>> you're just kidding, right? >> thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the late show. i want to tell you one thing. i'll be honest with you. it's beginning to look like i'm not going to get the tonight show. >> good morning. it's thursday may 21st. welcome to "way too early." last night after 33 years longer than i've been alive of late night conversation david letterman signed off for good. the crowd at the ed sullivan theater rose paul schieffer played one last introduction and dave delivered one last monologue. >> you want to know what i'm going to do now that i'm retired? by god, i hope to fwk new face of scientology. well, here's some statistics. paul and i have been doing this

show 33 years. it's over 6,000 shows. that's a lot of shows. earlier today we got a call from steven hawking. and he bless his heart, had done the math because he's a genius and stuff, and 6,028 shows. he said it works out to about 8 minutes of laughter. >> really happen i stayed up to watch that. we'll recap more of the final show including the top ten list. let's do some more important news for the most. while you were sleeping rand paul wrapped up hours long protest. wearing green sneakers he spoke out against renewing the patriot about for nearly 11 hours. he did not delay consideration of bail. he ended shortly before midnight

making this stand shorter than his 2013 filibuster against the united states use of drones. >> there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and libber thety and privacy to suffer. that time is now. andly not let the patriot about, the most unpie trottic of acts go unchallenged. my choice is rapidly leaving. my bedtime has long since passed and i think it's time we summarize why we're here today and what my hope is for the future of this issue. we want to vote on reforms. we want to vote on several different forms of ways that we can fix this and that this goes on and comes up every three years. can't we spend a couple of days trying to amend this and trying to make it better.

senator paul had companies. he was joined by 7 democrats and 3 republicans. it during the speech paul tweeted out a link to buy an nsa filibuster starter back on his website but he denied the protest was meant to benefit his presidential campaign. >> what do you say to critics that say this didn't do anything and this was really a campaign a way for you to campaign? >> i hope it does. i think we'll know in a couple of days if it helps us get amendments, and i think if it helps stop the bulge collection of records, it'll be a success. good night. >> the world is getting a fascinating look into the most closely held secrets of 9-11 master mind. the director of national

intelligence released documents. among the secrets are letters, an even an application to join al qaeda. our chief foreign affairs correspondent has more. >> reporter: from the grave a new portrait of osama bin laden revealed in hundreds of documents, letters, books, video games found by s.e.a.l. team six at his compound. telling followers to keep going after american targets nmpl you should ask them to avoid insisting on the formation of an islamic state at the time being. but to work on breaking the power of our main enemy by attacking the american embassies and oil companies. then his book shelf, a digital library everything from obama's wars to classics like the rise and fall of great powers.

and a video game most likely for his children. it offers new insights into the ceo of al qaeda central. it was complete with a lengthy online application. the final question who should we contact in case you become a martyr. >> these documents show that bin laden was very much in command and he was on his game and focussed and totally dedicated to making sure al qaedaed that capabilities to continue to attack america in the west. >> and bin laden closely tracked the u.s. when the pentagon warned that wikileaks document dump could cost lives. >> they might already have on their hands the blood of a young soldier. >> reporter: one writes please dedicate some brothers to translate the documents to afghanistan that were leaked to the pentagon because these

documents contain the strategy of the enemy in the area. the family man, affectionate letters to a wife in iran warning her to remove fillings before she comes to his hideout in case the iranians inserted a tracking twice. >> isis is celebrating another victory this morning. the islamic state is now in control of the ancient southeastern city of palmyra. it is the first time isis has taken control of a city directly from southeastern sources. a group monitoring the war says isis controls more than half of syria easter tory. meanwhile thousands of iraqis who fled ramadi are arriving in baghdad. more than 40,000 people have been displaced since last week because of the violence.

iraqi forces said they foiled a third bid. officials tell "the new york times" the u.s. will send rockets for iraq to use against isis. in iran the supreme leader is categorically ruling out allowing international inspectors to interview nuclear scientists. in remarks carried on state television yesterday he denounced what he called unreasonable demands by the six world powers. the comments would make the job of iran's foreign minister who's negotiating that much harder. a month remains before the deadline for a final nuclear deal. here at home officials with the company that owns the oil company in santa barbara, they have said the chief executive of the pipeline which operates the

pipeline visited the spill site and said they were sorry for the environmental damage and the disruption. let's go now to the dea has raided states across the southeast in what they're calling the largest crack down in u.s. history. it's part of a 15-month. going into pharmacyies and pain clinics. before yesterday more than 140 people were arrested for allegedly selling painkillers. cases opiates have skyrocketed in plays like vermont. now to business and what loretta lynch is calling an illegal display of collusion. geoff cutmore joins us. officials say this stretches from the u.s. to europe. what more can you tell us about this scandal? >> yeah. well in the latest episode of

when good banks go bad, five global banks here have been told that they need to pay in excess of $5.5 billion in fines. that is connected with currency manipulation. the banks involved here jpmorgan, city barclays royal bank of scotland and ubs, although ubs gets off a little lighter because they were the first to talk to anti-trust regular you lay dors. the attorney general says that these activities were widespread. let's listen to what she said. >> almost every day for more than five years traders in this cartel used a private electronic chat room to manipulate the spot markets exchange rate between gyros you gyros and dollars. they acted as partners rather than competitors in an effort to

push the exchange rate favorable to their banks but detriment tall to many others. >> the bank of america also fined $205 million for their lack of attention in this story when it came to trader's activities. a lot of people will be hoping on wall street that we finally draw a veil over the story. moving you along, fines also for transocean. this company has reached a settlement with plaintiffs over the 2010 oil spill. the well was owned by them although, it was operated by bp who paid out the lion's share of the fines in this story. back to you. >> indeed. live from london. thank you so much. still ahead on "way too early," a star studded tribute to david letterman during his final show. we'll show you who else stopped

by to say farewell. inbelievable cast. >> you know that show. it's not jeopardy. it's the other one. >> wheel of fortune. >> wheel of jeopardy. wheel of fortune. watch this. >> it's tossup time again. it's the third of the night. ♪ >> good riddance to david letterman.

