bill murray everybody. >> when actor and funny man bill murray appeared on the late show with david lettermand in history. >> i love this. can we do this? >> no, we can't. >> letterman's very first sketch, late night television as the talk show host took his initial steps on a 30-year journey. >> you had to think of what talk shows were like when letterman started in 1982. johnny carson was very funny. but the tonight show was something that your parents watched. younger people were not the audience. dave changed all that. >> we're going to pause here for station identification. >> changed it with an off the cuff dare to be different style. for more than a decade, letterman worked the 12:30 time slot at nbc. under study to his mentor, johnny carson, whose standard setting tonight show aired the 11:30. >>> dave was the heir apparent, he was given the slot behind johnny. >>> when carson announced his retirement in 1992, nbc executives tapped jay leno as his successor. a crushing blow to letterman who sat down with cbs news back in 1994. >>> i was used goods, i was damaged property. i was yester

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the northeast will be mostly pcloudy. >>> well, last night right here on cbs, david letterman celebratedh anniversary of his late show and naturally, there was a special top ten list. top ten things letterman staffers wanted to say to him. they were mostly rude including number one delivered by his bandleader and sidekick. >> paul schafer, ladies and gentlemen, 30 years, 1982. >> i got nothing to say to that [ bleep ]. >> there you go, ladies and gentlemen. >>> how about that for congratulations. after thanking the staff, letterman introduced howard stern who appeared on the showman i times. letterman showed a photo from 1984. stern suggested that he burn it. >>> now to sports. miami against the bucs in milwaukee. early on, lebron james looked like he could win it for the heat by himself, including a huge jam late in the first quarter. james scored 40 in the game. that was not enough. milwaukee's jennings came on strong with 31 points including three-pointers. the bucs win 105-97. ? >>> in philadelphia the 76ers blocked a shot by derrick rose and followed with a fast break. it was finish

. >> even david letterman has lin fever. his top ten list on the bay area native of the new york knicks coming up. with the los angeles cou >>> welcome back, 4:41. a death certificate has been filed for whitney houston with the los angeles county department of health. it says that the possible singer will be buried in westfield, new jersey, at the cemetery where her father was laid to rest in 2003. the document lists the manner of death as pending investigation with the immediate cause of death listed as deferred. investigators are waiting for toxicology test results which could still take a few weeks. there are no plans for a public memorial but her funeral will be live online. the saturday service in new jersey is invitation-only at the request of the family. fans though have been placing flowers just outside new hope baptist church, where houston sang when she was a child. >>> 4:42 now. the house and senate could vote tomorrow to extend the payroll tax cut to the end of the year. negotiators sealing an agreement on capito

david letterman had the honor of revealing the cover model, kate upton. the magazine's 2011 rookie of the year. she happens to be the niece of republican congressman fred upton of michigan. see, we made a political tie-in. last night, kate and nine other models stopped by the late show in new york city to deliver the top ten reasons why this year's swimsuit edition is the best ever. >> number 9, jessica gomes. >> where else can you see nearly naked women except everywhere on the internet? >> good point. alyssa miller, number 7. >> forget number 7. i just want to stand here and look hot. >> number 5. genevieve martin. >> like the late show, sports illustrated is made from 99% recycled material. >> number 2, kate upton. >> the art department was able to airbrush my mustache. >> the number one reason this year's sports illustrated issue with the best one ever. irene a shake. >> it's not -- but it looks like. >> coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, president obama hit the road telling the country we must raise taxes on the rich. republicans tend t

david letterman poked some fun at the awards show. his top ten list was interesting facts about the grammy awards. >> here's a look at some of the lists present by the foo fighters who will perform at the show. >> here we go. number 10: is it l treasure... flushed down the >> even we don't know the difference between record of the year and album of the year. >> lil wayne will be performing with his older brother medium sized wayne. >> every year since 1995, we have won the grammy for fighting foo. >> there you go. >> who knew. >> that's you. >> i'll take it. 4:57. >>> a sentimental treasure flushed down the toilet. >> how a north bay woman got her prized possession back. we'll tell you. >> and a motive into why a federal agent was shot. the disturbing details revealed in some new court documents. that and much more coming up. >>> and an overnight fire at a lumberyard. people could see the smoke from the highway here in the north bay. the pictures of the flames and tell you what happened coming up. >>> "occupy cal" has resurfaced at th

