ants dave letterman asks him about the attacks. and on that show, he blames it on -- he talks about the video, this video being a cause of the attack on the consulate. yet on september 15, the then-denytdeputy director alread some information, this the not an escalation of the protests. there were interviews of survivors on the ground. yet a week later on the dave letterman show, in fact thee days after this information is received by the deputy director of the c.i.a., you have the president talking about the video. but it et goes worse. -- but it gets worse. nine days after the attack and in fact -- so on september 20, the president gives another interview at the univision town hall. this is five days after the deputy director of the c.i.a. is given this information, apparently coming from the survivors. what does the president say? what we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm u.s. interests. when he's asked

dave letterman will go until he's sick of it, i am sure.e everyone, there's time in his run where you wish you could do anything. sometimes you'd rather do anything teach english, rather than go to the studio and face whoever it is. johnny, i'm not the first to say - hard to say - only happy when he was on the air, with that mother and wife problems, and alcohol problems and was so tense i that felt sorry for him. i liked him so much. the battle he had sitting in his t-shirt in the office, smoking a pal mall that he knew was goping to kill him, pulled himself and stood in the kings, stubbed out the pal mall - he used to smoke on air and went out there with such class and command. it brought tears to my old, then young, eyes. >> we have a social media question for you. >> fallion is a powerful force on social media. leno doesn't hit the million mark. on youtube one skit with justin bieber in which he and fallon have a conversation in hash tags amassed 21 million hits. to capitalize the "tonight show" launched an app allowing viewers to inter

you know, dave letterman is a legend here. >> the run had memorable and news worthy moment sxez was nevers voter suppression thing. >> yes. >> his second only to carson 30 years, keeping the show at number one but surrendered host keys in 2009 only to come back after the transition didn't go over well with viewers. he will now have time to focus more on what one of his biggest pangses, antique cars and motorcycles the final show this thursday will feature as his last guest, billy crystal, also his first. >> here now with more is ainsley earhardt. he said he does not want to leave this job. >> you can tell in that interview. couldn't you? just seemed very numb. his wife is mad about conan o'brien thing but his reaction, i heard many people over the last week talking about this. he seemed so numb. >> i agree. >> i love my job. i'd like to keep going but i understand it is what he is saying. i don't understand it. you're number one in every category it's not time to go. >> i'm sure another network would be glad to pick him up. ratings sh great >> why change what is work something >> twice, n

. >> dave letterman will go until he's stick of it i am sure. and like anybody . times when you wish you could do anything other than, teach english, than face whoever is at the studio. whoever it is. johnny was only happy when he was on the air i think. with that mother. and wife problems and alcohol problems and he was so tense. that i felt so sorry for him when i worked him base i liked him so much. and i thought, the battle he has sitting there in his t-shirt and the office smoking a cigarette that he knew was going to kill him and d and pulled himself together and stubbed out his last cigarette -- well, he used to smoke on the air and he went out with such class and command and just draught are brought tears to my old and then young eyes. >> we have a social media question to you. let's go to hermela. >> oh, okay. >> fall sun a powerful on social media on twitter 11 million followers, letterman doesn't even hit the 1 million mark. the youtube hash tag conversation he ha he had online had so many viewers. will i didn't think people watch the so or just watch t

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he was a guest of david letterman on monday's edition of "the late show." daveion about the head coach pete carroll. >> coach carroll, does he know what he's doing? >> it's definitely coach carroll. first of all, he looks like he's 25 out there. he's having so much fin, chewing his gum, running up and down the field like crazy. he brings so much to us. is that that funny? >> yeah, it is. >> after the interview, wilson completed one last pass this season to david, of course. >>> and earlier on monday, super bowl mvp malcolm smith paraded through the main street of walt disney world. smith will see a much bigger crowd tomorrow. that's when the seahawks will have their super bowl parade through downtown seattle. this is the city's first time to celebrate a major pro sports championship since 1979. >>> in the nba now, it looked like the los angeles clippers were about to escape from denver with a two-point win. the clippers leading the nuggets by two points in the final seconds but denver's randy foye gets open at the top of the key and nails a buzzer-beating three-

cbs >> and now wearing the thing that he keeps in his jar, david letterman ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) >> davery much. thank you so much, welcome to new york city, welcome to the ed sullivan theatre,

. >> no, gosh, i went on the letterman show 20 times. dave would attack me sometimes. i went on the leno show and leno would attack me. it's part of the humor. i always loved snl. they used to do a pretty good job on me. i even hosted it once. >>> let's talk object ted nugent. he hit the campaign trail with greg abbott, normaler attorney general. he said this about president obama. >> i have obviously failed to galvanize and product if not shame enough americans to be ever vigilant not to let a chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel like the akorn community organizer gangster barack hughes san obama to weasel his way into the top office of the united states of america. >> he said that in january. i can normally deal with ted nugent in a fairly comedic way. i've got to say that i thought was incredibly offensive. you don't talk about the president of the united states in that manner, a subhuman mongrel. >> of course you don't. republican, democrat, doesn't matter. the president of the united states is entitled to our respect. i

