>> i didn't say i would kill you. are you serious? >> serena williams loses her cool and her u.s. open hopes. happenings on the hard court ahead on "msnbc sunday." plus the health care fight has president obama turned the tide. what more can he do to convince america change is good. also ahead, pick pocketers, payback. why are these takers now givers. it's a fall from grace for a

football mascot. will he ride again? a very good morning to all of you. i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc sunday." 11:00 a.m. on the east coast, 8:00 a.m. out west. we begin with the latest on the search for missing yale graduate student annie le. police are analyzing the first potential evidence of a crime found in the very building le was last seen. this is a difficult day for annie le's family and friends, the day she was ready to get married. that ceremony supposed to start in about 30 minutes. mike taibbi is live with the latest. so mike, let's get to the evidence. what do you know about it? >> reporter: hi, alex. what we heard yesterday from a source at the new haven police department is bloody clothing and other evidence were discovered in the building behind me, this was a building where annie le was seen for the last time tuesday at 10:00 a.m. by a surveillance camera here. as you say, that material is now being analyzed. other crime scene units have

shown up, parked in the rear of the building. i walked around. it's a big building. five stories, 120,000 square feet of space, a huge garage in the back with the capacity of hundreds of vehicles association the notion that whatever could have been found should have been found already doesn't really wash. that's why they are back today. the building is filled with air conditioning ducts, passageways and intriguingly beyond what we reported yesterday the new haven register said that bloody clothing was actually found in a drop ceiling so not the kind of thing would be red bag material. this seems to be deliberately secreted away. that's what sort of makes it intriguing. yesterday the fbi agents on the case, a special agent without using the word "bloody clothing" did say there is newly discovered evidence. >> all i will say is that items that could potentially be evidence have been seized. none have yet been associated with annie le. >> reporter: yale vice president

calls it the most perplexing mystery adding we don't know where annie le is, it's still an unsolved mystery at this point, alex. and the reward for $10,000 that yale posted is in force. they are looking for information, tips, from any source possible. >> still no persons of interest, mike. not hearing anything about that leaking out from the case? >> reporter: from sources i heard that they talked to many, many people. hundreds of people who knew annie le, her whereabouts and movements but no one was characterized not even as a suspect, not even a person of interest. not yet. >> okay. mike taibbi live. thanks so much. the fbi set up a 24-hour tip line. if you have information they ask you to call 1-877-503-1950. an autopsy is planned today for a former fund-raiser for disgraced illinois governor rob blagojevich. christopher kelly's death is being investigated as a suicide. he was slated to be tried in

june for allegedly plotting with blagojevich to squeeze money from people and companies seeking illinois state business. kelly was supposed to start a federal prison sentence friday and for an $8.5 million fraud at chicago's o'hare airport. israeli president shimon perez was discharged after fapting on stage. the 86-year-old was answering questions from a crowd after a talk on young leadership when he passed out briefly and regained consciousness. perez was submitted for observation and tests and a spokeswoman blamed the spell on his demanding schedule. doctors say tests showed perez to be in good health. new this morning from meet the press, senator dick durbin says some republican senators agree that democrats health resporm plans are an historic opportunity but that being said democrats aren't going to wait for republicans to come on board. >> in terms of the democratic sild, we're going to perk closely with our members, too. they have to be satisfied that

this bill is going to help them, their states and this nation. the fact is we are not going to miss this opportunity. we invite the republicans to join us for this historic opportunity, if they do not we are still going to go forward. >> i'm joined by nbc's mike viqueira. what do you think this means, mike? >> tough talk from dick durbin and push is about to come to shove. the president gave his speech on wednesday, had a rally yesterday, a rally in sport of health care reform in minneapolis, minnesota. democrats say look, we're going to move forward with a plan, and if the republicans want to join on that, that's great. if they don't we're going to move forward anyway. it's time to cut bait say democrats on the senate side and the house side and democrats around the country who are pushing their party leaders to get tough with republicans. one thing that's becoming more and more clear over the last several days is so called public

