asking carson to let me stay on the couch and you told me, you look like ellen degeneres. >> jimmy:hings are going well, yes? >> yes, they're going well. i saw you at howard, you were about to have a baby. i know that because i have a baby and now we both do. it's fun. >> jimmy: you have a daughter. >> so do you. >> jimmy: yes. >> you know what sucks when you have a baby -- is a lot of stuff. i love the baby. she is amazing. she's my life. but there's just certain things that you give up and you have to change, like, football. you're like a football fan, we're football fans. >> jimmy: yeah. you had to give up football? >> i gave up the way i used to watch football, which was the fun way. >> jimmy: oh. >> with my friends and we would hang out and drink and have fun and watch football. and now it's terrible. >> jimmy: really? >> well, yeah. >> jimmy: where are you? at your house? >> i'm at my house. >> jimmy: oh. >> i invite the friends over. she's napping during kickoff which is great, because when the bears score a touchdown on the opindrive, when eight gian en y baby. bectheyi they

>> reporter: ellen degeneres tweeting, joan rivers will always be a pioneer. she paved the way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she's gone. fellow comedian louie c.k. saying simply, i looked up to her. i learned from her. i loved her. rivers' funeral is scheduled for this sunday here in new york. no word on whether it will be public but rivers always said she wanted it to be a, quote, huge showbiz affair. >>> i sat down with her a couple years back and she revealed the private pain that fueled the humor, heart break over her husband and her friendship with johnny carson. >> reporter: we will never forget joan rivers allowing us back stage here in new york city. she would perform up until the end. but much of america first saw joan on ed sullivan. >> here's little joan rivers! >> reporter: joan rivers, emerging from behind that curtain nearly 50 years ago. >> were you pregnant on ed sullivan? >> pregnant, you weren't allowed to say it. soon we're going to hear the pitter patter of little feet. >> that was breaking ground? >> that was breaking ground to say

ellen degeneres tweeted, joan rivers will always be an icon.kathy griffin, a ledge en, friend, mentor, an icon, and wildly funny. funeral services will be held on sunned in new york city. reporting live in the digital operations center, christine madde maddela, nbc 10 news. >>> she went to yorkville e endoscopy for a procedure on her vocal chords. she was scheduled to perform a show in north jersey the next day. for more on that investigation and a look back at joan rivers' life and legacy and a photo gallery of her career, logon to nbc10.com. >>> new from overnight, philadelphia fire crews had to put outç an underground fire i center city. it broke out around midnight. it's not a transformer fire. crews checked lines for possible damage in the area. there were no reported power outages. now to the growing casino crisis in atlantic city. this morning we're hearing of more possible layoffs and another casino in financial trouble, this time as the trump taj mahal. the taj says notices may be sent out to employees in the near future. the casino s

ellen degeneres writing, joan rivers will always be a pioneer is. she paetsched the way for a lot of comedians. rosanne wrote all right, p. gone necessary, hail, hail. >> reporter: from carter's couch. >> i went to buy sexy underwear and they automatically gift wrapped it. >> reporter: to the ice bucket challenge. joan rivers spent half a century in front of the cameras using a signature catch phrase. >> can we talk here? i mean the people i work with -- >> reporter: and a tart tongue she often turned on herself. >> whereclothes by oscar de la , body by oscar mayer. >> reporter: she made her first appearance in 1965. >> reporter: by the early '80s she became johnny's regular celebrity host and an a-point. when she started her own competing talk show on fox in 1986 carson was furious. they never spoke again. the show flop and shortly after her husband committed suicide. as she told richard sles enjer in 2010, she'd hit rock bottom. >> everything was taken away. dramatic, dramatic. i truly started from ground zero again. no, negative numbers because i

ellen degeneres tweeting joan rivers will always be a pioneer.she paved the way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she's gone. >>> meanwhile, new york state health officials, they launched an investigation into the clinic where rivers had surgery. she went to new yorkville endoscopy for a procedure on her vocal chords august 28th she stopped breathing during surgery and went into cardiac arrest. >> again, joan rivers often came to this area to make appearances on qvc. nbc 10's vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center with more. vai, we talked to some people who worked with joan at qvc. they had the best things to say about her. >> as you just mentioned, rivers sold her jewelry and merchandise line at the qvc shopping studios.ç in westchester for 24 years. in fact, the president of qvc says she was generous and caring and she inspired us to be better every day. during her time on the channel, rivers sold a billion dollars worth of merchandise. but when she first started there, she was actually dead broke. we talked to two qvc hosts

