carol burnett.(cheers and applause) >> she writes, dear steve. >> she knows part of my name. (laughter) >> i saw on your show that you are going to quote crush me like a bug. you are a real class act. i am never surprised when someone like you succeeds in show business, keep up the great work, break a leg and other things. carol burnett. folks-- (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i got to say, i am speechless it is so great when your heroes like your work. i mean -- >> stephen. >> carol burnett? carol burnett, everybody! (cheers and applause) >> carol, carol, i just got your letter. >> stephen, i don't think you got my letter at all. >> stephen: of course i did, it's rate here. >> stephen, i wasn't praising you, dear. i was being sarcastic. >> stephen: ha, ha, ha. good stuff. >> stephen, tell me, do you know what sarcasm means? >> stephen: of course i do. it's like when someone says i'm so hungry i could eat a horse. >> that's hyperbole. >> stephen: tell that to the horse i ate. good stuff. >> stephe

>> as station surveillance cameras roll, burnett senses something isn't right.ertheless, he uncuffs the suspect, a move he will soon regret. >> there were indicators that he was going to be confrontational. >> thomas shannon, now retired, was a campus police officer at the time. >> sometimes you overlook those things. >> stand up and get your fingerprints or not. >> reluctantly the suspect gets up, but instead of facing the table the 6'2" bergen stares down the much smaller burnett. the rookie officer tries to assert his authority. >> face forward. are you going to cooperate or not? >> i think there are times when the officer was trying to establish himself as the alpha dog. >> reporter: he reported on the story for the cleveland plain dealer. >> he was a young officer and there are times you need to do that but this was not one of those times because you had a suspect who was unstable. >> sit down in the chair. >> burnett, again sensing trouble, is hoping to get bergen back on the bench and get additional assistance. >> sit down in the chair. you are going to s

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett.ight the white house takes the high road trying to blunt criticism from president obama's comments that marijuana is no more

t-bone burnett, one of mumfords, you. it was crazy.ith, all these people were playing. jack white. we have to do promoting for the movies. the fact that they used that as an excuse to do really cool things, have shows like that. >> jon: i think other movies should do that, too. hunger games should do that you go around and be like maybe we'll shoot arrows at people. in a theater somewhere. the movie is phenomenal but you in particular it's one of those moments are people will talk but when he burst on the scene with that thing for the long. >> thanks, jon, i appreciate that. >> jon: the kid is good. the kid, i call him. [ laughter ] inside llewyn davis. you have to see it. in the theaters now. we won't at the tell them what s to the cat. there's a cat in it also. >> a couple cats. >> jon: you don't know what happens to the cat. this cat could be an (bleep). >> thank you for that. >> jon: oscarscarar [cheers and applause] >> jon: that's our show. join us tomorrow night at 11:00. you know tomorrow night is steve consumes. very, very funn

burnett? it has to be quick. >> there is sufficient capacity and united states to be able to all of the oil that is being produced. the issue is infrastructure and getting the oil to the refineries. the and the structure is not there yet. these projects are all in progress. it is a lag effect, a lag in the infrastructure, but it will come. >> we have 15 minutes for two senators. >> i want to go back to ms. jaffe on something you touched on and then i would like to get everyone's thoughts. is themy concerns potential lost opportunity cost in terms of are we exporting crude or are we exporting refined petroleum products? it seems to me that we create more jobs by exporting refined the trillium products. can you expand on that? -- exporting refined petroleum products. can you expand on that? kid, my mom sewed levi's. we had a textile industry here. those jobs have gone away. give me your thoughts. >> i have an opinion on that. when you are doing complex trading, it is hard to say. the experience