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>> that was peyton manning saying what he's always wanted to say to dave on letterman's final show last night. we're going to stay with the nfl. roger goodell wrapped up the owners meeting yesterday addressing robert craft's decision to accept the league's deflate-gate punishment and its affect on tom brady's appeal. >> the decision that robert made was his decision. i admire and respect robert as you all know. we've had plenty of discussions over the last couple of weeks, and this was his initiative and something he wanted to do. i have great admiration and respect for tom brady but the rules have to be enforced on a uniform basis, and they apply to everybody in the league. i look forward to hearing directly from tom on that and is there any new information or information that he can bring more clarity to or something

that wasn't considered in the wells report? >> we're all friends you see. the patriots have been penalized two draft picks and fined $1 million. tom brady is appealing his four-game suspension. now to atlanta. the hawks hosting the cavaliers. trouble for atlanta in the fourth quarter when demar ri carol goes down. he'll have an mri today. as for cleveland, lebron james led with a game high of 31 points. it was a big night for jr. smith. he knocked down eight three-pointers. the cavs win 97-89 for an early series lead. let's go to hockey. the stanley cup eastern finals. the rangers and lightning tie in overgame. the game winner 3.5 minutes into

the extra set. this ended before the basketball game. it's the second night in a row the goalie has given up six goals. the bolt takes it. major league baseball the nationals trailing the yankees. bryce harper doesn't like the home plate umpire's call. harper getting back in the batter's box. there's a dispute on if he gets in there fast enough and he's ejected. the manager joins him. it's the second time twice in a week he has been tossed from a game. the ejection seems to spark the naths. they go onto win 3-2. washington now in first place atop the nl east. that umpire was absurd. no one pays to watch him him. let harper in the game. let's go to bill karins. it's springtime. >> luke where is your red nose?

>> oh. >> it's red nose day. >> we're here in d.c. we don't get these fancy promotional items. i'm just happy i got my water. >> at least we got you hydrates. of course, today is red nose day and the big show is from 8:00 to 11:00 eastern. raising money for the kids in our country that are under poverty conditions. let's talk about the forecast from luke and everybody else in the d.c. area light, chilly rain today. if you're going to complain about the chill and the rain be careful. next week we'll take a heat wave in the 90s and humid. go out and enjoy the cool weather. the hot summer is probably right around the corner. in dallas more thunderstorms this morning. we get a break in oklahoma city. scattered showers in salt lake city and through the northwest. as far as the rain and the flooding goes the worst is friday, saturday right here from areas from dallas and

oklahoma city including wichita falls. let me take you through your forecast getting you into the start of your memorial day weekend. showers in the east. finally pretty nice weather on friday throughout new england. then the problems start friday right into the holiday weekend. oklahoma down to texas. i'll tell you what the best thing about wearing a red nose it's impossible to be in a bad mood. it is. it kind of makes you feel good. if i had the clown feet then we'd be all set. >> you look quite well. as an irishman i can tell you i've had a red nose before. usually it's monday mornings. still ahead, more from letterman's late show with distributes from nearly every entertainer from the world. . >> take a look at what i saw last night.

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this is the worthwhile thing to do. >> it's time. >> it's now 11:30. record us but switch to dave. bye. go. bye. hit record. switch to dave. okay. they're gone now. they're gone now. now we can do whatever the blp we want. >> without letterman, there probably is no co-nan o'brien. telling his audience to change the channel. they would have seen dave take time to wish stephen colbert well. and then the top ten list. top ten things i've always wanted to say to dave. >> number ten, aleck baldwin. >> of all the talk shows, yours is the most gee dwraskically convenient to my home.

>> dave did you know that you wear the same cologne as mo mar gaddafi? >> yes. >> your expensive plastic surgery was a necessity. and a mistake. >> dave i have no idea what i'll do when you go off the air. you know i just thought of something. i'll be fine. >> thank you jerry. >> honestly dave i've always found you to be a bit of an overactor. >> number five, chris rock. >> i'm just glad your show is being given to another white guy. >> thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale. >> dave you are to comedy what

i am to comedy. >> thanks for finally proving men can be funny. >> dave i'll never have the money i owe you. >> good. >> what's mommy's name. >> the rest of the finale included classic will thebits. >> here some conversations we had over the years with the kids. >> how is mommy. >> good. >> what's her name? >> i don't know. >> guess my favorite food. come on. just give it a try. come on. i'll give you a hint. all right? >> pie. try it. try and guess any favorite food. >> pie. >> nope. meat loaf. >> jingle bells.

♪ dashing through the snow. jingle bells ♪ ♪ you got to be quiet ♪ ♪ you are not, you are not funny ♪ . . >> give me those. >> and finally rock band foo fighters closed the show by playing everlong. the same song they played for him in 2000 when he made his return to the show following heart surgery. back then he introduced the performance by his favorite band playing his favorite long. let's bring in mika. >> we'll have much more on the end of the david letterman erea as the host of the late show.

>> and big developments in politics in national security. rand paul launches an open rebellion taking over the senate for 10.5 hours. oh, that's a lot of rand paul. he's trying to keep the controversial law from being renewed but is the presidential candidate opening himself up to charges of grand standing plus isis on the move again. this time seizing control of an and gent city in syria. is it time for boots on the ground? we'll talk to a war reporter. that and much more coming up next on "morning joe." right now, verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed, call, data, and reliability. so you never have to settle. $80 a month.

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