fresh off his big super bowl winning, eli manning appearing on the late show with david letterman. we have some excerpts from that, pretty funny, coming up. ,,,, year. >>> president obama wants to spend more than half a billion dollars on alzheimer's research next year. the national institutes of health currently spends $450 million a year on the disease. today mr. obama plans to ask congress for an additional $80 million in 2013. this is part of the administration's strategy to combine research into treatments with steps to help affected families cope with the illness. >>> today is the first multi- state contest in this presidential primary season. it could provide a little momentum and some bragging rights for at least one of the republican candidates. caucuses in colorado and minnesota will help determine a combined 70 delegates, but those delegates won't be award immediately. polls show that rick santorum, who struggled in recent contests, could do well in both states. >> you have an opportunity in colorado to reset this race. >> ron paul hopes to do well there as well since he

. >>> the david letterman show celebrates a milestone. we have those stories and more in this look of entertainment. >> reporter: late show host david letterman celebrated his 30th anniversary on television. he began his late night career in 1982 as host of nbc's late night with david letterman. he hit the air on cbs in 1993. letterman's top ten list included things staffers would like to say to dave on his 30th anniversary. >> number three. >> you're incompetent. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: lisa marie presley opened a new exhibit at graceland to hon ear late -- honor her late father. she posed in front of an installation of her childhood nursery. she was personally involved in the development and planning. it will remain part of the graceland v.i.p. tour through february 2014. another hollywood actress is appearing in a sexy billboard ad for pita. penelope justice is say nothing to fur. the ad is in new york's city garment district just in time for fashion week. similar bill hoards are planned for -- billboards are planned for p

david letterman got in on the jeremy lin word game.-- we've collected for you the worst possible jeremy lin puns. at number seven, lin-tenational house of lin cakes. does this look lin-effected to you. number three, jeremy lin sauce with linguine. number two, lin-tercourse. you have to be lin it to lin it. there you go. >> that was mine. i said lin it to win it a couple days ago. i wonder if david letterman gets up early and watches our show. >> lin, win, not a big stretch. >> still ahead, exclusive information coming in on whitney houston's final days, saying she was complaining loud and often her drinks were not strong enough, this at 10:00 in the morning. you're watching "early start." sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. hey, it's sandra --

one thing staffers would like to say on the 30th anniversary is paul shaffer -- >> 3 decades of david letterman and how he marked a milestone. good morning, washington continues. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> wake up on this thursday, february 2. >> glad to be with you this morning, will it be an early spring or six more weeks of winter? all eyes are on the tiny town of punxsutawney, pa. buried in a little more than one hour, punxsutawney phil will emerge to make it officials. >> look at that party. >> and they start bright and early. >> they started last night. we go to adam caskey with the first check of today's forecast. >> we have potomac phil. we have some areas of rain this morning alike yesterday. we will start the day dampen clear out into sunshine this afternoon. you can see areas of rain right along 66 all the way from front royal east to the beltway and in southern maryland. 49 degrees in the district and 46 in leesburg and now 50 in culpeper. some rain through about 11:00 a.m. and the sky will clear this afternoon. it is not as warm as yester

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. >> that's david letterman poking fun at newt gingrich.this weekend campaigning for super tuesday. earlier gingrich was in california talking taxes and energy. >> think we have to go through a series of tax changes. i've advocated zero capital gains and 100% expensing so people can write off gains. so our companies can compete with china and india and be successful. i also advocate we end the death tax so we do not punish families for working all their lives and being successful and i'm proposing a 15% flat tax so you can either keep the current tax code with all of its paperwork or something they've done in hong kong for years, you can actually adopt mouch you put in, 15% and it's done. so i think it's very important. the other thing i want to comment on that i'm giving a speech about later on today, i really believe that the real lesson of the middle east and the real lesson of the iranians trying to practice closing the straits of hormuz, the real thing is for u.s. to become energy-independent. if you look at north dakota, you have a cl