>> pam hobbs may have changed her mind about the west memphis three, but judge david burnett who initiallyer the case has remained unmoved over any new developments. >> he denied an evidentiary hearing. he essentially said i don't have to listen to the dna evidence. >> that all changed, however, on november 4th, 2010, when the arkansas supreme court ruled unanimously that a new hearing be held to determine if the west memphis three deserve a new trial. the court ordered that all new evidence, including the dna, must be considered at the hearing. >> i think judge burnett made some erroneous rulings in the original trial, and i can say that because every member of the arkansas supreme court agreed with our position in challenging his ruling denying an evidentiary hearing on the new evidence. >> but this is as close as we could get to judge david burnett. we came here to osceola, arkansas, where he lives and works. we had arranged to speak to him at his home, but he wasn't there when we arrived. we came to his office to find the office closed. we spoke to him on the phone and he says that he

>> pam hobbs may have changed her mind about the west memphis three, but judge david burnett who initiallyase has remained unmoved over any new developments. >> he denied an evidentiary hearing. he essentially said i don't have to listen to the dna evidence. >> that all changed, however, on november 4th, 2010, when the arkansas supreme court ruled unanimously that a new hearing be held to determine if the west memphis three deserve a new trial. the court ordered that all new evidence, including the dna, must be considered at the hearing. >> i think judge burnett made some erroneous rulings in the original trial, and i can say that because every member of the arkansas supreme court agreed with our position in challenging his ruling denying an evidentiary hearing on the new evidence. >> but this is as close as we could get to judge david burnett. we came here to osceola, arkansas, where he lives and works. we had arranged to speak to him at his home, but he wasn't there when we arrived. we came to his office to find the office closed. we spoke to him on the phone and he says that he is not g

>> pam hobbs may have changed her mind about the west memphis three, but judge david burnett who initiallyr any new developments. >> he denied an evidentiary hearing. he essentially said i don't have to listen to the dna evidence. >> that all changed, however, on november 4th, 2010, when the arkansas supreme court ruled unanimously that a new hearing be held to determine if the west memphis three deserve a new trial. the court ordered that all new evidence, including the dna, must be considered at the hearing. >> i think judge burnett made some erroneous rulings in the original trial, and i can say that because every member of the arkansas supreme court agreed with our position in challenging his ruling denying an evidentiary hearing on the new evidence. >> but this is as close as we could get to judge david burnett. we came here to osceola, arkansas, where he lives and works. we had arranged to speak to him at his home, but he wasn't there when we arrived. we came to his office to find the office closed. we spoke to him on the phone and he says that he is not going to be giving any interv

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"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comking news, a school shooting at a new mexico middle school. new details about the young gunman. plus, how did a southwest plane land at the wrong airport? inside the cockpit for an exclusive bird's eye view of what happened. >>> and a new crisis in the u.s. heroin. let's go outfront. >> good evening, i'm don

erin burnett "out front" starts erin burnett "out front" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comannouncer: next, bridge over troubled water. chris christie under fire today accused of plotting political revenge. >> i find it hard to believe that this administration wasn't directly involved. >> is it the end of his presidential dreams? >>> plus, dennis rodman's strange trip gets even stranger. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >>> and a call for help ends with a deadly police shooting. the stepbrother of the teenage victim talks to cnn. >> they had the situation completely under control. >> but the third officer? >> the third officer is 100% in the wrong. >> let's

erin burnett "out front" starts erin burnett "out front" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> announcer: next, bridge over troubled water. chris christie under fire today accused of plotting political revenge. >> i find it hard to believe that this administration wasn't directly involved. >> is it the end of his presidential dreams? >>> plus, dennis rodman's strange trip gets even stranger. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >>> and a call for help ends with a deadly police shooting. the stepbrother of the teenage victim talks to cnn. >> they had the situation completely under control. >> but the third officer? >> the third officer is 100% in the wrong. >> let's go out front. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm don lemon in for erin. a controversy involving governor chris christie is intensifying. cnn has just obtained a letter that shows what started as a local political fight had real life or death consequences. we are learning that the traffic jam on the george washington bridge in november which may have within intentionally created by chris christie's staff as

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett tonight. flirting with pot.

