she would have been a bride, instead on what would have been her wedding day, annie le's body was found inside the lab where she studied. now, the late-breaking details, police have a suspect, a student at yale university. it is a common sight of people walking, driving, living with a cell phone glued to their ear, but is it dangerous? will your cell phone call -- cause cancer? a live look at congress,

where they are discussing the evidence between cell phones and the disease. i'm happy with you, let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> come on what was can yeah thinking? the audacity. he disrupted taylor swift's moment at the vmas because he thought beyonce should have won? who does he think he is? hello, everybody, i'm contessa brewer. all that plus a year since lehman brothers folded, hundreds of billions crossed wall street. a year later, has anything improved? we will get to that. but the big story, law enforcement officers tell nbc news they have a suspect in the murder of grad student annie le. police believe they found the body of the 24-year-old stuffed behind a wall in a building where she was last seen. the suspect reportedly is a student who underwent a polygraph test and failed. nbc's michelle franzen is on yale's campus in new haven,

connecticut, today. michelle are they telling you anything else about this student? >> reporter: certainly, contessa, law enforcement agencies are not speaking out publicly today no press conferences scheduled at this point, but a lot of things developing behind the scenes. nbc has learned that law enforcement sources say that, yes, there was indeed a suspect in this case. and as you mentioned, failed a polygraph test and also showed signs of defensive wounds. we are still waiting word on any other details about that suspect. obviously, no name yet or if this suspect is in custody, but what we do know is that law enforcement agencies are poring over what they call a significant amount of evidence that they have uncovered in the time that annie le disappeared from tuesday to yesterday, when her body, they believe, was discovered in the basement wall unit of that lab. and some of the things they will be poring over was the surveillance video. you see that one shot of annie le on that tuesday entering the lab. that is one of more than 70 cameras in and around the building that monitored the

movements of everybody coming in, going out and also going around. you also have to have a key card to access certain areas there. so, that gives law enforcement investigators a lot to go on here, as well as eyewitness accounts within the building and, of course, elle's computer records, any e-mails or anything else that might give them some clues. >> hey, michelle is there any ex-map nation if they have all those cameras preerk soupably they saw her go in but did not have video of her coming out. why did it take so long to discover her body? >> reporter: well, i think it took them a while, we don't know for certain, but it certainly was concealed, it was hidden in the basement of that lab. it is a five-story building and it was hidden behind a wall unit that usually houses utility cables, communication cables. so, it may have taken them a long time just to go from top to bottom in that lab. so it wasn't in the same place this she was working at. it was evidently at a different a area.

>> michelle, thank you for staying on top of the late-breaking details on this story. later, i will talk with msnbc analyst and former fbi profiler clint van zant and his take on it. a pregnant teen is dead after being shot in the head waiting for a school bus in north carolina. her baby survives. witnesses say they heard several gunshots, went outside and found the teen like on ground. the 15-year-old was taken to the hospital where she died. the teen was 32 weeks pregnant and the doctors were able to deliver the baby safely. a federal judge rejected a a $33 million settlement between the securities and exchange commission and the bank of america. the issue here was bonuses paid by merrill lynch. a judge rejected the deal to settle allegations that bank of america did not tell investors about the agreement to pay those merrill executives billions of dollars in bonuses before b of a then went and bought merrill lynch, which, at the time it, was a troubled investment firm. today's ruling comes days after the two parties urged the judge for a second time to uphold the

settlement. president obama is demanding wall street change its ways to prevent another financial meltdown. one year ago today, lehman brothers collapsed and it sent the industry into a tailspin. today, the president addressed wall street and gave a stern warning. >> those on wall street cannot resume taking risks without regard for consequences and expect that next time, american taxpayers will be there to break their fall. >> income's penbc's peter alexas us from wall street. peter? >> reporter: president left here downtown at federal hall, having a lunch with former president bill clinton right now elsewhere in the city but made several critical statements to members of the wall street community and really to the country at large. among other things, there was a warning to wall street against returning to that, what he referred to as reckless, unchecked behavior that caused the crisis just one year ago he also warned that those financial titans who think they will be able to get away with some of the same policies they have been

following in the past will not be able to simply because there will be no more bailouts. among other things, he said that there should be some major clinton, massive legislation passed before the end of this year, including new rules to protect consumers as well as a new federal agency that will help enforce those rules. here was the president a short time ago. >> the consumer financial protection agency will have the power to make certain that consumers get information that is clear and concise and to prevent the worst kinds of abuse. consumers shouldn't have to worry about loan cracks designed to be unintelligible, hidden fees attached to their mortgage and financial penalties when through a credit card or debit card that appear without warning on their statements. >> reporter: for many people who are visiting outside, including signs that said "greed is evil" there is frustration that not enough has change here on wall street and throughout the financial industry, contessa. unemployment in the country approaching 10%.

