my guest tonight, conan o'brien. he's going to be joining us later on. first, as many of you know, i'm going to be leaving the show here to join a monastery. someone are the me know the actual definition of a moment of zen is more satisfying than a four-6-second clip of a reporter somewhere tripping over their dick. my anowments of leaving did not go unnoticed. >> jon stewart's surprise announcement. >> 16 years as host of the "daily show." now he's stepping aside. >> i don't think overall he's been a force for good because i think especially in his later years he got a little nasty. >> jon: a little nasty! not a force for good! okay, i can handle pathat. ( laughter ) but megyn "in his later years." ( laughter ) i am only 52. i got four to five productive years left, and then about 10 to 15 that with mostly ehhh. and then i guess, you know, the last four or five angry, confused years, or as they're sometimes referred to, the fox news viewer demo years. ( laughter ) ( applause ) you know what, i'm just kidding. it's all good. everybody's entitled to their

>> si. >> joining us now is the host of conan, the icon of team cocoa, conan o'brien.o have you here. thanks for joining us. first of all, how did this idea come together? >> i look for any excuse to leave the studio. after 22 years of hosting a show i will jump at any opportunity. i will shoot a whole show from your basement in d.c. i will go anywhere. i just want out of that studio. so what happened was shortly after president obama announced in december that there were talks about establishing relations with cuba after 53 years, my head writer mike sweeney said casually we should go to cuba and i jumped all over it. we mobilized, we scrambled and got it together as quickly as we could. >> when you got there, what was it like? i know you didn't go there as a reporter investigating human rights abuses, but did you have government minders at all? >> no. we had no minders. we had nobody following us nobody telling us where we could go where we couldn't go and that's actually what made the experience really terrific is we sent our camera crew a day ahead of us. they came

good for conan o'brien.ore they get exposed to american culture, the more they realize what's going on in their country, the more they realize it's terrible. >> good idea for conan? >> yes, i think it's fun, and my god he can dance. >> he did well. >> i thought he was very good. >> thoughts on the first cuba -- >> i'm so happy for all the dissidents that get to look at this, frickin' commies. >> bleep. >> i talked to the bosses at "the five," and we have been approved to do a live show at the newark comfort sweets. swark comfort sweets. suites. >> there's no way they approved that. >> as long as we take public transportation. we have to use the senior cards that we're getting from the second floor. by the way, it was a mistake. they were supposed to have cuba gooding on. >> very good. thoughts on the cuba -- forget that. thoughts on conan going to cuba. >> okay. i think if america is going to go down this road, changing its foreign policy, then i do think that cultural exchanges or cultural exposure is proba

conan o'brian is my favorite. >> of all time who is your favorite?ay leno and i know he is controversial. >> he is? >> well there is the whole thing between him and letterman. >> oh that old thing. did you watch johnny carson when you were little? >> i was very little, but yes. >> did you watch johnny carson when you were little? of course. i will speak with somebody my own age. >> to stay up for johnny carson was a treat if you were a kid from that era. >> that's what it was like. it was an event. so was most of tv because you didn't have the other outlets. i remember my dad would fire up the tv and then i would come running in. >> how did you turn on a tv back then? you had to fire it up. >> i remember we got our first color tv and here is where mike descends down the rabbit hole but we got our first color tv, a sears color tv and it was the size of a buick. i was waiting for the sears truck to come. they delivered the tv and it was huge. my dad made a big deal of the antenna. and it had these buttons for each channel. and it cachunk. the sears guy

. >>> later in "the skinny" conan o'brien in cuba. the comedian's adventures of the talk show host. adventures. breaking new ground while looking for some laughs. it is thursday, march 5th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good thursday morning to you. i'm reena ninan. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for spending time with us. we should re-rack some shows. we don't even need to come in some days because the story is the same. another winter storm to tell you about. >> true. >> it will pound millions of americans from where, from texas to new england. it sounds about the same. >> thanks for making us sound so exciting. it is supposed to be fresh and you don't know what is going to happen minute by minute. heavy snow falling in the midwest are another four inches could accumulate by daybreak. winter weather advisory is in effect until later this morning. >> a look on the east coast. it will be a mess day all day. quiet in the look at times square. heavy rain in some spots. six to eight inches of snow falling in other places. not welcome news i

conan suffers a concussion.ork within days he tells parents to have their children watch his fall as a cautionary tale. >>> coming up -- a salesperson attacked by a customer, plus a cop with some arresting moves. >> by the way, i do wear knee pads if anybody's interested. >> when "caught on camera: a hard day's work" continues. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. i better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion. really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion. [breath of relief] oh, what a relief it is. go ahead... step on it. handles like a dream. yeah? yeah! that turbo engine packs a punch, right? oh yeah. pinch me. okay... and on passat models, you can get a $1,000 volkswagen credit bonus. one more time. pinch me. it's not a dream. it's the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. stop dreaming, do it again. and test-drive one today. hurry in and you can get 0% apr plus a $1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015

