here he is. >> no one could go on the david letterman show and try to steer it toward a point of viewt won't stand for it. you are on to do one thing and one thing only and be as funny as the rest of the show. >> we could get in a two-shot here, david. >> as a comedian, you want the biggest audience that you could get. for dave, he knew a lot of things that he would do that were going to alienate people, but he didn't care. he wanted his thumbprint out there and that was the most important thing. >> paul. excuse me, paul, do you have any accompanying music here for small-town news. paul schaefer, ladies and gentlemen. >> the show making fun of itself and turning it self-inside out that way was something kind of new. >> don't we look like guys you see hanging around together. >> absolutely. >> would you like to hang around with me? >> nope. >> i'll say it again, this is the stupidest show -- >> i thought i would never want to do this show with you. >> now why? >> because you thought i was -- >> a [ bleep ]. >> there is one rule i keep trying to abide by and unfortunately i only get to

>> happy birthday to brooklyn star roanen 22, sque partridge family starks david cassidy, and david letterman turns 69. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching "early today." we hope yo fatally stabbed on the upper east side. we're live with new details just into our newsroom. >>> a shouting match at a local high school over plans to protect rights of transgender students. >>> get ready for a wet weather commute. storm team 4 tracking wind and rain. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. tuesday morning as well. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris has the day off. raffy, it's warm out. >> sure is. here's storm tracker with r foain off to north and west. do you want to grab the rain r ar as you're heading out the door. take a look at your day planner. 54 degrees in central park. lots of clouds. showers through the morning then they taper off just around lunchtime. sunshine returns, it will be

she later told david letterman it was the most fun speech she had ever given. so she had heard the district attorney in california where they were living while john o'connor finished law school had once hired a women, and asked if she could work for him and had no money to hire her and said she would work for nothing until the guy is next appropriation and he said he had no room to put her at a desk and she thought his secretary would share her office with the future justice o'connor because they got along so well. the secretary said okay. and so sandra day o'connor went to work for nothing, sharing an office with a secretary so determined was she to earn her living as she expressed it, with the training i had gotten. she always looked out at the world and didn't say i am a woman, why am i going to have trouble? she said i have a law degree i will get a lot job and do whatever was necessary to make it happen. it was one of her great strength. >> i would like to ask the panelists if they have questions for each other. >> from a clean getaway. >> in working on th

david letterman said good-bye. jon stewart said good-bye. you had "american idol" that said good-bye. now you have the legend that is reena ninan right up there with them. >> right up there. in fact, we're all going to have lunch together on sunday. letterman and stewart and i. come join the afternoon brunch. >> you and seacrest. >> seacrest turned down. >> from "american idol." >> exactly. so all the legends will be saying good-bye. >> look forward to that. >> but we're going to say hello and begin with the campaign trail of course, with the underdogs bent on forcing the front-runners to fight to the finish. >> bernie sanders campaign says a contested democratic convention is possible if hillary clinton fails to reach a i'm going to trust the voters of new york who know me must win. david wright, abc news, new york. >> well, on the republican side, donald trump is trying to reboot his campaign he's taking a hit in a new poll. the latest figures show people across the country overwhelmingly see him as unfavorable. close to half of republican

bush was excellent showing off his folksy charm back when he would go on david letterman. ive oval office a heck of a scrubbing. will: and president obama did very well playing against zach galifianakis in "between two ferns." zach: may i talk with michelle? obama: no, you may not. will: now, hillary can rely on her female comedy friends. eight years ago, there was no "inside amy schumer" and aubrey plaza and no female "ghostbusters." hillary had to face off a backupatic obama with no whatsoever. in 2016, women in comedy are more powerful the never. there is a cult hit on comedy central which calls itself sneak attack feminism. >> that is power. >> it is so decisive. will: it is hilarious and the "broad city" women and know that hillary shouldn't do all of the heavy lifting. hillary: i can read your name tag. will: hillary simply has to be herself. hillary: look at that. i thought that would be really good for office morale. will: also on hillary's side is ellen degeneres, amy poehler, and amy schumer. >> you want to go skating? what about you? will: they may in fact be the

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>> no one could go on the david letterman show and try to steer it towards a point of view.ing and one thing only, that's be as funny as the rest of the show. >> we can great two shot here. we can actually send the crew home, couldn't we? >> as a comedian, you want the biggest audience you could get. dave knew a lot of things he was going to do were go to alienate people. he didn't care. >> paul, it's time for small town news. paul, do you have any music for small town news? >> the show making fun of it and turning itself inside out that way was something kind of new. >> don't we look like guys you'd see hanging around together. >> absolutely. >> would you like to hang around with me? >> nope. >> i'll say it again. this is the stupidest show. >> i thought i would never want to do this show with you. >> now why? because you thought i was -- >> an [ bleep ]. >> there's one rule i keep trying to abide by. and unfortunately i only get to it about 12% of the time, and that is it's only television. we're not doing cancer research. if the 40-year-odd history of television has taugh