here, unemployment only dropped 8%. employment levels only dropped 8% in the course of the last year there are new risks being taken by these companies there are now new policies being proposed, including some securities of bundling, the thing the "new york times" reported just recently of insurance policies that could be turned into tradeable securities. and finally, one figure that came out this weekend, goldman sacks, 30,000 employees right now, on average, making $700,000 a year. staggering figures for many people struggling throughout this country. >> not bad work if you can get it peter, thank you. big questions on the regulation of the financial industry here. so how much influence will big banks wield over lawmakers when they tackle the president's plan for reform? will senators and representatives create new rules once again so that financial industries can't be too big to fail? and what's our responsibility, individual americans to act in a more financially responsible way?

today, we are getting word of a new audiotape from al qaeda leader, osama bin laden. 191-minute-long tape showed up on an arabic language website two days after the eight-year anniversary of the september 11th attacks. in it, the speaker, presumed to be bin laden, says president obama is powerless to stop the war in afghanistan. nbc's bob windrome joins me here. was this message different from al qaeda of years past? >> it did not come before or on the date of september 11th. in the past, these tapes have been released the day of september 11th or a few days before. the fact that this was released two days after has led some analysts within the u.s. intelligence community believe that it was delayed for reasons that they are not sure of but one possibility is that the al qaeda leader is taking more security precautions because there is so much more activity

going on now in that area between afghanistan and pakistan. more pakistani troops, more american troops, more predators. and there is a belief that bin laden and za war hi, his number two are taking security precautions for their personal safety. >> how effective is he as a communicator now for al qaeda? this message was delivered presumably to americans, talking about president obama being effective, talking about he denounced america's support for israel. who cares? >> well, that's big part of what the analysis is, because essentially, as people in the u.s. government will tell you, and also people on the street, he has been reduced to a commentator, a comment tater on key issues within the islamic community, islamic world. the fact that there was no specific threat in this case, it was simply an attack on obama and there are some, again who believe what he is trying to do is counter the obama effect, quote unquote, in the islamic

world where they are following give the president, the new president, an opportunity to move forward because he is not george bush and many in the islamic world believe that barack obama, barack hussein obama, is muslim. >> it is good to see you, bob, i appreciate you bringing this to our attention. >> good to be here. after spending nine months behind bars, the iraqi man jailed for throws his shoes at former president george w. bush is set to be released tomorrow. the iraqi reporter was supposed to head home today but paperwork processing delays keep him in jail for one more night. all right. what is okay for bran jelena is not okay for sir elton john. a ukrainian court ruled the singer and his partner cannot adopt a child from that country because elton john is too old and unmarried, although i don't think anybody was accusing angelina jolie of being told. he wanted to adopt lev a baby

with hiv at an orphanage that he visited with his partner. sir elton says lev stole their hearts. the ukrainian minister said adoptive parents have to be younger than 45 and the country does not recognize same-sex marriages. when we return, congressman joe wilson says no way for demand from house democrats he apologize, again, this time on the house floridaer for that "you lie" outburst during president obama's speech. are democrats pushing this too far? the senate is develop nothing the possible cancer risk for cell phone users. we will take a closer look at the dangers ourselves. another outrageous meltdown for kanye west. this was at the mtv awards. you know, here is a teenager just trying to given a acceptance speech. what's he doing there? we will break it all down for you there ahead. ♪

