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. >> you have been on tv shows [inaudible] [laughter] >> david letterman? any of them come even like colbert. >> what am i supposed to say? [laughter] david letterman is kind of a youthful hero of mine and is actually a real reader who has always been nothing but nice to me and my books. so i have nothing but kind thoughts for him which makes a terrible story. [laughter] he's very nice to me and helps me find my books -- sell my books. that is a terrible story. but i write on fiction and you have to tell the truth. but thanks for driving. [laughter] the rest of you probably wrote your hippie bike. [laughter] >> when you are coming up with an idea for the next thing you want to work on do you come up with a bunch of ideas and one sticks with you or are you sitting around one day and then you're like yeah that's it. >> yet. [laughter] i mean come it's different every time. but like i don't have my next idea. so sure i have a million ideas every day almost all of them are lame at this point. but like you kind of know it when you see it. like the last book abou

reliving his lawrence of arabia role with david letterman in 1995. peter o'toole said if you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. a great actor dead at 81. >>> tesla has a new auto in the works, and the price could give you sticker shock, in a good way. >> and we can see the full moon out there tonight, but clouds roll back into the forecast. we'll tell you the chances of rain and when to expect it as the news continues here on the cw. >> later a california woman sets out to buy some holiday gifts and gets a surprise proposal instead. ,,,, a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. the halls of u-c berkeley m never sound the same. this magnificent organ is t newest additi

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. >>> now david letterman is looking forward to the performance at radio city. >> the legendary christmas then beginning january 3rd it's the atheist spectacular featuring "everything's meaningless." >> finally will ferrell stopped by jimmy kimmel and gives insight to ron burgundy's visit to a north dakota newsroom. >> they let me literally with the regular news team. i read the news. i think there was a warehouse fire. in which they used 5,000 gallons of water. >> that's a lot of water. >> there was a santa claus beard growing contest. it was a big news day. >> did they leak some kind of a deal pr you when you flew out to north dakota? >> our deal was you can't announce that i'm coming on the show. we literally want people to turn on their tvs and say what the [ bleep ] is going on. >> so nice to see will ferrell out of character. every time in an interview, he's been ron burgundy. >> this was a great cooler. royal dynasties, then "duck dynasty." when i text you i can write "baby kins"? >> of course. >>> your most creative tweets and "morning joe" just moments away. stick with innovation

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. >> now to the late show where david letterman welcomed will farrell without the polyester suit. >>man movie. it's getting a lot of attention and praise. but also when you have something that that's that popular, culturally, you get some critics. and "the anchor man" movie is getting a little pushback. it's a surprise. here, take a look at this stuff right here. >> well, "the anchorman" franchise is a take on action news, the portrayal of broadcast journalists is a disservice to the serious professionals who hold their positions in the highest regard. >> takes a tough man to make a tender forecast, nick. >> that's true. >> keep. [ beep ] that chicken. >> all right, journalism, on it. >> journalism, we're on it. finally, jimmy kimmel who is he can stat bik rob ford's latest headline grabbing activity. >> the west toronto church of god invited mayor ford to their church and not only did he show up, he somehow wound up on the alter singing with the choir. we have videotape fortunately. he's the one on the right. i call that move the i'm the only white person in a gospel choir shuffle.

classically reliving his "lawrence of arabia" role with david letterman in 1995. >> excuse me but my noble transport is a little thirsty. >> jeff: peter o'toole said if you can't do something willingly, and joyfully, then don't do it. a great actor, he was 81. later how many college presidents make at least a million dollars a year. you might be surprised. a look at how and why police responded so quickly to friday's colorado school shooting. and another big name singer drops out of a sea world concert series. when the "cbs evening news" continues. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain... ♪ ready or not. [ female announcer ] ...so you can be up there. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. if hey breathing's hard.me, know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily i

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david letterman more re-kently martin bashir. i know you accepted his apology. i don't remember you ever saying to target their advertisers, boycott them or even desiring to silence their voices. >> no. i'm a free speech kind of gal. i got e-mails on this one. a friend of mine who happens to be gay said she's outraged for the hypocrisy here, the things they air on their program that she finds offensive. yet a & e doesn't fire a star or somebody involved in their programming based on what they have said but they would when it comes to phil on "duck dynasty." this friend, she said she would boycott a & e and the network. she's not the only one. i have received many e-mails from people saying, you know, why give them our money, our eyes, our ears, our resources. there are other channels out there to be watching. >> this specifically tells me the religious aspect is gq asked him specifically what he thought was a sin. he mentioned a number of things. it wasn't just this this one particular issue. in that sense it was a pretty traditional view of homosexuality. isn't