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com news. a former virginia governor once a star in the republican party just moments away from speaking publicly for the first time since he and his wife were indicted on federal charges. plus, the rising stock of richard sherman. could the post-game rant by the seattle seahawks quarterback mean politicalons of dollars for him. >>> and a new video emerges of a rambling

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, bitter cold. the frigid air forcing schools to close, cancelling flights and postponing a major vote in washington. >>> plus the family of the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead looking for a miracle tonight. >> she has been taken from children's hospital and brought to a place where they will use her name instead of calling her a body. >>> and a major shake up at "saturday night live." let's go "outfront

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, bitter cold. the frigid air forcing schools to close, cancelling flights and postponing a major vote in washington. >>> plus the family of the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead looking for a miracle tonight. >> she has been taken from children's hospital and brought to a place where they will use her name instead of calling her a body. >>> and a major shake up at "saturday night live." let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. a major vote in washington postponed tonight blamed on the weather but did either side have the vote? it's a bill that affects 1.3 million americans and whether they get their unemployment checks. a vote to proceed would have been big for the democrats. tonight they didn't have the bodies on capitol hill. straight now to joe johns who is on capitol hill for us. there was uncertainty about the vote and now the reason we are hearing is the waersds. would the democrats have had the votes? >> w

burnett is not. but both believe the same benefits and potential pitfalls exist for their preferred policy position. lower prices, if the senate follows their advice, higher prices if we don't. so the question then becomes for me, how can this be? we've got two very thoughtful individuals here, and they have diametrically opposed views and they think the same benefits and same pitfalls will ensue for their position. so is this a lack of knowledge on the effects of the policy lacks is it possible, as ms. jaffe alluded to, in her written testimony, to different regions of the country would be affected in different ways? and is the question if export restrictions are lifted, is it possible that america would see prices go up in some parts of the country and down and others? why don't we just sit down the road and here the road and here the four of you weigh in on that. mr. hamm. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think it comes down to one example i can give recently. a spokesman for a large oil refinery in

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. tonight, what made a maryland teenager open fire at a mall this weekend terrorizing employees and customers? we're learning more tonight about 19-year-old darren aguilar

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett., what made a maryland teenager open fire at a mall this weekend terrorizing employees and customers? we're learning more tonight about 19-year-old darion aguilar who shot and

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, new details about the gunman who terrorized a maryland mall this weekend. what he wrote in his journal and what a friend says he planned to do today. plus, hillary clinton reveals her biggest regret as secretary of state and starts to distance herself from president obama. and why are some people calling the grammys racist? let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us. i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. tonight, what made a maryland teenager open fire at a mall this weekend terrorizing employees and customers? we're learning more tonight about 19-year-old darion aguilar who shot and killed two employees at a skateboard shop before turning the gun on himself. his mother calls him a gentle, sweet kid but police say aguilar's journal expressed general unhappiness with his life. the gun shop where aguilar purchased the gun tells cnn that the 19-year-old visited the shop twice in december. on his first visit aguilar purchased a shotgun for $430 in ca

aim don lemon in for erin burnett. proof of life. a major sign of hope that the only american prisoner of war still in captivity is still alive. army sergeant bo birg dal went missing in afghanistan in 2009. tonight the u.s. military says it has a new video dated december 14th, 2013, has the story. ed, what's the family saying tonight? >> this is another chapter of what's been a long ordeal for the family. after news of this new video surfacing the family releasing a statement saying after the four and a half years, we request that they release him safely so that ours can remain strong. if you continue to see this, remain strong. breathe. by no means is this a situation that will end apparently any time soon. causing more anguish for this family. >> reporter: military officials tell cnn the latest video or by cnn shows the army infan tryman about one line before. >> i am scared. i am scared i won't be able to go home. >> they've released several videos. they've shown him seating, standing next to ana parent leader, even exercising. >