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some of the criticism over president obama's health care plan may be easing a little. according to a new "washington post"/abc news poll, 46% who responded said they are in favor of the chances proposed by president obama, 48% said they oppose the changes. in july, 50% oppose them, we are seeing a little movement there. house democrats are planning to introduce a resolution of disapproval against congressman joe wilson as early as tomorrow unless he apologizes on the house floor for yelling out "you lie" during the president's speech last week. but the republican from south carolina says that is not going to happen. >> i have apologized one time. the apology was accepted by the president, by the vice president, who i know. i am not apologizing again. >> congressman wilson blasted

democratic leaders pushing the resolution against him. "the american people are fed up with the political games in washington and i refuse to participate in an effort to divert our attention away from the task at hand in reforming health insurance and creating new jobs." the question here is should he apologize again? james joyce, doug hyde, both my friends. i will begin with you, james, should he apologize again on the house floor? >> i don't think so, contessa. he apologized to president obama and frankly, i think that is enough. i think, if anything, we ought to be talking about joe wilson's own health care, which by the way is tricare, because he is a u.s. military veteran, a government-run program, provides world class, as he says, world class health care. joe wilson ought to be focused on the fact he has world class health care and ought to be working to make sure the people in the third district in south carolina, the people in this country also have world-class health care. i think he apologized enough. >> doug what is your take?

>> one apology is enough. statements come from washington, d.c. every day. no better example of that than harry reid who said that president obama was a liar and refused to apologize. harry reid has a history of making comments down this, why he is down 11 points to danny tarkanian. made an apology. that is enough. >> here is the thing, guys. i think part of the problem be is not just that he called president obama a liar but in the forum that he did it i mean, the house of representatives has particular rules about conduct within the house and you have some democrats lawmakers saying he broke the rules, he brought embarrassment, not just upon himself, but upon the institution, the house of representatives. and for that he should apologize or he should be disciplined for it, otherwise, it looks like they are condoning that behavior. doug? >> you know there are a lot of members of congress who have a lot of explaining to do start with charlie rangel, john mur thachlt. >> i get it other people. >> talking about joe wilson here, right, contessa? >> wait a minute, james you went

offtopic, too, talking about other things. >> about joe wilson. >> that's true. good point. let me just ask here for the breach of conduct here on the house floor, doug, should joe wilson apologize to his colleagues who were observing the form eighth, the civility of the moment? >> absolutely not. he has apologized to the president, to the vice president, as he said, to rahm emanuel immediately after speech. really focus on what is going on with health care. because president obama said that if this health care reform package these pushing passes that he owns it the reality is that we will all own it that is why we need a deep debate on this, not apologize nobody cares about anyways. >> let me tell you what president obama said when he was asked whether the south carolina congressman should apologize again, this time on the floor. >> this is part of what happens. it becomes a big circus, instead of us focusing on health care, he apologized afterwards which i think -- i appreciated.

the president said, yes, a big circus come this backfire, james on the democratic lawmakers insisting that he get -- i mean, come on, isn't too time to move on? such big, weighty issues, could you see -- i don't know, see it backfire on him? >> oh, absolutely. i think in the abc poll it talks about how more and more americans are identifying themselves as independents and not republicans like doug or democrats like myself, because they are fed up with washington and now days are going to go by, argue about joe wilson. i agree with doug and president obama. let's cut out the circus, let's get back to health care, let's talk about the issue. >> i think most americans are concerned about whether or not can yeah is going to apologize than anything joe wilson is going to do we want to talk about the economy, we want to talk about health care, people outside of washington, new york, they are not focused on apologies. >> apologies can be interesting, especially coming from people much better known than representative joe wilson. james, thank you, doug, listed as a big party animal by

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there are no new reports showing significant risk of brain tumors from cell phones there have been some very small studies which are highly controversial showing a very low incidence of some very rare kinds of tumors in cancer, people who use cell phones. don't forget, as you pointed out, 4 billion people in the world, 270 million people in the united states use cell phones. so, we are -- if there was some great increase in brain tumor use of any kind, cell phones around for a while, we will see t there is not. most agencies say all the evidence indicates that cell phones are completely safe. >> now, bob, i feel reprimand that you had just overhauled what i just said. it is those kinds of things that scare people. >> i'm not trying to scare anybody. we are looking at capitol hill now, enough of a concern -- >> that hearing, it almost put me to sleep. these people are talking about what the evidence has shown and the evidence does not show any risk. that doesn't mean it doesn't need to be studied further and constantly, because it is

something, because we all use it, if it has any danger, we could have, because of the high numbers, even if it was a tiny risk, it would be something to be concerned about, but so far there has not been any cop inclusive evidence a agreed to by the scientific commune that cell phones cause any danger. less unless you drive with them or something like that. >> then you are not talking about tumors, you are talking about crashing that being said, do you hold your cell phone to your ear when i'm talking? >> i do i do. >> enough said? >> that was it? what i came here for? >> you just refuted every worry that i had, my producers had. >> there's a lot of people have been worried about this for a long time. there's been a massive amount of studying about it. there is concern and the biggest concern is not the adults who have been following that for 15 years, large numbers of adults following it for a long time, the big concern is more and more small children are using them almost from birth, i mean certainly -- >> my 6-year-old niece has her own cell phone. come on to.