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. >> does anyone remember conan o'brien? he was unknown. brought in as writer to replace jay leno.elissa: i don't think it worked out well. >> worked out for conan. whole concept bruce nailed it. can't bring someone in fame must already to expect them to fill jon stewart's shoes. melissa: i guess about the demo. 18 to 49 they lost 20%. drop in that number in the past four years as jon stewart himself has who have moved out of the demo. they're replacing older guy with a young guy. bruce terkel, what do you think? is that part of the decision? >> of course it is. look it this way, you said it. they lost a big piece of their demo. if you want to staunch the flood wouldn't you bring in a guy named noah. melissa: oh, gosh. peter, he was waiting for that one. i loved it. you don't think adults are only ones that watch tv. infants are following the trend too. tv network called, baby first tv aims for babies to ditch their bottles as young as six months old and opt for the remote control instead. peter seng man -- >> i have a two-month-old. i asked my wife about this tell me ask her for e

so, for example, if you buy a conan a hotdog, we will donate $2 for those items along with dollar thatly collect from the customers. >> that's great. >> so hoping for big donation today. >> that's wonderful. matt you're with children's miracle network. can you talk about the benefit, so this will benefit children at chop. >> yes so, our funds will go directly toward child life services which that will go through art therapy music they are. >> i oh, that's wonderful. and julia ' you're ambassador for children's miracle network, also life-long patient at chop. so you see the benefit first snapped. >> i am. i am assist particular fibrosis patient, and i know first-hand these donations make huge difference, not only in the physical well-being, but the psycho social well-being, does great job on focusing on child life therapy and music life they are. >> i come out to any dairy queen location, if you come do this one giving additional donations at seventh and chestnut. >> that's my dairy queen seventh and chestnut. >> jenny? i challenge you to get another conan give me a triple. >> let's see

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. >> that's conan o'brien bringing his talk show to cuba.ican late night snow hasn't broadcast from there since 1959 when fidel castro took over. they shot the show in february, weeks after u.s. and cuba took steps to normalize relations. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the superbug that infected patients at a los angeles hospital. we look at the health threat. plus, the economic damage on the storm in boston and the tour of the artwork at 1 world trade center in new york city. >>> finally, 17 years since frank sinatra died. now, as the centennial of his birth approaches, his work is going on display in new york. anthony mason has more. ♪ let's take it nice and easy ♪ >> reporter: the life of the most celebrated singer is being celebrated at the new york public library and performing arts. old blue eyes grammys are here and his oscar. this week, his family saw it for the first time. what do we have here in this case? this is you, nancy. >> that's me. >> reporter: frank's daughter nancy sinatra and graund da

. >> reporter: from carson to leno to conan to leno to fallon, from letterman to colbert, the tv times they are achanging. >> when you get these you get a fresh perspective. when you get that the hope is you get a new audience and bigger audience. >> that guy is so excited. >> reporter: and with james corden, an englishmen, taking over the reigns of the "late-late show" replacing scotsman craig ferguson, and another brit, john oliver, with his own show on hbo. is a british invasion underway, like the one that introduced us to these guys? do we columnists have to brush up on the queen's english? >> i want you to say the rain in spain stays mainly in the plain fifty times. >> reporter: comedy central says there's no firm date for noah's takeover of "the daily show" desk, which may give this newcomer time to arm himself for america's late-night wars. >> trevor noah, everybody! >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> as they say, check your local listings. that's going to do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and go

let's go to carolyn conan. what do the figures tell us about the state of a rita -- the company?lt situation for areva. the losses bigger than areva's market value. they will need to cut costs by one billion euros for 2017. they also need to cut investment and maybe sell assets. areva has to bang big problems. the huge loss and the huge delays on the nuclear reactor in finland. that began 10 years ago. it was supposed to be ready in 2009. they had to write down billions after billions because of the huge delays of the construction of the plant. some analysts predict it will not be ready until the end of the decade. the second problem for areva is the long-term trend, the global nuclear industry since fukushima. since the accident in fukushima. countries like germany have been dropping nuclear altogether. even france, who relies on nuclear for 75% of energy, which is more than any other country in the world even france under president aland -- hollande wants to bring me percentage down to 50%. now governments prefer alternative clean energy to nuclear. >> what is the future look l

my guest tonight, conan o'brien. he's going to be joining us later on.g to be leaving the show here to join a monastery. someone are the me know the actual definition of a moment of zen is more satisfying than a four-6-second clip of a reporter somewhere tripping over their dick. my anowments of leaving did not go unnoticed. >> jon stewart's surprise announcement. >> 16 years as host of the "daily show." now he's stepping a