i can put my kid on there and get a million views and then be on "david letterman?" >> being with a guy that will put a cat down his pants. >> why do people love cats so much. >> the videos can be riveting. can you believe everything you see? >> if that's fake i get angry at people. >> have you been fooled what's real and what's not. >> this one had me fooled. 110%. the videos you're about to see were all popular. some are funny and some are poignant and all amazing clips but they may have left you wondering, are they'll or are they fake? -- are they real or are they fake? wait, did someone just spray paint graffiti on air force one? >> in this video, a couple of guys essentially, climb a fence, elude the secret service, run up to air force one and put a graffiti tag on air force one, while being videotaped. >> wait a minute. are they doing something to air force one? what is going on here? this is crazy. >> did someone really break into andrews air force base and spray paint or tag the president's plane? >> i think people really want to believe it's true. >> the vid

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he was contrite on david letterman. >> i think it's important to make sure this kind of crap doesn't come about. i'm sorry that it happened. >> reporter: he maintained a low profile for some time following the incident. few have been exposed like mel gibson. incredibly profane and threatening messages left on his ex-girlfriend's phone mail. disploy, and [ bleep ] weak. a [ bleep ] slut. >> reporter: some careers can't recover. others do. it comes down to how it's handled. >> the best way to recover from a mishap or words they didn't mean to say or words that fell on the public in a wrong way is to be honest, transparent and truthful about the way the words were shared. >> reporter: not all heed that advice. >> some say you are bipolar. >> wow, what does that mean? >> you are on two ends of the spectrum? >> what's the cure, medicine? >> reporter: winning or not, "duck dynasty" is not the latest member in the celebrity club. gary tuckman, cnn atlanta. >>> attention walmart shoppers, forget the last minute christmas bargains. folks at a massachusetts walmart get a surprise from a megasu

of the military commission in describing something of a combination between edward murrow and david letterman so we welcome you and we thank you for coming. [applause] >> thank you. i was just going to say that i didn't realize that the judge was going to mention it. that is but i was quick to say that he was forced to take this end he invited me here anyway. so showing me his judicial temperament and good spirits. so for the record it was burt ward who played in the batman television series. for those who want to get the exact details, look for my next book. but tonight's topic is a bit more serious. so before getting into it, i thought perhaps an important documentary moment would be best for the beginning to the evening. so nathan, if you would be so kind to hit the lights and show us our first click. >> this is nice. [inaudible] >> can you see a? do need to turn off more lights? [inaudible] >> the answer is yes as we try to handle it. >> the supreme court criticizes this he meant that is because they included the u.s. citizens. >> it is fair game. >> i don't think they will want to tell t

but remember david letterman and when he came out about the extortion issue against him.e that and said you're not exporting me, i'm going to get justice. right? >> he also did something very uncommon, he jumped on the allegation. remember when they had the ones about his extramarital, he came out and said, yep. very unusual. when people want to keep things hidden, they do it. >> it's one thing to say yep and jump on it really quickly, but another thing when people aren't going to believe you when you say, nope, i didn't do it. >> that's true. but here she is -- i think she has enough sense abilities and she testifies very well. she's a figure she's written books, she has her show and everything else and it depends ultimately how she handles it. >> she may be sitting down with oprah. joey, thanks. >>> coming up next, vice president joe biden now in china trying to smooth things over. but some of his comments seem to be inviting more criticism. we'll tell you about his potentially latest slip. >>> imagine spending 25 years of your life behind bars for a murder you didn't c

she helped launch david letterman's stupid pet tricks segment is here to help. >> and she is out withwe asked her to work with my dog to see what she could teach her. good morning. >> good morning. how are you this morning. >> she's doing well so far. >> i'm like a nervous stage mom up here. hold it together. >> she says her prayers. >> look at that. >> she has become very spiritual in the last three weeks since you have been working with her. >> if you're at home watching, you want to teach your dog a couple of tricks, what's the rule of thumb to get started? >> the best thing to do is keep it simple and keep it fun. find what your dog likes to do. zara loves to sit high. so i taught her to sit high and hold it there. some dogs like to shake their paw. they're good at that. you pick things they like to do. golden retrievers love to crawl and zara is one of them. you just start working on them. >> we're not talking about obedience. these are tricks. two separate things. >> obedience, you stop the dog from doing something wrong. with trick training what you do is you find what the dog