from ellen degeneres, joan rivers will always be a pioneer. she paved the way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she's gone. and from whoopi goldberg, my friend joan rivers has passed away. once again to quote billy crystal, there are no words. bon voyage, joan. and samuel l. jackson, love her or hate her, we're gonna miss joan rivers. i always respected her go-for-broke humor. one of a kind. rest in peace. in a statement today melissa rivers said my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. although that is difficult to do right now, i know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon. according to her close friend in her final days joan rivers was surrounded by the things she loved, family and friends. her funeral is scheduled for sunday here in new york city. brian. >> rehema ellis outside the hospital for us tonight to start us off. rehema, thanks. because she was a genuine trail blazer, joan rivers' legacy can be found on small stages this very night in comedy clubs across this country. whether or not her humor

ellen degeneres tweeted joan rivers will be a pioneer. "today" show cohost kathie lee gif rd said so saddened by the death of yet another comic genius, joan rivers. before news of her passing was announced the state of new york announced plans to investigate the clinic where rivers under went the procedure last week. joan rivers was 81 years old. >> thank you, pat. >>> a father who worked at a naval air station in maryland is charged with the death of his baby son. in a rush to get to a meeting that father forgot that his baby was in the car and the boy died from the heat. this happened at the naval air station yesterday and today the father was in court. that is where we go now to prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins. >> reporter: when the father walked into the court his head was hung very low and stayed that way for most of the appearance in court. he will be allowed to go home in the next few days but the feds want to make sure they get the guns out of the home and he will go to live with his parents. he is looking at th

>> i know ellen degeneres. >> why do women love ellen so much? her mind. >> she can dance pretty nicely for a white girl. >> yeah, she gets down. >> nice moves. >> who's that? >> i don't know who this is either. >> i'm looking at her. >> she's bill clinton -- >> hillary clinton. wow, what has she been eating? >> i am a big fan of her husband. >> so are a lot of women. >> i bet. >> he's going to be very popular. >> now, as a woman what do you think she brings to the table as president? >> different points of view. you guys can be a little stubborn. >> men can be stubborn? women are never stubborn ever? >> are you worried about benghazi? >> isn't he going to be running against her? >> what has hillary done for women? she is, um. >> what happened? >> beyonce, that's my girl. >> that's king b. >> guess how much she made last year. >> $15 million. >> $115 million. >> shut up. >> i still put michelle obama above her though. >> why? >> because it's not always about the money. >> she's made a lot of women feel really comfortable about their bodies. i was

so, ellen degeneres helped her with it, right? >> hooray. >> i hope she's in a t-shirt. >> yes, some type of clothing, fully closed. >> got to make it worth while, flight. >> all right, let's look at it. >> such a good cause, though? >> oh, my gosh. >> cold. touch t oh, kim. >> i don't want to see this happening to me. ready? >> ahh! (screams heard). >> oh, my god. >> oh, calm down, it is not that bad. >> i don't think she actually took that selfie, though. >> hey, can i show you something on jimmy fallon last night in it was great. the roots, philadelphia's own, so they did a family feud. they had steve harvey come on, host their version of family feud. so cents it was the roots family versus the fallon family. >> well, new york, new york, it is the fallon family. >> in the city of brotherly love, philly, philly, philly sound, philly to me. >> name another -- >> charlie's angels pose. oh, that was good. it went on pretty darn funny. should go to their website see the whole darn thing. they said one are the three names you can use

. >> roseanne barr, ellen degeneral rus, sarah silverman, and of course kathy griffin all owe a debt to joan rivers. >> i would often say to her, i wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for you. and she didn't want to get on the feminist bandwagon. i e-mailed her six weeks ago and i said, whether or not you identify as a feminist, you just are, so deal with it. because you have broken down a barrier and then the other one and then the next one and the barrier from left field. >> women followed her lead, but men did, too. comics like tim allen watched her and learned. >> she didn't give a [ bleep ]. she earned it. she earned the right to say whatever she wanted. she reinvented herself all the time. that's very admirable and honorable. >> she's taken more hits and career punches and personal punches than anyone i've ever known and comes out of it with a new act, another platform, another laugh. >> when she died, the twitterosphere lit up with words of gratitude from women and men who said joan rivers made all the difference. wanda sykes tweeted, we have lost a true legend. thank you, joa