>> what's happening with them? nobody can say for sure. the problem is scientists can never say there is absolutely no risk of anything, because you can never prove there is absolutely no risk of anything. i can tell you so far, there has been no definitive proof of any kind of medical ries from using cell phones. >> i feel like your message is crystal clear. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. still ahead this hour the couple accused of kidnapping and imprisoning jaycee lee dugard faces charges in court today. the latest report. and can yeah crashes the stage again at another awards show. i mean, you think i just got a lecture from bob bazell? here's can yeah saying, what -- you should have won. oh. we will talk more about this after a quick break. [ woman ] dear cat. gentle cat.

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now, listen, the age 19, taylor swift has surpassed the 10 million mark for record sales. she sold 20 million pay song downloads, more than any other artist in country music history. last night she earned even more cross-over cred, beating out beyonce's "single ladies." leave to kanye west to ruin the moment. >> thank you so much for giving me a chance to win a vma award. i -- >> yo, taylor, i'm really happy for you, i'll let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> swift was too stunned to even finish once can yeah went up there. later on, bei don't say made up for kanye west's rudeness. >> i would like for taylor to come out andyonce made up for kanye west's rudeness.

>> i would like for taylor to come out and have her moment. >> wasn't that sweet. you know, really would it be a vma music award without some stunner from kanye west. chief creative officer of "vibe" media group, founder and editor-in-chief of "uptown" magazine. what in the world was he thinking? >> this is what can yeah does. this is not the first time it had nothing to do with taylor, it was all about can yeah for the moment answered felt that he needed to express his views. >> is that a -- do you think that that is a very thought out, complex plan that he has, jump up on stage in the home, he really shocked, what i loved all the single ladies. >> i think it is emotional, that is hip-hop and he has a platform to express whatever he feels and he dust doesn't have breaks that allows him to sort of take a step back and figure out whether it is the right move at the right time. >> i have heard scientists call it something else, acquired

malignant narcissism. when you look out at the world, you see yourself reflected back. a, he thinks everybody shares his views and b, all he sees back is kanye west. >> i'm not familiar with that term, i will do some research on it tonight it sounds like there maybe issue there is he needs to deal w. >> i'm not a psychologist, but i play one on tv. so, let me ask you, you mentioned this isn't the first time we have seen him do something like this. i want to play some of his other outbursts. >> george bush doesn't care about black people. if i don't win with, the award show loses credibility. nothing against you, you have never seen your video, it is nothing against you, but hell no. >> what? i mean, this guy is -- look, i like kanye west, don't get me wrong, i like his music, i have it on my ipod but how dare he. >> i mean it is unfortunate because it overwhelms -- his talent is incredible. he works with some of the greatest artists on the world. >> taylor swift's tant was

incredible. she wrote and sung every song on her album. she is an incredible artist. she has sold more downloads online, digital downloads, than any other country music artist. he took that away from her. >> he did. he did. fortunately, beyonce had the class to give her back her moment and i think that was a shining light in all of this maybe he doesn't get invited to the next show, but certainly no one else be talking about the v of a's today if he didn't have that outburst. >> kanye west is going to be a guest on jay leno's premiere. what are you expecting to see from him? >> i hope taylor swift comes out and interrupts his show. >> wouldn't that be justice? >> absolutely. >> nice to see you. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. it is unclear the outburst will cost kanye west but serena williams knows ex-a actually how much her angry moment at the u.s. open will cost her. the tennis star has been fined $10,000 for her tirade against a lineperson during her semifinal

match on saturday night. the line judge called a questionable foot fault on serena and that sparked this outburst. williams was also docked another 500 bucks for racquet abuse during the semifinal loss. then she went over -- what i didn't threaten to kill you. but she did drop the f-bomb several times. bad. did you see that? what did you think of that? >> terrible. terrible for sportsmanship. >> she is following in the footprints of, say, john mcenroe, more of a history. >> think it went a little too far. emotions the best of her. she is a great tennis player, hopefully she can move on. >> i told my folks on twitter between joe wilson and serena and kanye, i felt like this was outburst news day and maybe i would have to embrace the moment and come one my own for msnbc. >> i say go for t. >> that is what they are all saying too. just waiting for t people would just love to see people getting in trouble, huh? >> absolutely. a judge has set bail at $30