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show.ded to cancel it. >> today is our last show on the air. monday, las vegas -- >> it was a disma failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterm letterman. >> david, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me on. >> and in spite of all this nonsense that goes on in the background, stay with it. and stay with us here in new york. >> dave is back in new york. he's going to host a late-night television program that premieres monday night. what are critics likely to say tuesday morning? >> i don't much care, because i found a way to deal with that. pills and whisky. >> you're on. >> oh, i'm on? i'm sorry. i'm enjoying listening to you snort. >> they gave him the late-night show after "the tonight show," and at the time, people thought, who's going to watch television at 12:30 at night. who's up? i'll tell you who's up, young people, college people. >> is it going well. i think this guy needs a little support. dave letterman. >> he was at his establish

and if you happen to see him later today, say happy birthday to david letterman. he's 69. >> i'll take note, brian. thanks. >>> people in parts of the south are cleaning up over wicked weather over the weekend. in arkansas, hail and so much damage in wiley outside of dallas, texas that the local school district canceled classes. >> just looking at the damage and just kind of going, where do i begin, you know? so--that's more glass falling. >> back to back hailstorms hit north texas in march causing $1 billion in damage. >>> the cdc is pushing for funding in the battle with zika virus. it has caused babies to be born with small heads and linked to other health concerns including premature birth and eye problems. $2billion was asked for emergency funds. right now, $500 million is being used left over from the ebola fight. >> it's not enough to get the job done. it's just a temporary stopgap. >> we hope we don't see transmission in the continental u.s. but need to be prepared. >> 300 cases were linked in the u.s., each linked to foreign travel and the mosquitoes that

you because you -- the pee-wee character got its start, to some degree, on the show back when david letterman hosted it in the early '80s. >> that's true. >> seth: and you would do pee-wee a lot. you would come on that show and do it a lot. >> i did it every two months for two years. >> seth: wow. what most comedians do. i didn't have an act. i had no act as pee-wee herman, so i would write stuff specifically for david's show. and at the end of that two-year period, i went on tour. i got a lot of inquiries, will you come play clubs? and so i took my materials from david's show and that was my act. >> seth: and that's what you started touring pee-wee as. >> yeah. >> seth: that's crazy. >> i love that story. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: there is -- there is a moment in the film, and i have seen you do it on stage, where you make a balloon teralk. >> yep. >> seth: i would love to learn how to do this. do you mind giving me a tutorial? >> it's really simple. >> seth: oka do wethive -- want me to give you one of these? okay. >> you can do thda at home, if you have a balloon. >> se

i was just asking to confirm this but i remember the clips when we saw david letterman come out when johnny carson was hosting the show. um, his late show. so there might be, yeah, you never know. a future. >> that's right. we knew you when. >>> all right. in just a moment, too, sexy prom dress problems often pit parents against kids. tonight we have the fashion dos and don'ts. >> and then at 6:00 a warning about toxic toys sold in the tri-state area. what parents need to know. look, the wolf was huffing and puffing. like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma

[laughter] she later told david letterman that it was the most fun speech she has ever given. [laughter] so she had heard that a district attorney in california had where they had been living had once hired a woman. so she went to him and asked if she could work for him. he said he said he had no money in his budget to hire her and she said she would work for nothing until he got his next appropriation. she said he had no room to put her at a desk in she said he she thought her secretary would share her desk and the secretary said okay. so sandra day o'connor started working with for nothing sharing an office with the secretary, so determined what she to earn her living as she expressed it, with a trainee and i had gotten.egre she always looked out at the world and did not say, i am a woman named why am i going to w have trouble. she said i have a law degree i should get a law job and did whatever was necessary to make it happen. it it was one of her great strengths. >> i like test the panelists if they have questions for each other?>> in wo accompter] trying to get a clean ge

david letterman said good-bye. you had jon stewart that said good-bye.unch together on sunday. letterman and stewart and i. come join the afternoon brunch. >> you and seacrest. >> seacrest turned down. >> from "american idol." >> exactly. so all the legends will be saying good-bye. >> look forward to that. >> but we're going to say hello and begin with the campaign trail, of course, with the underdogs bent on forcing the front-runners to fight to the finish. >> bernie sanders campaign says a contested democratic convention is possible if hillary clinton fails to reach a majority of delegates before the convention. it's your voice, your vote. abc's david wright has more on the democrats. >> reporter: in the bronx, hillary clinton rode the 4 train, squeezing in with commuters -- >> you have to move a little bit. we have to get more people in. >> reporter: taking a swipe at bernie sanders' recent comment to "the daily news". >> how do you ride the subway today. >> what do you mean how do i -- >> how do you get on the subway? >> do you have a token? >> actua

top 10 birthdays today, david letterman. god bless you, dave, you're probably in montana or somewhere right now. i think this is david taylor s he made this comment. temporary help for allergy sufferers is ahead. >> yes, with the rain, but i will say this, the street pollen is way up there, and a lot of folks suffering out there. there's the freeze watch north and west of the hudson valley and new jersey, dry in the city at 55. stronger south wind later today. it will usher in the brief northwest wind tonight. 348 in monroe, the cool spot on the map. 59 for toms river, and 59 in madison, and in the city, around 8:00, here right where we are now, and there's not going to be much of a variation because of the clouds. you're dealing with rain between 8:00 and noon, and some brightening by 2:00. feeling great on sunday s big ridge of high pressure. wind is out 2nd half of the week. today, you're still pretty high and the rain will help a bit as far as washing it away. aggregate count. because of tree pollen, staying high in the 9

>> it works because you got to look at donald trump's face when david letterman holds him accountable if you are manufacturing your own items in a foreign country. it's the single most effective anti-trump ad on the air right now. >> not all of them are like this one called hypocrit. >> hypocrit. one bellows. one bellows malarkey. he says he's champion of american rkers. some of the laborers of his hotel, illegal immigrants. america needs proven honorable leadership. john kasich. >> new day america is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> why is that one not likely to do any damage to the donald? >> the people saw it and found it offensive. it made people angry with john kasich's campaign because kasich said we shouldn't be doing this negative. we should be talking about what we are for, not what we're against. it's insulting, amateurish, childish. trump does better when the ad is aired because they are so angry with it. >> and there are pro trump ads. >> i get some grief when i say i'm voting for donald trump. i want a president that will keep us safe. we need to contro