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it was 30 years ago tonight that david letterman first hosted his own late-night talk show. >> i remembert, too. that's how pathetic i am. letterman began nbc's late night on february 1 of 1982 bypassed to replace johnny carson in '93 so left for cbs and hosted "the late show" ever since. one of tonight's guests, one of his favorites. the always controversial but very interesting howard stern. >>> first matthew broderick as ferris bueller. >> and now jerry seinfeld is back in a new super bowl ad. here it is. >> so, you're number one. >> yeah. >> how would you like to be number 20? >> i'll throw in the soup and nuts. >> soup for you. >> i own all the characters. >> last living munchkin. >> i thought he passed away. >> it's good stuff. the commercial jerry seinfeld is battling to be the first owner of the new acura. he offers him everything including an old favorite, and the flying squirrel, soup nazi, you name it they are all coming back. >> i think jay leno was in that. >> pulling out the big guns. >> a lot of car ads, a lot of drinking ads during the super bowl. >> beer ads. >> that's ri

. >>> jon stewart making the rounds last night stopping by david letterman. >> the guy i feel worse forromney. >> mitt? >> well, not just for that. because he's the guy you know is like considers himself next in line, the guy at line at the deli, but i'm number six. but they don't like him. the voters. >> yes. >> and he's like -- because he wants to be a regular guy but he can't be himself. he puts on jeans but you know he's got his suit pants underneath it. like he's in a bar, sure, i used to hang out in this bar. get me one of those malted hop drinks. like he's -- nothing is authent authentic. i realize that rick santorum is the guy mitt romney's pretending to be. now they're up against each other in these debates and there's a certain inauthentic quality. >> yeah. he reminds me of the guy that you see on the package of underpants. you and i look at these two different ways. >> oh, dave. still got it. >>> still ahead on "way too early." "morning joe" is just moments away. [ cell phon e rings ] [ cell [ female announcer ] with secret outlast, conquer your busy day. ♪ burn! let's do it!

. >>> over on cbs, david letterman marks his 30th anniversary.ill murray started the festivities last night. a cup cake and 30 burning candles. the 30th anniversary show won't be an extravaganza because letterman does not like drawing attention to himself. >>> can't get enough of the republican presidential race? you can do 2008 all over again thanks to hbo. "game change." the look at john mccain's last months of his campaign. including a choice of running mate. >> this is sarah. ♪ american woman said get away ♪ american woman >> the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? lipstick. >> ed harris plays john cain. >> thought for sure tina fey would get that job. that lives up to the moment. neil lane bridal from hollywood's premiere jewelry designer. - the setting has to be perfect. it's where the diamond lives. - uniquely beautiful hand-crafted rings with diamonds hand-selected by kay, the newest reason kay is the number one jewelry store in america. neil lane bridal. forever begins here. >>> updating the day's top stories, mitt romney cru

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a tip of the hat from the industry to david letterman who today is celebrating 30 years in late night television. it's run the gambit of stupid pet tricks to sitting presidents. as we congratulate dave we remind him he started here at nbc, so we own the early archives. so listen to what we found. back in 1978, he was still a stand-up comedian in. a weak moment he made an admission to tom snyder about the job he really wanted. >> my ultimate desire is to anchor the "nightly news" on nbc. >> i can help you there. i've got connections. >> i don't know what's going to happen, but i think that's part of the excitement of being in this business. >> six months after that aired, dave did stand-up on nbc's "tonight show" with johnny carson and went on to make a name for himself. >>> speaking of "the tonight show" with jay leno, the first lady was jay's guest last night. while there was some talk of childhood nutrition, jay was most interested about that clip of the president singing al green at the apollo theater in harlem a while back. that's when we learned president is evidently quite the s

david letterman's top ten list featured some of the worst. >> number 4, does this look lin-fected to to basketball. oklahoma city at houston. big game for rockets kevin martin. made a nice spinning drive for a layup. kevin durant missed three shots in the last seconds. houston gets the w in this one. 96-95. take a quick break. when we come back, a case of how in world did this happen? a little girl finds herself trapped inside a vending machine. we'll show you how she got out. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships, anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $5.15, only from the postal s