. >> ellen degeneres tweet ed, fo so long we looked at our phones.ed in the mockery with mia farrow tweeting, but i already have a watch. one said, hey, bro, you got to time? yeah, it's hang on, just a sec. no, not the spinning pinwheel. maybe it will be a dud, or maybe some day we'll make fun of all the people who made fun of the apple watch. fashion designer chris benz tweeted, that is the new segue. >> we'll be right back. try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. so what we're looking for is a way to "plus" our accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. perfect timing. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, and ten gigs of data for the five of you would be... one-seventy-five a month. good calculating kyle. good job kyle. you just made partner. our best-ever pricing on mobile share v

including ellen degeneres who said -- "joan rivers will always be a pioneer. she paved the way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she's gone." tonight, we focus on her life, one filled with pioneering triumph, personal tragedy, all of it fueling her humor. >> my wedding, i was supposed bring something black and sexy. >> reporter: it wasn't long ago we went to find her down those stairs at a new york comedy club. joan? are we bothering you? a career that began nearly 50 years ago when she burst onto the "ed sullivan show." >> here's little joan rivers. >> reporter: weren't you pregnant on "ed sullivan"? >> pregnant and you weren't allowed to say it. soon, we're going to hear the pitter patter of little feet. >> and that was breaking ground? >> that was breaking ground to say pitter patter of little feet. may i say, mr. sullivan, i'm delighted to be here. >> reporter: hers was a trailblazing journey. one that day she was also being chronicled by a documentary crew. and there was joan joking about her own mortality. >> they're praying that i die during this fil

. >> ellen degeneres tweeted: so excited for the apple watch for centuries we've check the time by lookingr phones, having it on your wrist, genius. >> i'm glad apple came out with a watch. so tired of having to look all the way down to my hand! now i can just look at my wrist, everything right there gluck even set the date, just like regular watch. >> oh, maps on it. kind of like the phone you already have. >> it was parody in various languages. even celebrities join in the mockery with mia farrow tweeting: but i already have a watch. one comedy website imagined someone asking: hey, bro, you got the time? ya, it is, hang on, just a second, no, not the spinning pinwheel. maybe it will be a dud, or maybe some day we'll be making fun of all of the people who made fun of the apple watch. fining designer: eye watch is the new segway. ouch. some even mock the way the folks at apple celebrated the introduction. revolution area technology, only time will tell. but will it tell it on an apple watch? >> what does it do? jeannie moses, new york. >> that was good. >> we'll see. i remember, when ipods

ellen degeneres tweeting, joan rivers will always be a pioneer the she paved the way for a lot of comediennesd she is gone. fellow comedian, louis c.k. saying simply, i looked up to her. i learned from her. i loved her. rivers' funeral scheduled for sunday here in new york. no word on whether it will be public. rivers said she always wanted it to be a "a huge show biz affair." mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> joan rivers' fans have been expressing their sympathy lefg flowers at her star on the hollywood walk of fame. while friends and family mourn her passing we are reminded rivers herself thought long and hard about the coming of this day. >> when i die, yes, melissa, the day will come, and yes, melissa, everything is still in your name. i've want my funeral to be a huge show biz affair with lights and cameras and action. i want craft services, paparazzi, publicists making a scene. i want it to be hollywood all the way. don't give me some rabbi rambling on. i want meryl streep crying in five different accents. i want to look gorgeous. better dead than i do alive. i want to be buried

. >> ellen degeneral us are tweeted "so excited for the apple watch. the time by looking at our phones. having it on your wrist? genius." >> i'm glad apple came out with a watch. i'm so tired of having to look all the way down to my hand. now i can just look at my wrist and everything's right there. >> you can even set the date, just like a regular watch. oh, it's got maps on it. kind of like the phone you already have. >> it was parodied in various languages. [ speaking french ] even celebrities joined in the mockery with mia farrow tweeting "but i already have a watch." one comedy web site imagines someone asking "hey, bro, you got the time?" "yeah, it's -- hang on, just a second. no, not the spinning pinwheel!" maybe it will be a dud, or maybe someday we'll be making fun of all the people who made fun of the apple watch. fashion designer chris benz tweeted "i watch is the new secretary gener segway." ouch. some even mocked the way the folks at apple tweeted the introduction. >> whoo! >> revolutionary technology? only time will tell. tell it on an ap

