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From jimmy kimmel. here he is after appearing on our show yesterday. >> they sat with chris cuomo with cnn and pulled the all comedians are dummy card. a new jimmy kimmel test for you. it's called a lie detector test. you're welcome to stop by the studio and take it any time. >> harsh words. not apparently in jest. joining us now is senator bill cassidy. what is your response, senator? >> i'm sorry. he does not understand. >> i don't understand because i'm a talk show host, right? help me out. which part don't i understand? where you cut $243 billion from federal health care assistance? am i n...

>> martha: let's keep hoping. thank you very much. you can ring the bell up around two in a bitter battle over health care that is playing out on late-night tv. jimmy came up another shot across the bow at senator and dr. bill cassidy. >> which part don't quite understand? is the part where you cut $243 billion from federal health care assistance? am i not understanding the part where states will be allowed to let insurance companies price the art of coverage grabbing pre-existing conditions? >> martha: senator cassidy is here with us and he will respond point by point coming up. and sean spic...

Isn't part recut $243 billion from federal health care assistance? >> martha: here now, the target of mr. kimmel's ire, senator cassidy, also a doctor. thank you for being here. i guess, first of all, what is your response? obviously you guys are now fighting this out on national television. >> am totally not fighting. i wish jimmy would maybe hear my perspective. for example, he says that we only -- that we kicked everybody off the program in ten years. in washington, you have to reauthorize the program. the people that want to keep obamacare keep putting this misinformation out, but you have...

Late-night comic jimmy kimmel has gone from funny man to fact checker once again in the nation's health care battle. for the second time in days he called out senator bill cassidy and his new health care bill. well, kimmel says the graham/cassidy failed to live up to cassidy's promise of passing the jimmy kimmel test by fully covering americans with pre-existing conditions. the louisiana senator then pushed back saying kimmel doesn't understand the bill. and kimmel fired back yet again. >> i get it, i don't understand because i'm a talk show host, right? well, and then help me out, which part ...

Is it the part where you cut $2 $243 billion from federal health care assistance. maybe i don't understand the part of your bill in which federal funding disappears completely after 2026 or maybe it was the part where plans are no longer required to pay for essential hell visits mike maternity care or pediatric visits. >> jimmy kimmel went on and on and on responding to bill cassidy on "new day" this morning and i don't have much time. what do you make of it? >> i'll just say one quick thing. if you out there do not know what to think of graham/cassidy, jimmy kimmel is actually speaking facts....