and music from willie nelson. and now, for the most part, [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: very nice. appreciate it. welcome. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. i have to tell you something. i had the weirdest, weirdest dream last night. remember that guy who used to host "the apprentice"? i dreamed we elected him president. and you were there, and there. you weren't there. [ laughter ] cleto, you weren't there either and your father wasn't there either. but everyone -- wow, what the hell happened? the hats worked. those stupid hats. those hats that looked like they were printed at a kiosk in the middle of a westfield mall. turns out they were magic, like frosty the snowman. last night donald trump reached out and grabbed america by the -- virginia. [ laughter ] to somehow become president of about this? i don't want to spoil it. [ laughter ] should have said spoiler alert. i watched news coverage all night last night. it was especially interesting to watch the change in tone as the night progressed. they started out

robert de niro, gigi hadid, music from willie nelson on the politics. in addition to the race for president we had a number of measures and proposition on this bat lot here in california. yesterday we voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. it used to be -- [ cheers and applause ] -- for medical use only, now it's for recreation. just like michelle obama said. when they go low, we get high. [ laughter ] yesterday, california, massachusetts, and nevada voted to legalize pot. which is very good, especially for nevada. i'm glad they finally came up with a way to cut loose in las vegas. would get a lot of attention. but donald trump's victory overshadowed that decision. even for the people here in california to whom it mattered most. >> [ bleep ]. i may move to canada, [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. they show you what they really give a [ bleep ] about. >> do you understand we just legalized marijuana in california and snoop dogg so is upset he wants to move? that's serious. we just legalized marijuana, smoke weed every day. so finally snoop dog

. >>> willie nelso >>> willie nelsoth >>> willie nelson thought of me. >> have you ever tried this stuff? >> yeah. i tried it once in college. you all know the jingle. >> yeah. ? you'll forget your troubles every time you eat ? ? willie nelson's >> i got the munchies now! >> yes, he does. pot jokes aside, they joked about the contents of the basket of deplorables. everyone was going home with it last night. >> political joking aside, though, last night's cma awards featured old school legends alongside fresh new names, and a pop music superstar who stole the show. elizabeth hurr has the story >> reporter: a massive star-studded open to the 50th annual country music award. ? don't rock the jukebox ? >> reporter: including an emotional surprise to kick off country music's biggest night. >> randy travis. ? >> reporter: randy travis making his first award show appearance since suffering a massive stroke in 2013, and then underwood and paisley opened their monologue hitting on what else, the elections. ? the election is taking forever and ever ? >> reporter: and a big award. >> entertainer of

tonight, jessica chastain -- willie nelson -- justin moore -- "mean tweets country music edition" -- and music from hunter hayes via hologram. and now, well done, here's jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hi, everyone. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for everything, really. because what you are about to witness, the spectacle you are about to behold, is our most special special effects show of the whole year. tonight we will be broadcasting from three cities at the same time. i will be in two of those cities. i know, it's amazing, thank you. let's begin by going live to the cma theater at the country music hall of fame in nashville, tennessee. [ cheers and applause ] hello, nashville! are you ready to see magic happen? [ cheers and applause ] okay, let's do it. right now i'm on the screens but we're going to fire up the hologram machine. fire it up and beam me in, captain. here i am! [ cheers and applause ] i don't know why you guys are excited. you know, this is the third year in a row we've done this. i still have absolutely no idea how it works. by the way

he touched the careers of elton john and willie nelson. we remember the life of a leon russell. >>> the holiday shopping season is underway. while the hottest toys for the kids in your world when the leon russell has died. he died this morning in his sleep at his national home. a number of both rock 'n roll and songwriters hall of fame over the course of his decades long career tour richard lewis, collaborated with elton john and willie nelson. >>[ music ] >>> social media with an outpouring of love and admiration for russell's life and career, elton john posting about him. with a collection of some of those tributes up now along the link to video >> we're playing baseball not that long ago, the temperatures have been very warm but the holidays are approaching and racing science that's the case. take crocker park, had hard to holiday shopping season. it seems to get earlier and earlier. we went to the two experts to find out what the hottest toys are this year. >> so far had tables have been the biggest hit. they sold out in two weeks. mid

it keeps following >> willie nelson. >> he's 83 years young. he keeps going strong. >> i love it. >> still sound good. >> it will be a fun concert. april 25th, talk my wife into that. >> 425. i won't stop now. >> see how mean got it. and everybody loves the ski resorts and over the week. and yes, sunrise, getting the snow ready out towards greer, temperatures are perfect up north for putting the snow together and cooler temperatures. 56 currently and a high of 62, and that is 8 degrees below average. 60s through the workweek and temperatures dropping, look at clear skies and ushering in the cooler temperatures. hardly any threat of moisture in the next 48 hours. and a chance of snowfall by the end of the workweek. but, maybe a slight chance of showers in phoenix. but it looks like a quiet few days. 41, we're dropping some areas outlying areas, getting to the 30s. and single digits up north, 8 your day in detail. 41 at 6:00 and then temperatures warm up and a high of 63 degrees, and one degree warmer than today and warmer on thursday. still stay