million. 30 million bucks for phillip garrido, the california man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard and holding her captive for 18 years. garrido and his wife, nancy, are both behind bars awaiting trial. nancy gar receipt it toe's attorney did not make a new bail request. >> both of them, prior to today, were being held without bail. after today there are no additional charges. that is not to say in the future there will not be additional charges. >> nbc's george lewis has the latest from burbank now. what other decisions did the judge make today, george? >> reporter: the next hearing will be on october 29th. at that point, they may set a date for a preliminary hearing that is where they would call witnesses to establish a case against the garridos to see if there is enough evidence to take them to trial. we shouldn't make too much out of this $30 million bail business because phillip garrido is also being held on a parole hold, so in effect, he is still being held without bail even though the judge set this

hypothetical amount for him. he was in court today. this is from a previous court hearing. this is from his previous court appearance. you see those moles on his nose. today, he had a bandage on his nose. it looks like they had some surgery to remove the moles. he has also got a new growth of beard, a little stubble of beard on his chin. and his attorney mentioned something about the surgery to remove the moles. so, that's about all we know that's new in the garrido case at this point, contessa. >> all right, george, thanks for keeping us in the loop. nbc news has learned police have a suspect in the death of annie le, a yale medical student who went missing last week. yesterday, police found the body they believe is that of the 24-year-old woman. annie le was due to be mar laid it very day. law enforcement sources tell nbc news the suspect is a student who failed a polygraph test. let's bring in clint van zant, msnbc analyst, former fbi profiler. he is on the phone with me. hey, clint, they also say this student had defensive wounds.

explain how all of that would factor into the investigation. >> reporter: well, evidently, contessa, they have been able to very quickly narrow down who had access to that basement laboratory where they believe the victim was killed. this guy probably popped up as a logical suspect. and also heard at least one police source to suggest that this was not a random incident. that would, of course, indicate to you and me that at least the assailant may have known annie. whether it was any type of friendship or whether it was simply they attended school together has yet to be determined but someone, contessa, who would have needed to know that basement area as well as perhaps needed to know where a body could be concealed. and it was someone, too, who thought they had enough time to be with the victim, to be able to conceal the body without

being found out. >> does this suggest to you it was a crime of opportunity? do you suspect that this may have beeni a stalking case? >> reporter: you and i have talk before, contessa. there are a couple of times of stalking. one is where someone follows another person, calls them, writes them letters. another is emotional and mental stalking, where someone fantasizes in their mind a relationship with an individual but when they try to put that forward, when they are rejected, there are those that just can't handle rejection. >> the other thing is, it was just basically the summer, we saw a similar story in new york city, a body was found stuffed -- it was a cleaning woman, stuffed in the air conditioning duct in new york city, and there is a suspect there an elevator operator who worked in the building, a 25-year-old, he pled not guilty. does this suggest any

similarities to you in this case? could this have been a copycat crime? >> well, you know, i don't think there are a whole lot of original thinkers in the criminal world. we see a lot of repeat crimes. and even the person, the suspect in this case who may have killed annie le, even though he may not have intentionally copied the ability to hide a body, that is always the back of someone's mind. when they panic and think, okay what do i do, they can bring that up from having heard it in the news and use that as an example of a way to conceal a body and get away from the crime. >> all right, clint, good to talk of you. by the way, they are doing an autopsy on annie le to determine the cause of death. we will stay on top of the developments in this case for you. a dramatic emergency landing in germany caught on camera. watch as the plane skids along the runway after touching down. sparks just flying there from the rear of the plane. 72 passengers and five crew