option where the government would back a health insurance plan that would be in the market and compete with private plans, that is an aneglectma that will not be part of a bill as it moves through congress of it but everything still very much up in the air, alex. whether or not they can even get health care reform passed this year. still an open question. >> okay, mike, i want to ask you about representative joe wilson. i understand that he is addressing the outburst during the president's address to congress, the infamous "you lie." will we hear an apology on the house floor? >> reporter: we will not. he made that clear on one of the sunday morning programs. he said he's not going to do it. he called rahm emanuel, the president accepted that apology the next day. nancy pelosi incidentally on thursday said more or less it's time to move on. but house democratic leaders had a change of heart and issued an ultimatum. either come to the floor of the house and apologize, on the strength of the logic that

silence is consent and they cannot conzeent the kind of behavior wilson demonstrated wednesday night or tell wilson we'll vote on a resolution of disapproval which amounts to a slap on the wrist but they say they want to maintain the decorum of the house floor. perhaps not incidentally, both joe wilson and his democratic challenger have raised more than $1 million for relatively obscure back bench seat from south carolina, a million dollars raised on both sides since wilson's outburst on wednesday night. >> okay. we'll see if there is more fireworks on the house floor. thank you very much. mike viqueira. for your dose of politics, you can log on to first read.msnbc.com. and new word on the swine flu vaccine. shots that could now be available sooner than expected. that's according to health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. on a talk show this morning she said the shots could be available as early as the first week of october.

previously the rollout was set for mid october. well, a surprise finish for serena williams at the u.s. open. the defending champ is out after a spat with judges. she was called for a rare double penalty, a foot fault leaving her one point away from losing the match and she flipped out on the judge, screaming, cursing and threatening to shove the tennis ball down her throat. let's watch. >> i didn't say i would kill you. are you serious? are you serious? i didn't say that. >> karen hunter is a publisher and teaches journalism at hunter college. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this was a terrible call at a terrible point in the match. do you think serena williams got a raw deal?

>> absolutely. but this isn't the first time. and you know, we look at this event in a vacuum like this is is something that happened. if you remember in 2004, the exact same thing happened where she lost the match on horrible calls, and the they had to institute the instant replay because of that. so you see this and in her mind i'm sure she's thinking not again. not again. you know, do we have to go through this again. in a sport. she's a competitor. she's beaten the same person, come back to beat her after -- >> seven out of eight matches. >> but she had beaten her when kim clijsters had match point. to have the game taken away not based on play on the field but a technicali technicality, i don't anybody had been called for. >> not called all season. >> all year, really. >> and when you look at the tape replay, at least it does not look clear. there were those who suggest it wasn't there.

the linesman, right there. >> even so she's the champion and she should be given the benefit of the doubt. they don't do it normally. and this is more than just tennis. there's a double standard. >> what double snard. >> a lot of hoopla over her bad behavior. i don't believe what she did was correct but i understand. our athletes i call on them to be role models despite what charles barkley said i think they should carry themselves as certain way. when serena goes in the locker room she carries more than serena. >> the heart, the mind, the hope of so many young women for tennis, and she's inspiration on so many ways as many of our athletes are. she lost sight of that. >> i don't know if she lost stooit sight but i think we need to be mindful other people can get away with that. john mcenroe made a clear. he's still doing commercials off of his bad behavior from 20 years ago. we saw in the break, i was watching, a match with jimmy

connors where he went off on the ref. did not get called with disorderly conduct or unsportsmanlike conduct. i think there is a double standard, because women aren't supposed to behave this way. i saw it being unladylike. how many of you are athletes in the heat of the moment and have that raw -- this is our reality tv, the original reality tv, we watch sports because of the emotion and all of the feelings and passion that we get on the field. now we're going to tell her, you know, shame on you. yes, shame on you but let's have more understanding. >> you know, that language, i mean it flies all around, can i say i'm listening to the bleeps thinking i would have been saying those exact words. sorry, i would have. things can fly out of your mouth in the heat of the passion. there was so much at stake there. you think it's going to carry on through the tournament? >> absolutely. playing withler sister. exactly. and probably will win and going to keep asking about it. i wish that we would back up a little bit and try to put ourselves in her shoes.

this is a young lady who when she came out, she and her sister were criticized for wearing beads, called monkeys. she's had to endure a lot as a plafer. and the other thing is at the u.s. open being an american, sometimes she's in an arena people aren't rooting for her. they are rooting for the russian player. there is a lot more going on than this one bad call. >> i admitted on national television that i swear. hope it don't have -- still ahead on "msnbc sunday" we'll see you in a bit, it's a money-back guarantee. will gm's refund offer make you want to buy one of its cars. the guy who threw his shoes at president bush is about to get out of jail. i'm finally going to get a flat panel for my home theater. - ( cheering ) - ( laughs ) thank you. what should i get? uh, you. you should check out our new leds. the picture's better than life. okay, but i don't want to pay too much. don't worry about it. we'll match those other stores' prices.