send conan in first so they can ridicule me. it softens up any tensions that might have been there. >> thank you so much. again, don't miss conan in cuba tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern over at our sister station, tbs. thanks, conan. >> thanks a lot, jake. >>> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, repulsive and racist. the damning federal report finds years of discrimination and abusive behavior by the ferguson missouri police department and its municipal court. >> disproportionately harm african-american residents. >> the justice department won't prosecute darren wilson the police officer who fatally shot teenager michael brown, saying there's no proof of unreasonable force. i will speak with the heads of the naacp and the national urban league. >>> iranian involvement. a revolutionary guard general and iranian forces are now fighting isis for an iraqi city. will the u.s. join that battle? >>> and teen isis recruiter? a 17-year-old taken down by the

conan o'brien is the first comedy host in more than 50 years to visit cuba.pisode over presidents' day weekend. it aired last night. he danced the local dance and sang care okay and tasted the cuban cigars. he wanted to give americans a glimpse of the daily lives of cuba and share his language of daily laughter. >> mission accomplished. he showdowned off those dance moves. he's great. >>> we're doing a little skparm here on studio 57. one of our associates is wearing a gadget that could end one of the biggest hassles with it's supposed to charge your foal while you're walking. smile, your mom's watching. maiden form and warners bras only $19.99 each! refresh your bath towels with a color for everyone only $3.99 each! and upgrade your kitchen with kitchen aid! plus, pick up some kohls cash too. find great savings on great brands, starting friday! get in for spring savings. kohls fact. when you take advil you get relief right at the site of pain. wherever it is. advil stops pain right where it starts. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil. hey buddy, y

." >> and -- >> conan o'brien show traveled to cuba to take the first u.s. talk show to havana since 56 years ago. >> viva! >>> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to cbs news. the united states ambassador to south korea is in stable condition this morning after a violent attack. a korean man took a knife to ambassador mark clifford at a breakfast meeting in seoul. the wounded diplomat was rushed to a hospital. >> the attack happened near the u.s. embassy in the capital city's downtown area. margaret bren snnan is at the state department way possible motive. >> reporter: good morning. the ambassador just arrived at a breakfast lecture to speak about the prospects of peace between north and south korea. that's when a man approached him from behind with a knife. >> i'm bleeding here. bleeding here. >> okay. >> reporter: splattered with blood the stunned ambassador escorted from the event. his cheek and left arm slashed. the envoy, 42-year-old mark lippert, rushed into surgery at seoul severa

conan o-brien took his show where no other late night host has been in more than fifty years.look. the late night talk show host aired his special in cuba aired late last night. he said a lot of it was improvised including putting together the set. >>darya:o-brien says most of it was him out and about in havana. >>darya:he admits that he acted like an idiot while filming the show. but that the trip was a big success. [ aniston ] when people ask me what i'm wearing, i tell them aveeno® [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients. [ aniston ] because beautiful skin goes with everything. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. >>mark: here's a live look from philadelphia the snow is falling 3 to 6 in. of snow to the wind chills five-to-10 below to like this a really big storm system as james fletcher is one to show was about the storm and the weather. >>james: travel is the recall of fact at the store with a film of oil to the bay area if the release see the colors were this line is with this diet for the system of law

when conan o'brian was on tv. >> this is the nicest reception i've had. >> seems like they're prayingill be profitable. >> you guys are fantastic. thanks for having me. good night. >> check out our show page at cnn.com/thelead. that's it. i am jake tapper tuning you over the wolf blitzer next door in the situation room. wolf. >> happening now suicidal tendencies. we have chilling new information that reveals the co-pilot of flight 9525 was once treated for having thoughts of killing himself. he also complained of eye problems. were those physical problems real or imagined? final moments, the cockpit audio is leaked showing the last mens of terror as the captain pounds on the cockpit door and passengers begin to scream. nsa shoot out. two men dressed as women trying to round the people gates of the

. >> conan o'brien went to cuba. show host to visit there in half a century. he was there to record one of his shows and bring his own brand of diplomacy through humor. >> this is a cuban pay phone. it's pretty distinctive. it enables you to make a call and get your hair permed at the same time. the only problem is it will only call that phone. so i'm talking to that guy right there. hola what's up? i was a little worried my spanish wouldn't be good enough here in cuba but now i think i'll be oak. hello, i am lost and in badly need of ointment. ♪ ♪ >> always in good form. thanks for watching everyone. i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause. stay with us. errol barnett and rosemary church are up next. >> here they are. hello. doug. you've been staring at that for awhile, huh? listen, td ameritrade has former floor traders to help walk you through that complex trade. so you'll be confident enough to do what you want. i'll pull up their number. blammo. let's get those guys on the horn. oooo looks like it is time to upgrade y