. >> roseanne barr, ellen degeneres, sarah silverman, and margaret cho, of course, kathy griffin all owe a debt to joan rivers. >> i would often say to her, i wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for you. and she didn't want to get on the feminist bandwagon. i e-mailed her six weeks ago and i said whether you like it or not or identify as a feminist, you just are, so deal with it. because you have broken down a barrier and then the other one and then the next one and the barrier from left field. >> women followed her lead, but men did, too. comics like tim allen watched her and learned. >> she didn't give a [ bleep ]. she earned it. she earned the right to say whatever she wanted. she reinvented herself all the time. that's very admirable and honorable. >> she's taken more hits and career punches and personal punches than anyone i've ever known and comes out of it with a new act, another platform, another laugh. >> when she died, the twittersphere lit up with words of gratitude from women and men who said joan rivers made all the difference. wanda sykes tweeted, we have lost a true le

ellen degeneres says joan rivers will always be a pea near.way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she is gone, and ricky gervais said rest in peace. one of a kind. and the first response from one or heir co-hosts on the fashion police, rest in peace, joan rivers, thank you for changing my life. i will miss you so much. and we talk aboutbé in fact you just talked to larry king about the famous interview he did with joan rivers on cnn. just a couple of months ago joan rivers walked up a famously an interview she was doing for her new book on cnn. she came by here and spoke to us, and she said that a lot of her friends were dying and when people say, she is in a better place, she would a, no, she is not. she had a place in the hamptons. so joan rivers, very self-deprecating and very much missed by friends. cnn interview. she said you're just all negative. just all negative. but they moved on. we talk about how johnny carson gave her her start. on the phone now is henry bushkin, johnny carson's lawyer andkzku confidante. they both worked closel

>> a brand that's already to more than 30,000 followers on instagram and an appearance on the ellen degeneress freezing. >> yes. >> now that he's met the original goal with the gift of a family car, mr. cory is focused on the next phase of his career. >> what's your next step? >> all the new stuff that's going to come out. it's secret. i have a lot of new stuff i want to come out. g-14 classified. >> g-14 classified. >> mm-hmm. >> what's that. >> highly secured like high security. if you bribe us, you might go to court. >> you might have to kill me if i found out about it. >> yeah. >> i believe he just might. well, mr. cory did tell us he ha has s plans to expand his distribution and is in talks with larger companies for g-14 assistance and he has his eye set on his future for education, he wants go to princeton. >> i don't doubt it. everything about him and his mom. >> she's a great mom. i want to test it. >> i tried and she slapped my hand. >> that's the chocolate chip and the oatmeal rasn.ce raisin. that would be my request. >> i love that he has a brand. >> go mr. cory and go lisa. we're

whoopie goldburg, ellen degeneres saying she will be missed.billy crystal says there are no words, bon voyage joan. a lot of people liked her. a lot of people responding to this. pam. >> michelle turner has more on how the comedian spent her entire career doing what she loved to do, making people laugh. >> can we talk. >> reporter: joan rivers could always talk. >> do you know what it's like to go in the morning to take over facial mask and realize you're not wearing one. you don't know. >> reporter: with sometimes outrageous jokes nothing was ever off limits. >> i hate old people. -- it's oh, it's you [ bleep ] old and get out of here. right, right now. >> reporter: born in 1933, rivers says even as she was growing up in the new york suburbs she wanted to be an actress. >> i never had a choice. i always say it's like a nun's calling. >> reporter: she didn't have a choice. she joined the comedian's circle. she married producer ethan rosenburg who would manage her career and became the focus of so many of his wife's jokes. the two had one daught

ellen degeneral resroseannebarr. whoopi goldberg. my friend joan rivers has died, there are no words. bon voyage, joan. so entertaining to watch the early clips of her and how she built her career. >> martha: people who thought she could be too harsh at times. when you watch her on a set with people, no one can help, everyone cracks up eventually even though they might think she was off the wall at times. everybody laughed eventually. she was an amazing force. martha: the august jobs report came out just a few minutes ago. employers added just 142,000 jobs in august. it's the smallest gain we have seen in 8 months. the unemployment rate falling to 6.1%. the real unemployment rate when you factor in those simply looking for work, it's much higher. it's 12%. we continue to keep an eye on the u.s. economy. manufacturing continues to do well. a lot of people asking, what's driving it. bill: 142,000 is not good. kentucky senator rand paul calling out the president for what he calls a weak response to the growing threat of islamic terroris