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reaction to our economic woes and government intervention in the form of a $787 billion stimulus package, by april you had fired up grass roots activist population coming to tea parties and opposing, you know, the wall street bailout, the auto bailouts, aig bonuses, the stimulus package, et cetera. this is built through the summer. they are more organized. people are getting more frustrated. unemployment continues to look grim and the economy is turning around for wall street but not necessarily for main street. you see an angry taxpayer activist group getting more organized and finding its footing, then you see this health care reform debate just exploding over the summer, the white house and the democrats losing control of the narrative end of the debate and of course we saw the town halls. so, now, kind of an organized

event for a nice day in september. it made sense to me that more and more would show up than had even at previous protests. i think this movement may have begun long before barack obama took office but just as what we've seen with the economic collapse from a year ago and all of the government intervention and spending since, on the nervousness that the economy is not oncing back for the average person, i think this will continue to grow. and the crowds bill continue to appear and continue to protest. >> let's think about how this plays out. what does it tell you about the climate into the 2010 election? does a link to the protesters help or hurt the gop ultimately? >> well, the problem for democrats, i mean, the republicans can't count on these people being their voters per se. i mean, there are a lot of these voters are conservatives, limited government, voters who may have voted republican in the past but have become frustrated

with what they saw in terms of the growth of government and the growth of deficits and debt during the bush administration. they might have been silent then but now pushed over the top by the emergency spending we've done to stimulate this economy and government intervention that they see on the table. for the health care reform debate that's not necessarily going to help the republican party. the republican party, they might have been republicans in the past but they aren't necessarily pleased with the republican party now. there is a difference between anti-obama sentiment and support for the republican party t. republican party is trying to maximize this but it is bad news for the democrats, alex. the democrats are facing some serious winds. unless jobs come back it's going to be tough in the midterm. >> you think the health reform debate is going a certain direction in terms of momentum with the president going to four states this week alone? >> i don't know that his tour is going to help. i think what he does with his party is going to help.

if he waters down which was a big overhaul of our entire system and comes up with an -- a consumer protection bill i think he'll bring moderate republicans to the table, programs largely with democrats, probably no house republicans, a few senate republicans, get it out i think he doesn't have time really to move public opinion but i think that if he can consolidate support in his party, i think he did shift the winds a bit with that speech. he rounded up his democrats and they need to get something out quickly. >> all right. a.b. stoddard, thank you as always. still ahead, the sign of the times, hollywood's porn industry is feeling the heat of the bad economy. it's when the economy goes to pot, what some are doing to raise cash. ♪ is to get as far away from it all as possible. don't let erectile dysfunction get in the way.

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>> well, he was appointed by the government, so we'll see. i think what's interesting is while there's the deja vu with chrysler and lee iacocca, ed whitaker is not lee iacocca. she new to the auto business, came from at&t. so we'll see how that plays with the public. >> right now gm's auto sales are down 35%. its market share at an all-time low, with bankruptcy, the company, is that something people -- when they think gm, bankruptcy. you think the public will go ahead and buy into gm? >> i think if there are people who were considering this will be a good deal. they will be interested in trying out a car. i think there are some people who are absolutely committed to import brands. and it won't push them over. there's also a lot of anger in the american public that general motors and chrysler took federal bailout money or did not though it is actually gaining market

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because this was the day she was street marry. that wedding ceremony was supposed to begin right now. joining me live is clint van zandt, a former fbi profiler and the author of "facing down evil." also an msnbc analyst. it's heart breaking to think about where these families and friends were supposed to be right now, 11:30 a.m. service. you know, look where they are now. let's talk about that. if there's any sense of movement in a positive direction in terms of finding clues and figuring what happened to this woman. >> well, she is one of 2400 people that are reported missing every day, alex. most of which total 875,000 a year, most of which are found, the circumstances are all right. they come home safe. but this is growing more and more ominous every time we have to report it. we had all hoped it was a case of the runaway bride. and maybe still. we don't know.