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the old ways that led to this crisis cannot stand. and to the extent that some have so readily returned to them underscores the need for change and change now. history cannot be allowed to repeat itself. >> a year ago, lehman brothers collapsed, sending the economy in a tailspin. millions of people lost their jobs, millions more have lost their homes and taxpayers take on the burden of bailing out these banks that are supposedly too big to fail. the 12 months that followed, however, lawmakers cracked down on these risky investments and meg ga growth that put their

entire nation at risk? not at all. not one law to prevent it from hammaning again. neil erwin is with me from the "washington post." so in the time since we saw lehman's collapse, what has changed? >> you're exactly right. not a whole lot. the truth is there a's been a lot of white papers and planning how to redesign the regulatory system but in terms of long-term structural legal changes, not much of anything that happened, everything that happened on the regulatory front has been some subtle improvements, but, you know, that is what the president is trying to do today, refocus attention on change the legal structure governing banks to prevent this from happening again. >> sort of like the president was down on wall street today giving them fair warning that things were going to be overhauled, that things were going to change. in the meantime, you have the financial industry, the insurance industry, you have the real estate industry. according to the nonpartisan center for responsive politics, finding that they are just shelling out cash. look at this, the numbers here. $50 million in campaign

contributions so far this year alone. 60% to democrats, 40% to out-of-power republicans. the number from the center for response sive politics and they say the industry say they spend $220 million lobbying in washington w that kind of money, neil, how can we be anything but skeptical that it does not wield influence with these lawmakers? >> rural night to be skeptical. the financial industry has thrown a lot of money around this town for a long time. even though they went through the period last fall who thought everything changed, guys weren't going to be able to throw their weight around, the surviving players, the ones that made it through this seems to still have some juice and ability to make donation and have their voices heard on capitol hill. the question is whether the elected officials who are on these coast and the obama administration are going to have the muscle to push some things through that are not going to be soç popular with the big banks and that comes down to you know, when does health care get done?

when does that oxygen get -- right now, health care taking up a lot of oxygen in the political system. there will there be the urgency? some people skeptical there will be. >> looking at some of the big banks and things that might not be so popular, for sure, clawbacks that is where they get big salaries, big bonuses, for instance, citigroup plans to pay this star energy trader $100 million in one year for his work. clawbacks, would that pass? >> it is a close call. you know, the tough thing is you know with a group of banks like citigroup, the government did support them, did make investments in them, they are not bankrupt. how do you then tell a company to break contract it is they are not in bankruptcy? i really hard legally to do. these are contracts these banks have in place. the question not so much what you do with past contracts but what you do going forward. how do you try to restrain the pay practices that contributed to the crisis and keep that thing from happening again.

>> okay, let's talk then as well about too big to fail, because we know that back in -- i think it was 1999, lawmakers voted to repeal glass stooelg steagall, which kept these institutions from growing so big they could bring down an entire economy. any chance they will go back in and look at that issue again and perhaps main it won't be glass siegel but another? >> the approach that president obama is taking and congress seems to be thinking in the same direction is if, if you are going to be big, not forbid you from getting really big but you are going to have higher capital requirements, pay herer fees into some fund, tax companies that choose to get big so bigging they risk the rest of the economy. the idea is create disincentives for banks too big to fail and make sure there is a procedure in place and money in place to deal with it if one does go under. >> neil, good of to you talk to us, thank you. >> thank you, contessa. general motors today is launching a potential new program to pique buyers'

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ahead of the appearance on jay leno today? >> reporter: well, you know, contessa, we could say that if he already didn't have a precedence for doing things like this but he has flared up in awards shows before, so my guess would be, no, this is just kanye being kanye, but this was already going into tonight the must-watch show, as it is. we have blockbuster names like jerry seinfeld and, you know, rihanna, jay-z appearing on the show tonight. plus it is jay's comeback after a three-month hiatus, brand new show in prime time in a slot when we have "er" and "law & order" a late night audience expected to tune in an hour and a half earlier. we didn't need more incentives, now kanye, this huge controversy blowing up. we saw jay as he was pulling newspaper work this morning this is his new studio, by the way, behind me. he waved at us, very jovial, he was nice, his hair was all dishevelled like he hadn't gotten sleep but didn't give out

there was anything amitch he looked at us and said "why are you guys here" like as in, oh, do i have a new show debuting today? we didn't get any indication from him anything was amiss. you know behind me, closed doors, all the writers and producers are talking about how they can address the issue tonight. very interesting to tune in tonight to find out. >> so, what is this, jinah, a a racetrack, a racetrack built for jay leno and the show? >> reporter: it is not being built it is already built. there is a pretty good-sized racetrack right by his studio here, in fact it is kind of die agog nally where i am. i was part of the test audience last week, guy to the see it it is a miniature version, not a full-on laguna sink but electric car that celebrity drivers, celebrity guests will drive and clock their best time around the course and the first guest to do that this friday will be drew barrymore, apparently. >> sweet.

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