. >> dave comes out and it's a sensation, absolute sensation and he crushes jay. crushes him. >> critics gush over lettermanthis. >> but fans are responding to jay, including his signature headlines bit. >> there's always a high rated segment in the show, and jay had a great time of it. >> he has a great time with another popular segment, "jay walking." >> he thought, okay. this is something we can do. go out and test people's knowledge of things that are in the news, things that they should know but maybe don't. >> who are those two people? >> from "the love boat." >> from "the love boat?" >> yeah. >> no, no. >> then in the mid-'90s, a pivotal moment in jay's battle for ratings supremacy. >> one of the showcase moments for jay leno. >> let me start with question number one. >> when hugh grant came on in 1995. so hugh grant had been busted for solicitation. >> everybody was watching, anxious about what was going to happen. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> and he delivered that night. and i think it disarmed everybody. it felt like, oh, we can be relaxed with this guy. talking to a person that got bust

dave? [laughter] i thought that would get a hallelujah. this is inside television. people tease me that it is a little chilly. go to the letterman studio. it is about five below. ableknow i am going to be to see my breath one of these days. tavis: there are major artists about their love for background singers. bruce springsteen, mick jagger. i really did not know what to expect. i did not expect artists of this caliber. bruce springsteen barely says anything. sting?ot the boss and stayi it was wonderfully produced. when you are a background singer, this is just a generic question -- i want to know how you feel appreciated or not appreciated by the artist. has your experience been that you felt appreciated? >> mine always was. they were excited about having us on their record as much as we were excited about doing it. >> and when we all get to the session, what are we going to do? it is fun. i don't know how they picked those people. what they said about us, they really feel that. they wouldn't go anywhere without us. my experience because every time you walk in the studio -- today, the young people go into the studio and they do their

some of the things you see david letterman do were inspired by steve allen. and davel tell you that. there have been a lot of great ones. jay is this guy that held that number one position. and we've got to give him props. at the same time it's very complicated to say wow, they fired the number one guy. but that shows you how complicated business is. >> if you were to put money on which jimmy to win the new war, who would be the winner? >> wow. i don't want to be in that position. but jimmy fallon is enormously talented. i'd have to put money on him. but more importantly, i got to put money on the lorne michael's machine. i got to put money on what i see as incredible intellect behind the launch of a new show and an artist. it's been going on awhile. it's been staged perfectly. >> okay. take a short break. come back talk about some of the new stories of the day including the sad death of a comedic legend, sid ceasar today who died on the heels of losing shirley temple. it has been a sad week for losing legends, and including jerry seinfeld's take the on how politicall

watch where he's going to, david letterman captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) ! (applause) >> daveu. thank you very much. thank you so much. good to you have here. thanks and i had to everybody

letterman! (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) >> daveank you very much. thank you so much, welcome to the show, ladies and gentlemen, by the way, how is everybody tonight, all right? >> well, ladies and gentlemen, it happened again, first thing this morning i get a call from my mom. she says david da, its did something happen to jay? (laughter)

letterman! captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> dave you so much. ( cheers ) god bless you. talking about-- talking about this weekend. you know what sunday is? you know what sunday is? i'll tell you-- groundhog day. groundhog day, coincidentally, with super bowl sunday. listen to this-- they will not fall on the same day again for another 60,000 years. >> paul: oh, wow! ( applause )

do you think his arch nemesis, letterman, what is he going to do, what is he going to say? >> i have never met daveainst him many years. very happily won the ratings battle. you know, i mean, who knows what dave's going to say. but, you know, these hosts, they know each other and i'm sure they -- >> are they friendly? >> you know, i don't know. i know that they had been in the past. jay was on dave's show a lot of times. but you know, when you're in head-to-head competition there's always that kind of rivalry. >> all righty. joe medeiros, we so appreciate you getting up early and sharing your memories with us. thank you very much. >> no problem. now i can go back to sleep. >> yes, you can. and congratulations on being part of, i mean, that's historical. >> 22 years. television history there. >> you know, i thank jay every day. >> we thank you. thank you, joe. >>> still to come in the "cnn newsroom," the wild sights and sounds of the super bowl and all the events that are happening next door in new york city. >> we're headed live to super bowl boulevard. ♪ driving rock music music stops ♪ music resu

letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. and now, beautifully hand- crafted in ireland by waterford crystal, david lettean! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs >> daveyou doing? thank you very much! thk you! you know, one night, i'm going to bring my dog sully in here. that will be fun, huh? ( laughter ) bring him in here when jack hanna is here with the wild animals and stuff. ( laughter ) >> paul: ( growling ) >> dave: we'd see some real hunting then. >> paul: ( growling ) >> dave: now, listen, good news, ladies and gentlemen. pizza hut now selling pizza by the slice. >> paul: oh! ( applause ) because pizza hut figured out that pizza is no longer for big spenders.