realize as an investigator i believe she's alive and well until i find out otherwise and i pursue the case just like that. but with the finding of certain evidence that may link to her -- may suggest she was a victim of crime i think it's getting harder to suspect anything but simply that, that somehow she was victimized within that laboratory and we just haven't found her yet. >> you can interpret what the fbi says having worked for them. the agent we heard from refused to comment if authorities suspect foul play. did k what she didn't say tell you more than what she did say? >> you know, there's a lot going on there. one, we know she went in the building 10:00 tuesday morning. we know there was a fire alarm at about quarter till 1 that emptied the building by and large. but what we haven't seen is any picture, any evidence whatsoever that she left the building. some people inside who have been interviewed, hundreds, some said yes, i saw her in there, she had

signed up to work in a lab, she was in that laboratory. what we can't do is put her out of that. as far as the fbi is concerned, i think they are somewhat retty sent in saying that the clothing that was allegedly found on a first, second floor laboratory concealed in a false ceiling, they are reticent to say that's hers until they can positively say we can link that to the victim, either it's the skirt and the green short sleeve tee shirt and the shoes that she was wearing that day, and/or it's dna, it's hairs, fibers, that say positively that's hers of it but alex, if there is a crime scene, if this is a crime, that evidence may also point to who was responsible for what happened to her. so, best case scenario, everybody has their fingers crossed that she's still alive and that there is a story to explain this. and of course there will be a

story t. question is it a story that explains why she survived, or are we working yet one more of 18,000 homicides in the u.s. every year. >> god willing it's the former. thanks so much. the fbi set up a 24-hour tip line if you have information about this case they ask you to call 1-877-503-1950. a scene off the coast of corpus christi, texas. the coast guard coming to the rescue of two men who fled their burning fishing boat. they were in a life raft next to the flames when the coast guard arrived. one had burns over 20% of his body. >> this fire in san francisco was caused by lightning strikes during a thunderstorm. a transformer exploded after it was hit, then the two cars under it were in flames. at least 20 fires erupted from the more than 400 recorded lightning strikes. more than 50,000 homes lost power in the storm. president obama is pulling out all of the stop this is week

to make sure his voice is the one you are hearing on health care. a national tv interview, a talk with ohio factory workers, a union speech in pennsylvania, a rally in maryland, all of that on the agenda. for more on the campaign for reform i'm joined by karen hunter. also a publisher and teaches journalism at hunter college and live from d.c. amanda carpenter, a reporter and blogger for "the washington times" and a good morning to the two of you. >> good morning again. >> karen, i'll ask you first, is there a diminishing point of return on all of these health care speeches or does the president have no other choice but to keep pressing on. >> he doesn't have a choice and has to keep it going. the other side, they're not stopping. i took a minute to look at "the new york times" bestsellers list. of the top 10 t the one is michelle, bill o'riley, a manifesto on the republican party, seven is by dick morris about the corruption or taking

our country back. the mantra will not stop on the other side, therefore the president has to keep it going, he has to keep the message about health care. and he has to let the american people know this is about them, this is about their future and it's about bringing to them the things that they said they wanted him to do. yes, he has to keep it going. >> amanda, what about the white house? it now says illegal immigrants would be barred. you remember representative joe wilson's outburst during the speech came when the president mentioned illegal immigrants. does this mean that this outburst was unnecessary or did it work? >> i think that's at some level did it work because it brought the focus of the debate over whether or not this plan will cover illegal immigrants and a lot of conservative republicans were trying to get amend its in so it would specifically prohibit this from happening. it was rejected. the white house is making a move to say we won't do this. there has been a pattern of the

white house, i'm not saying joe wilson did the right thing in screaming out he lied but the same thing happened when sarah palin said death panels. she talked about how she felt death panels are in this bill, she cited the provisions that to reimburse doctors to give end of life consultations, they were going to drop this from the senate finance bill. on the one hand they say it never existed and then move to take it out. >> i find it interesting, amanda, joe wilson though he said the president lied in 2003 he voted for a medicare bill that would cover illegal immigrants and reimburse states for covering illegal immigrants in treating them in hospitals. so now they flip-flop in this whole you lie when he himself voted for a bill that president bush ushered through. so i think it's a little interesting. i don't think it's about health care that this discussion is really hinged on. >> let me address that because there is this underlying theme, you hear that the if you somehow oppose the president's bill or you bring up something over whether it would address illegal