. >> ellen degeneres tweeting "joan rivers will always be a pioneer."hough known best for her comedy, rivers did have her serious moments. seen speaking candidly and without makeup in this episode of the reality show "joan and melissa: joan knows best." an amazing life that in her most recent book she said she wanted honored with an equally ms. funeral. >> when i die, and, yes, melissa, the day will come and, yes, melissa, everything is still in your name, i want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights and cameras and action. i want kraaf services and paparazzi and publicists making a scene. i want it to be hollywood all the way. don't give me some rabbi rambling away. i want meryl streep crying in five different accents. i want to look gorgeous, better dead than i do alive. i want to be buried in a valentino gown and i want harry winston to make me a toe tag. i want a wind machine so strong even the casket my hair will be blowing more than beyonce's on stage. >> now, as you mentioned earlier the funeral issic thatting place sunday here in ne

you had ellen degeneres beating the pope by 3%, then stephen king, bill clinton, dallas mavs owner markthe top six. what do you think it says about all of us? >> i think it says we really know what people have a certain intimacy, fun. it would be fascinating to have dinner with bill clinton of the pope led with people over 45, so maybe hedging my bets here. >> deserts overall, despite our talk about cakes and cupcakes, not as popular as once was. only 12 mers have a sweet tooth after dinner compared to 24% in 1986. here is the disconnect. obesity is still on the rise. >> yes. i think the interesting thing is we've seen taste bud change, leaving sweet, the after dinner idea. if you would eat right after dinner. unfortunately americans snacking more throughout the day, maybe having ice cream earlier in the day versus 7:00. >> favorite answer from the survey. what did you find you liked? >> my favorite answer was in general i think we're trying to give our kids lunch boxes more variety, more vegetables, more fruit. >> that's great. >> less sandwiches. we're trying to give our kids differen

. >> nancy reagan said this: barbara walters saying: ellen degeneres tweeted: >> how she will be remembered, joan dedicated an entire chapter of her book to funerals and death and services planned for sunday, we are told in new york city. no word yet whether it will be private or public. >> you think about some of the legends of comedy, especially on the female side, phyllis diller, lucille ball, so many were isolated in their generation because it was a mail dominated genre. since joan came on, how many more women are behind this trail that she blazed in comedy today? >> she was the first woman to host the tonight show, first woman to have her own late night talk show. kathy griffin is saying how she could phone her up if she had a query and say how do i deal with this. the example is saying she had to appear before the troops in afghanistan and i'm frightened. joan rivers said don't worry, these people have been to war, they've seen a lot of hard things. hit them at the top with your best gags. she said she was able to succeed because she first phone her up. >> she was trailblazing among

and ellen degeneres, joan rivers will always be a pioneer. she paved the way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she's gone. >> we make people happy. it's a calling. >> reporter: i looked up from her. i learned from her. i loved her. i liked her. and i already miss her very much. from barbra streisand, i am so upset by her passing. she was too young and still had much to do. nancy reagan called her a dear friend. i doubt there's anyone who hasn't laughed at her or with her until they cried. today our tears are those of sadness. >> let's give her a nice round of applause and a standing ovation. >> reporter: at the laugh factory in los angeles, the comedians paid tribute to joan by leading the audience in a final round of applause. and, you know, joan would have loved that. she loved this business. she loved show business. she loved her production and melissa knew that. being the sweet daughter that she was and as close as they were, she did something very kind for her mom. when she was taken off life support, she never woke again so they move

ellen degeneres had fun with the mcconaughey ad. spoofed him. these brownies, i don't know what they are, but they are delicious. now i see it. >> a little bit of fun there. you get the point. they're spending a ton of money i'm sure to bring in mcconaughey. he ain't working for free. is this going to matter to the lincoln market? >> they're rolling out in china. i agree. we're skeptical too. it's been a long journey. what we've written in the past is we want to see ford in the future if this plan does not work we want to see them take more action. we've previously written an idea of turning lincoln into a pure electric vehicle. there's an upside there and compelling case to do it. right now they're in product launch mode. going to be a big test for this brand. if that works, great. if it does not we've written in the past we want to see more direction. >> all right. we do appreciate it. have fun out there today, phil lebeau. looks more fun than where we are right now. >> on the car side it's interesting. it's great to see the innovation coming

tweets from ellen degeneres, sarah silverman, andy cohen.xpect those to keep coming in. >> we are rooting for you, joan rivers. thank you so much. >>> we are looking at eruptions of lava from an icelandic volcano. ash and smoke can be seen for miles. scientists warn this latest eruption could signal an even bigger one in the coming days. >> you've got to say it for al. >> that's your line. >> magma. >> austin powers. >> al was doing that peripherally while you was reading the story. >> dr. evil. magma. >> now a check of the weather. >> want to get a sharknado with a laser mounted on its freaking head. let's show you what's happening today. a strong risk of storms as we told you. also high surf advisories along the texas coast. that's due to tropical storm dolly. look at showers moving in the pacific northwest. the heat in the plains. a gorgeous day in minneapolis with sunshine at 79 degrees. we'll get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. travel rewards card makes it so hard to get a seat using your miles. that's their game. the