dolly parton received the willie nelson lifetime achievement award which is literally the highest honor you can display on a shelf alongside a bong. [ laughter ] dolly got that, then a special performance tonight from beyonce on the country music awards. which is exciting. and i'll say another thing. between "lemonade," the world series, "the walking dead," it has been an amazing year for baseball bats. beyonce did her big hit country song "if you like it you should have put a ring of fire on it or something like that, i don't know, before an appreciative audience. country music fans are some of the most appreciative and enthusiastic fans of all forms of music. i see it when we have artists on the show. the fans, they're excited, upbeat, they don't steal music, they buy it, a solid group. just like any group of fans there are rotten apples. tonight we invited some of country's biggest stars to read graciously accepted that offer. with that said, it's time for our second all-country music edition of "mean tweets." >> just because you have a beard, a ponytail, and a cowboy hat doesn't mea

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having - high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking abo a lifetime, right? anay -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. actress? did youee her in "coat of many colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few people i mu

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few people i must

when we come back, i have three ridiculous questions for willie nelson, miranda lambert, florida georgia line, dolly parton, chris stapleton and more in an all-country edition of "mean tweets" so stick around! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ yep, got the exact doll she wanted. no, (squirrel screeching, birds chirping) (squirrel chittering) hey! hey! (tires screeching) hey! is this yours? happy holidays. (vo) the real magic of the holidays is when we all give a little more. (man) thank you! ♪ ♪ 3,2,1... lumière, action! ♪ for the holidays. before his mom earned 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ dinosaur growls ] and his dad earned 2% back at grocery stores and wholesale clubs. yeah! even before they earned 3% back on gas. danny's parents used their bankamericard cash rewards credit card to give him the best day ever. that's the joy of rewarding connections. learn more at bankofamerica.com/getcashback. and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. roomba navigates your entire home. cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. which means your floors are always cl

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few people i must

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- for high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- for high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an actress? colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- for willie to have a high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an actress? did you see her in "coat of many colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans a

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- for willie to have a high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an actress? did you see her in "coat of many colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans a

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an actress? colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few peop

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i have a few people i must

willie nelson still to come. "vogue" magazine called guest "the ultimate it girl." they called me that once too. on november 20th she cohosts the american music awards on abc. please welcome gigi hadid. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: gigi, how old are you? may i ask? >> i'm 21. >> jimmy: 21. did you vote yesterday? was that the first time voting? >> it was my second time being able to vote. i went to a polling place for the first time. >> jimmy: if you're 21, how is it your second time being able to vote? year. >> jimmy: you committed a felony last year. >> no, no -- >> jimmy: it's not on the date, i see. >> i just didn't go to a polling place. >> jimmy: but you were legally allowed to vote? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: because we could have you arrested, you know. >> please don't get me arrested. >> jimmy: okay, we won't have you arrested. i was mentioning that you were the "it" girl. it's not the i.t. girl. >> no, it's a social media kind of thing, i think. i.t. girl i was looking at this, you're on the cover of this magazine, you're on the back cover of th

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. i was doing my best. this is such a great compliment, a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- for willie to have a high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. can. how about jennifer nettles as an actress? did you see her in "coat of many colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little gi

and i am so happy to present this willie nelson lifetime achievement award to the one and only dolly parton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much, thank you lily, thank you all these beautiful girlfriends of mine. pentatonix, and congratulations to all the winners. what a tribute. i would have cried, but i didn't want to mess up my eyelashes. i was doing my best. a wonderful night for me. thank you for all of that. and now, for me to be receiving the willie nelson award, this is an absolute high for me. [ laughter ] having -- for willie to h high achievement award, he's had some highs that border on historic. but enough of that. i'm very proud to receive this, and they asked me to hurry it up. they're saying they're behind. but you're talking about a lifetime, right? anyway -- i know how this goes. and i'll make it as fast as i can. how about jennifer nettles as an actress? colors"? we're doing it again on november 30th. i'm so proud of you. i want to thank all of my fans and everybody for allowing me to see my little girl dreams come true. i ha

receiving the willie nelson lifetime achievement award at the cmas. >> for me, to be willie nelson award -- this is an absolute high for me. >> got to love dolly parton. she was serenaded by many of those stars last night. >>> when we come back here tonight, the curse reversed. and we are right there with bill like a human fingerprint, no two whale flukes are the same. because your needs are unique, pacific life has been delivering flexible retirement and life insurance solutions for more than 145 years. ask a financial advisor how you can tailor solutions from pacific life to help at planters we know how to throw a remarkable holiday party. just serve classy snacks and be a gracious host, no matter who shows up. do you like nuts? robert kearney: i fought for my country in kosovo and iraq, and i've been a republican all my life. but i'm the father of three girls. i can't stand hearing donald trump call women pigs, dogs, and bimbos...and i sure don't want my daughters hearing it. i want my girls to grow up lued and respected. donald trump's america is not the country i fought for. so, i'm