il yens that maybe you're a risist. i think that might be what you're getting to in the last comment. maureen dowd brought it up in a column. i think that's dangerous to say when people dissent from the president in this whole post racial era, that you are somehow racist. >> can i -- i want to jump in because it's sort of relative because there is a new article on political -- it suggests that the president isn't as capable as his predecessors of inspiring fear. here is what ben smith writes. obama is almost going certainly going to be pressuring liberals to accept less than they once expected and conservative democrats to spend more than they want. when this moment comes obama will likely find the power of reason is more effective when backed by demonstrating willingness to crack heads. the president's style, does that betray him in this debate? >> his reasonable eloquent style? which style -- what are we talking about? i do want to comment. what amanda said.

it is racism. and the last thing anyone wants to be called is a racist. i understand that. but i've never seen in my history, i haven't been here that long but i did research people yelling out in congress, twittering, there is a level of disrespect. the man has been in office for nine months. he inherit add record deficit, by the way the last president amassed quite a deficit. he was hand ofrd a surplus yet there were no marches during the eight years he took us into an illegal war. i find it interesting that the same leeway isn't given to him and he has been in office nine months to do the job he said he would do. and all of this opposition does seem a little weird. >> i'm going to ask you the last word, amanda. >> sure. i think that's an incredible double standard that was laid out. we had lots of dissent, in healthy opposition to president bush when he was in office. people booed and hissed during his state of the union addresses. nobody called themd racist.

when people dissent from the president the first move because he is black should not be to levee that charge at those people. >> guys, that's going to be the last word for this go around. there will be more. amanda and karen, thank you, ladies. we begin our "take note" file with the plunge in paydays in porn. industry expert telling economists down 30% to 50%. the culprit the economy and the free stuff on the internet. the hollywood porn business is cutting pay by 20% or more. the down economy is blamed for a rise in marijuana farming. the number of plants seized in california has gone up, same in washington state and in appalachia. the value of pot plants cut down is about $12 billion. the iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at president bush will be released after serving nine months. he's going to get a hero's welcome. the owner of a cairo tv network

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you heard of pick pocketing, right? how about something called put pocketing? telecom company in britain hired 20 ex-pick pockets to go around and slip 20 pound notes and a calling card into people's pockets and purses. the okay from the cops. the pick pockets also carry a special i.d. in case people think they are up to no good. serena williams lost her semifinal match yesterday after flipping out on a judge. here's what happened. williams' call for a rare double

penalty, a foot fault leaving her a point away from losing the match. she screamed and cursed at the shove, threatening to shove the tennis ball down her throat. watch. >> i didn't say i would kill you. are you serious? >> should she be punished? there is one columnist who says yes. bill dwyer wrote that serena should be suspended from the pro tennis tour. susan smith, heading out to the u.s. open. >> i don't think that's called for. i think she should be fined. clearly her behavior was inappropriate. she imploded, undoubtedly

frustrated with the way she was getting beat on this evening. but to say she should be suspended for a long period of time i think that's excessive. >> a fine be in keeping with what would happen in the wake of something like this? >> there is no question. any time you have bad sportsmanship in tennis it would be appropriate. for some of us like myself who watched basketball, football, baseball we've seen this quite often. you see it in golf sometimes when tiger woods gets frustrated. you might say something. or hockey, you got fighting. this is women's tennis. there is a standard. >> i'm going to get to that. if you look at what was at stake, steven, should something like this end a match? also, you know, looking back at it, it's not 100% clear. there are many people who are going to say this is not the proper call and it ends a match. >> you had a lot of people there booing because they didn't believe it was the proper call and wanted the match to continue and you don't want to count out a champion like serena williams,

a woman that captured 11 grand slams. she was getting ready to top billie jean king though on this day looked like she was going to lose. she wasn't playing up to par yesterday. but the reality is that in all she didn't perform well, she imploded, her conduct was not becoming of who she is, what she represented to the sport of tennis. and she should be fined but to call for suspension again, i think is a bit excessive. >> you bring some analogies with nfl, nba. we're talking about tennis. let's look at john mcenroe. >> he's a star to this day because of those temper tantrums so i don't want to hear people talking about how this is going to sully her name and reputation for years to come. clearly we will remember this. she got into a profanity-laced tirade. it was on national television so the video is there and in that regard it will affect her. but should it affect how we look at her and respect we give her? absolutely not. i mean she should not have done it but mistakes happen. we're all human.