. >> you might have seen a friend of ours on red eye, worked for conan o'pry yen, back here in new yorkgreat place to find little funny things to enjoy. and pass along to people. >> what do you have for us, greg, anything? >> funny little thing. >> so are you? >> secrets to happiness, now with 65% more unicorn. hey, you know if you're at a social convenient, it is important to stay off the phone unlike this woman here, oblivious to about what was to occur. show it! >> there's lance. nice ball handled. three. >> here we come a ball. there it goes. see this woman too busy on the phone. smack. ow. quite painful, i must say. >> say it again. >> must see it again in slow motion, so horrible. >> ouch. >> look at the guy just pretending to block it. just an update on this. she passed away. no. she is doing great. she is fine. she is fine. she had a little bloody nose. everything is. however, they had to shoot the ball. >> that was like so marsha brady. >> not the first time the ball has done that. >> why i don't go. i don't go to baseball or basketball games for that very reason. >> is that wh

people of cuba got a 6'4" dose of redhead american awesomeness where the best ever lived, conan in cuba the other night and it was spectacular. drank rum, made friends. no one knew who he was. my favorite part when he havana rooftop, the perfect vantage point for life in the island nation. >> the guy yelling, insane. i think he's yelling at the dog. oh good, the dog is barking again. got suspiciously quiet. >> as the sun set over havana a rooftop epiphany. >> now reporting on the barking of the dog. and realizing anderson cooper has a very easy job. >> fair enough. i don't get to test that fact but a few things that you're doing wrong. just some minor tweaks. let's get this one out of the way. if you want to do field reporting, you have to reel in that bouffant. there's a reason my hair is short. it does not get blown around by air strikes or i guess in this case dog breath. you cannot report with your hair blowing around like that. it's distracting for the viewer. the camera guy can't even keep it in frame all the time. and also just a suggestion if you're going to report it from the s

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but you heard the little seals clapping at the conan o'brien. >> that's what they do.maher same deal. >> it's the same thing. they don't know anything. >> second sentence, what the u.s. did during our post surge prepull-out was to keep the shiite who the sect that we put on top from attacking their sunni cousins that are in iraq. we withdrew. they went after each other. >> they went after each other. >> the shiites prevailed. the sunni extremists morphed into isis is there by you can make a connection that did bush cheney lead to isis? we all. >> make a connection to anything at any time. the truth is that bush didn't have anything to do with isis. now, mr. penn, all right, is in a movie. >> i can't let you get away with that. >> i don't care. >> bush cheney's administration led to the destabilization to iraq. >> it doesn't matter. nothing to do with isis. i will go with petraeus all day long. >> me too. >> then you are not disagreeing with me. >> not on that point. >> now penn, is in a new movie about an assassin with a gun. is he shooting people all over the screen i

conan o'brien produced his snow havana last night. >> the one-hour special was the first time a late worked from cuba in 50 years, over 50 years. o'brien spent most of the hour poking fun at himself and his spanish moves or lack thereof. check it out. ♪ [ speaking spanish ] >> the espy made possible -- the special made possible by the thaw in relations. >> his word his being an idiot is universally funny. >> he throws himself in there, too. there you go. >> there it is. >> enjoy that for the rest of the day. >> great moves. >>> you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. we'll see you next week. but stay with cnn. "early start" is next for those of you in the u.s. >> if are you watching elsewhere, another edition of "cnn newsroom" after the break. hey, you forgot the milk! ♪ l milk just without the lactose. so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort? exactly. here, try some... mmm, it is real milk. see? delicious. hoof bump! oh. right here girl, boom! lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for a tasty snack that's 100% real dairy try

we also have live remotes on the show, like triumph, you know, from the conan show. >> seth: let's takepaparazzi, yes. you're one of the famous ones, right? >> yeah. >> you're the guy that britney spears ran over? >> my foot was, yes. >> so, what's more painful, having your foot run over by britney spears or taking a good, hard, long look at your life? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: can't wait, it's great. robert smigel, everybody! make sure you check out "night of too many stars" this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on comedy central. "the jack and triumph show" airs friday nights on adult swim. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new technology that we are installing out in the field is important for the customers because system reliability i believe is number one. pg&e is always trying to plan for the future and we are always trying to build something stronger and bigger and more reliable. i love living here and i love

we also have live remotes on the show, like triumph, you know, from the conan show. >> seth: let's takepaparazzi, yes. you're one of the famous ones, right? >> yeah. >> you're the guy that britney spears ran over? >> my foot was, yes. >> so, what's more painful, having your foot run over by britney spears or taking a good, hard, long look at your life? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: can't wait, it's great. robert smigel, everybody! make sure you check out "night of too many stars" this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on comedy central. "the jack and triumph show" airs friday nights on adult swim. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple pl

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