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manning then flew to new york to appear on the late show with david letterman.ve talked about ahmad bradshaw's game-winning run. >> right as i'm handing the ball off to ahmad i could sense the patriots' defense. so i told him, hey, don't score, don't score. >> wait a minute. you're handing him the ball and at the same time, don't score. okay. so now he knows -- he understands -- he understands the situation. >> right. i think, you know, at first he's just -- you know, something had to pop in his head, something's wrong here. why -- they're trying to tackle me. >> eli's big win is helping him score off the grid iron. experts say he could earn as much as $14 million in endorsement deals. >>> and the new england patriots aren't commenting about supermodel gisele bundchen's super bowl rant. she's quarterback tom brady's wife and was heard complaining about dropped passes that may have caused new england the game. the insider.com says bundchen said, quote, my husband cannot [ bleep ] throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. >>> all right. in basketball, th

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might super bowl mvp eli manning took his victory lap making an appearance on the late show with david lettermano talk about the giants come from behind victory. one topic of discussion, eli's 38 yard passes to mario manningham, the play of the game, actually set up the game winning touchdown. dave asked eli about that play. >> when you throw something like that, is it supposed to be that precise, or are you just within a 20 yard window? just look for it. >> i think you're always trying to throw that perfect ball. sometimes it doesn't have to be that close. he was not the primary receiver. that's not really the spot i was probably supposed to go. the play i was supposed to throw the ball. but sometimes you just have to improv. you know about that. you just have to go off the flow, go offed card. do whatever you want. >> eli also answered questions about his brother, peyton manning, quarterback for the colts. peyton was was sidelined all year with a neck injury. there's been speculation that he won't return to the colts. letterman is a big colts fan. and he prodded eli on whether or not peyton wo

. >>> it was 30 years ago tonight that david letterman first hosted his own late-night talk show.terman began on nbc, innovative late night on february 1, 1982, when he was bypassed to replace johnny carson on the tonight show in 1993 jumped over to our network, cbs, and hosted "the late show" ever since. tonight's guest, one of his favorites, howard stern. >> howard stern. that should be fun. >> yeah. i hear he doesn't like to draw a lot of attention to himself. so he is going to down play it a little bit but he has a couple of special things to do. >> the network isn't downplaying it which is understandable. >> and they shouldn't. it's a big deal. >>> on to nevada now. mitt romney snags another win. what happened this first primary season. >> and a skunk invasion. why the smelly creatures are flocking to northern. we'll tell you why when -- flocking to northern california. we'll tell you why when we come back. >>> the whole school behind me is calling in sick today. we'll tell you about the flu outbreak coming up. waiting to go home" " a bay area schoo sed for >>> your realtime

maybe on the late show with david letterman. he is making the rounds, eli and the giants knock off the patriots for the second time in five-years, after doing a lot of talking leading up to the game new york backed it up and of course brandon wasn't done yet. >> elite quarterback, yeah, you tell me. he is. >> we work hard every day of the year. we deserve this just as much as they do. we know they couldn't beat us. we were more physical, they just couldn't hang in there. not for four quarters. >> remember jerry rice knock -- saying he could never break a tackle. ? he has a ring. >>> packers the early favorites, for the next super bowl. the raiders are the biggest long shots at 50-1. >> welker makes the catch 100 times out of 100. > as for them things may have turned out differently if welker made this catch late in the 4th. instead new england lost to the giants in the super bowl for the second time. >> play made a thousand times and practiced and everything else and you know comes to the biggest moment of my life and don't come