FROM VOTING BUT DISCOURAGING YOU

FROM VOTING. AND THE PAN TIC THAT HAS ENSUED

BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVING THAT THE POST OFFICE, WHICH HAS BEEN

AROUND SINCE AMERICA WAS FOUNDED

IS NOT TRUSTED.

>> WHAT SHOULD DWE DO DO MAKE SURE EVERY VOTE IS COUNTED.

>> WE SHOULD OVERWHELM THEM WITH OUR PRESENCE.

DON'T THINK THAT JUST THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO SCARE US OUT OF

VOTING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ABANDON THEIR EFFORTS.

MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE. THAT'S WHY I TALK ABOUT ALL

THREE WAYS CAN YOU VOTE IN ALMOST EVERY STATE.

NUMBER TWO, SHOW UP IN FORCE, AND DON'T SHOW UP ALONE.

WHETHER THAT'S VIRTUAL, USING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, MAKE SURE

PEOPLE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE YOU LIKE, PEOPLE YOU KIND OF, EH,

MAKE SURE THEY CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION, MAKE A PLAN

THEMSELVES AND VOTE AS WELL. WHEN WE OVERWHELM WITH OUR

PRESENCE, WE GET THE DEMOCRACY WE DESERVE.

>> THIS IS A QUESTION I LOVE FROM LE SHAWN ON TWITTER.

CONSIDERING THE LOCAL IMPACT LOCAL POLICIES HAVE ON OUR

LIVES, HOW CAN WE MOTIVATE AMERICANS TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME

THINKING ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS AS WE DO NATIONAL POLITICS.

NOT JUST FOCUSSING ON THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS?

>> I START BY ASKING PEOPLE WHAT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT?

TYPICALLY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE AH NAYOU A NATIONAL ISSUE.

CONNECT THE DOTS FOR THEM. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY BEING ARRESTED AT UNFAIR RATES, TALK

TO YOUR MAYOR, IF YOUR TRASH DOESN'T GET PICKED UP ENOUGH,

THAT'S A COUNTY COMMISSION ISSUE SOMETIMES.

MAKE SURE YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE 2020 CENSUS.

THAT'S HOW THEY DRAW THE LINES FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS FROM

SCHOOL BOARD ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESIDENCY.

>> HOW DOES THE CENSUS PLAY INTO ALL THIS?

THEY'RE STOPPING THE CENSUS EARLY, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT NOW THEY PLAN TO STOP IT EARLY.

IF THEY DID, THAT MEANS THEY WILL ERASE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

FROM THE STORY AMERICA. NAMELY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND

THE POOR. IT IS DANGEROUS. IT IS GOING TO COST THE

COMMUNITIES MONEY BUT STEAL THEIR POWER.

INSTEAD OF COUNTING THEM THEY'RE GOING TO GUESS.

IT'S CALLED IMPUTATION. IT'S GOING TO NOT ONLY HURT YOUR

COMMUNITIES NOW. IMAGINE A DECADE OF NOT HAVING

ANY OF THE RESOURCES YOU NEED WHILE THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT

HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH GET EVEN MORE OF WHAT YOU DESERVE.

WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN WE FILL OUT THE CENSUS FOR ECONOMIC

POWER AND POLITICAL POWER.

>> STACEY, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. IN THESE TIMES, PEOPLE CAN FEEL

SO HELPLESS AND PARALYZED WITH FEAR AND ANXIETY, AND YOU ALWAYS

GIVE US TANGIBLE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, STARTING TODAY, TO MAKE

A REAL DIFFERENCE. I'LL BE SURE TO POST ALL OF

THESE SUGGESTIONS ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA. I LOVE YOU.

HER BOOK IS "OUR TIME IS NOW". THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME, STACEY

ABRAMS, EVERYONE, WE'LL BE BACK MUSIC FROM CHLOE AND HALLE.

>> Dicky: THE "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE" CONCERT SERIES IS

PRESENTED BY MERCEDES BENZ. THE BEST OR NOTHING.

>> Dicky: THE "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE" CONCERT SERIES IS

PRESENTED BY MERCEDES BENZ. THE BEST OR NOTHING.

WELCOME BACK TO "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE." I'M KERRY WASHINGTON.

MY NEXT GUESTS ARE A DUO THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THEIR SOUND

SINCE BIRTH. THEIR LATEST ALBUM IS CALLED

"UNGODLY HOUR," HERE WITH THE

SONG "DO IT," CHLOE AND HALLE.

♪

♪ UH

♪ UH

♪ OOH, OOH

♪ UP IN MY FACE

♪ MOVIN' FAST BECAUSE PEOPLE ON

THE WAY ♪

♪ TAKIN' PICTURES, MAKE SURE YOU

CAN'T SEE NO LEGS ♪

♪ SECURE IN OUR MONEY

♪ I LAY

♪ NOW ON THE WAY

♪ WHEN I'M OUTSIDE

♪ WHEN WE PULL UP TO THE GATE

♪ I'M JUST WITH THE CREW

♪ BIN' OUT HERE LOOKIN' FOUR

BL BLUES ♪

♪ BECAUSE MY NIGHTS BE BETTER

WITH YOU ♪

♪ IT'S ONLY, ONLY KIND OF MOVIN'

TONIGHT ♪

♪ WE ARE 100

♪ 100

♪ NO DRAMA, NO BABY MAMAS

♪ KEEPIN' IT CUTE

♪ OOH, OOH, THIS IS WHAT I WANT

TO DO ♪

♪ OOH, OOH, THIS IS HOW WE DO

IT, DO IT ♪

♪ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT, DO IT

♪ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

♪ AND YOU CAN DO DID TOO

♪ OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH

♪ LEFT THE HEELS AT HOME

♪ I'M ON MY SNEAKER GAME

♪ WHERE YOU OUT OF TIME AND

SPACE ♪

♪ I'M TRYIN' TO CHASE

♪ I'M IN MY AID

♪ NOTE KEEP IT ON REPEAT

♪ TIPTOE

♪ THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT

♪ GOOD VIBES

♪ I'M JUST WITH THE CREW

♪ LAYIN' OUT HERE LOOKEN FOR

BOOZE ♪

♪ BECAUSE SOME NIGHTS BE BETTER

WITH YOU ♪

♪ IT'S AN ONLY HOMIES KIND OF

MOOD ♪

♪ AND DOESN'T WE ON 100

♪ 100

♪ NO DRAMA, NO BABY MAMAS

♪ OH, OH, OH, OH,

♪ BABY

♪ DO IT, DO IT, YEAH, THIS IS

HOW WE DO IT, DO IT ♪

♪ KNOW HOW TO KEEP IT COOL

♪ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

♪ AND YOU CAN DO DID, TOO

♪ OOH, OOH, OOH

♪ OOH, OOH,

♪

♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. I WANT TO THANK STACEY ABRAMS,

CHLOE AND HALLE, MY FRIEND JIMMY KIMMEL AND APOLOGIZE TO

MATT DAMON WE RAN OUT OF TIME FOR YOU.

BEN PLATT WILL BE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH HIS GUEST ZENDAYA AND

MUSIC FROM MUNA AND THE KNOCKS. "NIGHTLINE" IS NEXT, GOODNIGHT!