>> i'm going to say i look at my twitter page, people have weighed in. it's coming down 50/50. >> a lot of people in this world are extremely judgemental and act like they are infallible. they are making all of this money, you should know how to act. no matter how much money, success you enjoy, you are still a human being. at the end of the day you're going to make mistakes. i'm sure she'll look back on this and realize that she imploded, it was kind of embarrassing, it's not something she should have done but she'll recognize what we all should recognize. it's not indicative of her behavior over the course of her illustrious clear. you throw a mulligan on this and pray it doesn't happen again. >> i admitted in the last discussion, i swear. just hope i don't do it on tv. >> i swear all the time. >> not on tv. >> guess what, we work in television so it would behoove us not. to she's not going to get fired.

she's still making millions. she lost her composure. hopefully these people, where she threatened the woman, she was cursing at her but you saw he looked at the -- what, what are you talking about. >> let's play this. >> i think she said i will kill you. i was like what? i was like wait a minute. i had misheard, i never said that. so that was something, i was like whoa. because i'm like wait a minute. let's not -- because i'm not that way. she's like no, i didn't say that. she said something else. i said oh, okay i get it. i used to have a real temper and i've gotten a lot better, so, i know you don't believe me. i used to be worse. indeed. >> her kanlder being somewhat self effacing i think brought down the tempo. >> absolutely. and again, she recognizes, looking back upon it, there's no way she nor anyone else can condone her behavior.

how she behaved toward the lineswoman. the reality is she made a mistake, she recognized she made a mistake. does it call for a fine? sure. let's leave it at that and move forward. >> okay. hope to visit us again. thank you. we're going to take a break. still ahead for you, is it is i or tina? which one picked up a big honor last night? i think you know which one it is. um bill-- why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex express tylenol pm quiets the pain that keeps you awake.

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main event. the face of prime time television is about to change. the jay leno show debuts tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern. the first daily comedy variety show in that slot in decades. good morning again to you, steven. >> good morning. >> jay says he's going to have a kind of racetrack that he's going to use to race his guests. >> celebrities will come on the show and apparently take an electric car specially built for the show and race it around the track. that sounds like it's good for one night. >> will that be good for jay, though? that's reflective of jay. people know that he's got gazillions of cars. a big car fan. >> they do, i'm not sure how exciting that's going to be on a daily basis. >> okay. he's not going to have a traditional desk there. but is it going to be a different jay or the same jay? what do you expect from this show? >> i think it's going to be a lot of comedy elements that we saw him do on "the tonight show"

for years. you'll see jaywalking, where he asks people questions on the street. >> i never cease to be amazed by what people say. are those setups, do you know? >> i think it is people that they sign up to be foolish on television. >> and inane. >> and headlines where he makes fun of things he sees in local newspapers or circulars. these are popular segments that he did on the tonight show. he's bringing them to the prime time show. he's hired some comedians to go out and do some segments for him. it sounds like it's going to have more of a "daily show" feel. it will be very topical. much off the news of the day. there will be guests but not a lot of guests. only music acts a couple times a week. so it will be the same but slightly different. >> does this have to be different than a late night tv show just because the time slot has changed? >> i think it's got to feel bigger than a late night show.

late night you can have a couple of goetzguests on, you can talk them for a while. this has to be an event to compete with the other stuff that's on in prime time, not just abc and cbs, but cable networks put big, splashy original dramas on at 10:00 every night. >> do you think this will hearken back to -- u mentioned "the daily show" but carol burnett show, rowen and martin's laugh-in -- >> i don't think this will be a variety show. those shows went away because you can't get people to sit there and watch a rock 'n' roll act, then a comic, then something for grandma. people don't watch tv like that any more. this will be a topical comedy with jay leno and guests. >> let's talk about the guests. jerry sign field, kanye west, jay-z, miley cyrus. we understand that's not all in

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