lot some of my favorite interviews have been with people i watched on television coming up carol burnett. in the williams dick van dyke on a the screen with a plant in baltimore say, of a the radio so i could do carol burnett's in many other happy and successful people they all come of the radio but in the book with so many people come onto my show why i read to their but i find it fascinating that each took an exceptional amount of time to tell you who it was when they were young who helps them by name , a club, the dates. they remember who which is that gave them their break. i think that is terrific. i've learned today america's greatest playwright, he doesn't have to do anything for anyone aced extraordinary writer who has a series of books out giving assessed to a young man making his first year in the york in the theater business. he does not have to help anybody but that shows the encouragement the older give to the young that makes the older happy that they are able to do so. the fourth guest, the empathy the hardest of all because you have to share a similar suffering not sympat

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. ♪ >>> next, new years eve.he world ushers in new years eve. we'll take you to parties all around the world. plus the latest from north dakota where a fiery train collision forced town officials to have an evacuation order. and the hosts of msnbc show says she is sorry for comments about mitt romney's black grandson. did her apologies go far enough? good evening. i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. hau new years eve. the world bids farewell to 2013. in new york city, we're less than five hours away from the ball drop in times square. we'll take you there shortly. let's look live. this is london where it just struck midnight and the party is underway looking at the fireworks live between the london eye and the queen elizabeth tower. >> happy new year london. just an hour ago the skies over berlin lit one the 60's fireworks display over the historic brandenburg gate. and there's dubai, you guessed it, more fireworks but not just any fireworks, a world record display. the first world record of 2014. 400,000 firework

carol burnett, david sedaris, billy crystal, pete seeger. >> i even know some of these people, come on right, and the grammy goes to stephen colbert! >> whooo! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> i won a grammy for best spoken word. stephen, stephen, stephen! >> you understand what it's like to win, win the grammy for best spoken word, that is like the nobel prize of audio book. (laughter) and winning a grammy for just speaking is not easy. that's like big the winning contestant on so you think you can walk. now obviously, obviously winning best spoken word means i'm the world's greatest word speaker. i mean look how i say it, watch this, listen up, ameliorate, yolo, all words and i just nailed them. i'm so good at speaking words, i'm so good at speaking words i should get paid just for speaking words. what's that? i do, and very well. oh, that's good to know. an folks, with this, with this my second grammy that means i finally collected the coveted egot, the biggest awards in entertainment, emmy, grammy, other grammy and the people's choice award. (cheers and applause) now the academy of re

burnett. your plans went public about 1 o'clock i thought it was interesting about some of the comments that were made aside i guess from side f some people got excited about the height but more people seem to be critical of is where terry freelance what boulevard comes north it doesn't/a nice by the end as you have now as you go over to the street. one last to make a shatter left hand turn. that's a flaw in the design and something that should be looked at. thank you. >> any further public comment. okay. we can ask phil or anyone else to address the design >> thank you madam president i think jack bear would recycle to discuss that issue. >> interesting comment when we started this when two folks were taking care of this one of the issues was what to do with maximumizing the park space and it was decided through that process by closing the northern stub of fantasia way boulevard and providing other access south to that the park could be larger and more significant there was a design decision

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. dangerously cold temperatures affecting much of the country in the wake of yesterday's massive snowstorm. the worst is yet to come with temperatures plummeting to negative 20 degrees in some areas and another storm on its way. over the next five days, nearly half the nation will experience temperatures around 0 degrees. in the midwest, windchills will be close to negative 50. chicago will experience one of the coldest stretches in recorded weather history. right outside here in new york city, temperature are expected to hit zero degrees for the first time in 20 years. the coldest sure to make the snow clean-up pretty difficult. especially in the hardest hit areas including parts of massachusetts, which saw nearly two feet of snow. and for some coastal communities including neighborhoods in new jersey and massachusetts, flooding is just adding to the pain. the storm also caused a whole lot of problems for a whole lot of travelers. more than 2,400 flights were canceled today on top of m

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next president obama finally responds to a white house pr nightmare. >> what is important is that we got the policy right but that this is hard. and it always has been. >>> plus a southwest plane full of passengers lands at the wrong airport. >> rest assured we are safe and sound here and people know we are here. >> how could this happen? >>> and new developments in the so-called thug cycle baby case. >> [ bleep ]. >> let's go outfront. >>> don lemon, i'm in for erin burnett tonight. president obama's damage control. for the first time the commander in chief is addressing sharp criticism. in a new book robert gates accuses the president of using faith in his own policy on afghanistan. tonight the president had his turn. >> war is never easy. and i think that all of us who have been involved in that process understand that. but i want to emphasize that during his tenure here secretary gates was an outstanding secretary of defense and a good friend of mine and i will always be grateful for his service. >> breanna, this has been a pr nightma

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett tonight. flirting with pot. changing marijuana lawness this country following in the footsteps of president obama who said marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol and slammed the unfair penalties for some users. texas governor rick perry, a staunch conservative, also weighed in on pot. >> what i can do as the governor of the second largest state in the nation is to implement policies that start us towards a decriminalization and keep people from going into prison that can destroy their lives. that's what we've done over the last decade. >> well, his spokesman then clarified saying the governor doesn't support the l word, which is legalization, but believes it's all about states having the right to make their own laws. it's just like white house press secretary jay carney who also backpedalled his boss's headline grab on pot saying the president's position on legalizing marijuana has not changed. so why are politicians flirting with pot but no one really wants to commit? what are they afraid of now? joining m

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. a state of emergency in west virginia and people there getting more desperate by the minute. imagine at this dinner hour not being able to drink your water, to take a bath or even wash a dish. that is the situation right now for 300,000 people. their water supply has been potentially poisoned by a dangerous chemical and there is no water to drink. it is all sold out. grocery store shelves, empty. people are forced to melt ice for water. restauran restaurants, schools, closed. sounds like the end of days. tonight the company that may be responsible, freedom industries, has been issued a cease order. the president didn't offer many answers even walking away from reporters abruptly at one point. >> it's been an extremely long day. i'm having a hard trouble talking at the moment. i would appreciate it if we could wrap this thing up. i will -- >> we actually have a lot of questions. are there no systems in place to alert you of a leak at your facility other that be a smell? >> at this mome

i'm in for erin burnett. a law enforcement official tells cnn that the fbi is now assisting federal prosecutors investigating the unfolding political scandal surrounding new jersey governor chris christie. but for one hour and 48 minutes in front of a sea of tv cameras, christie denied today he knew about his top staffers shutting down the country's busiest bridge as political payback. >> i am who i am. but i am not a bully. >> christie also fired two people in his inner circle at the center of this scandal. chris christie was defensive, defiant and apologetic. here he is tonight in his own words. >> i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. i apologize to the people of ft. lee. and i apologize to the members of the state legislature. i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. there's no doubt in my mind that the conduct they exhibited is completely unacceptable and showed a lack of respect for their appropriate role of government and for the people

i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. winter has arrived bringing with it a whole lot of snow. this is the scene in new york city that you're looking at. outside the time warn he center at columbus circle. and there is center park over my shoulder. lots of shopping happening. folks are still out and about and you can hear the holiday music playing. this is our top story. this is a dangerous storm. it is affecting about a third of the country barreling down at this moment. a full blown nor'easter. and it is in its wake and the coldest air of the season. 100 million people in 22 states are in the path of this major storm system. it is expected to dump more than a foot of snow and bring sub zero windchills in areas from the midwest all the way to maine. here in new york. under a winter storm warning, and bracing for what is to come in the next few hours. the governor here has already declared a state of emergency. and as governors have in nearby states as well. so far, this is already proving to be a monstrous storm in other parts of the country. the snow in the chicago area alrea