i love you seeing you on david letterman each year. talk about paul schaffer who was a good friend of yours. >> that story is great story. i did a song called "leader of went to broadway. paul schaffer played in the play and i just met him so i did not know him that well yet. during the show, as he played phil spector, he invited david letterman to see the show. he was in the audience and that night -- the david letterman show is taped in the daytime. the next day on the show, david letterman said t paul, that's the greatest christmas song i have ever heard. we need to have her on the show. i've thought it was going to be that one time only. karen: it was every year. >> for 29 years. karen: the last time you sang on his show, he was about to retire. you could see the tears in his eyes. he loved having you there. >> it was a wonderful time because he started on another station and ended up on the one he had. on the other network, all of them came with him, makeup people, writers, everybody. every year, even if i went by there just to sa

i did the david letterman show and i grew up worshipping dave. at 12:30, i'm not as young as i look charlie. i would say up when i was eight or nine after carson and watch letterman by myself when he was on at 12:30. >> rose: what was it about david that you loved? did the antic quality of it, he was doing something nobody else done. >> it felt fresh and it still felt fresh years and years later when he had been doing it for a while. but particularly late 80's early 90's when i was coming into my own as a person. i was connected to what dave was doing. and years and years literally decades later, dave became a fan of mine which was a huge honor for me and joined me on the street one day for a segment. >> rose: did you initiate the call to him or did he initiate the call to you. >> i did a segment on the emmys and i believe letterman's show saw that and they were a fan and they called me to have me on the show. >> rose: then he came on your show. rose: what makes alana so funny. >> she was someone i ran into the street a woman a real new yorker alt

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided tonday in las vegas -- [ audience booing ] >> have these people been frisked? >> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. >> david, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> despite of this nonsense that goes on in the background, stay with us and don't give up. stay with us here in new york. we like having you. >> dave is back in new york. you're going to host a late-night television program that premiers on monday night. what are critics going to say on tuesday morning? >> i don't much care because i found a way to deal with that with pills. and whiskey. >> david, you're on. proceed. >> i'm enjoying listening you to snort. >> they gave him the late-night show, after the tonight show. and at the time, people thought who is going to watch television at 12:30 at night. who is up? i'll tell you who is up. young people. college people. >> i think this guy needs support, david letterman. >> he

i did the david letterman show and i grew up worshiping dave et al.: 30. am not as young as i look, charlie. i would stay up after carson and watch letterman by myself when he was on at 12:30. charlie: what was it about david that you loved? the antic quality? he was doing something no one else had done? billy: it felt fresh. and it still felt fresh years and years later when he had been doing it for a while, but particularly late 1980's and early 1990's and i was coming into my own as a person. i was connected to what dave was doing. years and years, literally decades later, dave became a fan of mine, which was a huge honor for me, and joined me on the street one day. charlie: did you initiate the call to him? billy: i did a segment on the emmys with seth meyers when he hosted. and i believe letterman's people at his show saw that, and they were a fan, and they called shortly after that had me on the show. charlie: you went on his show and then he came on your show. billy: correct. charlie: what makes elena so funny? billy: elena has the attitude of the qu

which ended when stephen colbert took over for david letterman on "the late show." wilmore says he's saddened that he won't be covering what he called -quote- "this crazy election." a replacement for the show has yet to be announced./// ((christianne klein)) >>> today would be a good day to sit down, do some meditation, and basically just relax. the reason? it's national relaxation day! apparently a u moeller founded the day back in 19-85... when he was in fourth grade! here's his advice to relax... don't do anything like cleaning or hard labor today. instead... get a massage or facial... maybe do some yoga... or just unplug from the real world and unwind./// ((paul joncich)) >>> bringing in big business to north las vegas. ((christianne klein)) >> we hear from mayor john lee about the economic turn about a chick- fil- a coming to town. ((paul joncich)) >>> saving on back to school. tonight at 5... 8 on your side tells you the apps you will want to use when buying supplies for the new school year... announcer: you're ((paul joncich)) >>> from restaurants to a new di

>> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show.ncel it. >> today is our last show on the air. monday, las vegas -- [ booing ] >> have these people been frisked? >> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. >> david, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me. i appreciate it. >> in spite of all this nonsense that goes around in the background, stay with it. don't give up. and stay with us here in new york. >> thank you very much. >> dave is back in new york. you're going to host a late night television program that premiers 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 whiskey. [ laughter ] >> you're on. >> oh, i'm on. >> come oranges proceed. >> 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 is going to watch television at 12:30 at night? who is up. i'll tell you who is u

so i would like to share with you ten things with apologies to david letterman, but ten things that you might not know about david mccullough. number ten -- we're going to work down. he never writes a book on a subject he knows. he writes to learn. number nine, you might not know that some people have called david a rock star and that his good friend tom hanks has called him in public and with women and children in the audience, has called him, quote, an american sex symbol. number eight, you might not know that david insists on writing about history where it was made. for john adams, he wanted to climb an ancient staircase in a historic church in philadelphia, pennsylvania. literally following in the footsteps of john adams. let me emphasize the two words, ancient staircase. think about our man mccullough, ascending step by creaky step until he entered the bell tower and tried to imagine what john adams would have seen. for his monograph, 1776, he came up with a creative idea of reenacting george washington's crossing of the icy delaware river. and he actually had a couple of takers to

a writer and producer on some shows you might know called "seinfeld" and "the late show with david letterman." now, he hosts "car matchmaker" on the esquire network. se ? ? ? ( applause ) >> stephen: come on up. >> so excited. >> stephen: all right. >> to be here. >> stephen: nice to see you again. >> good to see you. do you remember the last time we saw each other? >> stephen: the last time you and i saw each other was--

a writer and producer on some shows you might know called "seinfeld" and "the late show with david letterman." now, he hosts "car matchmaker" on the esquire network. please welcome, spike feresten! ? ? ? ( applause ) >> stephen: come on up. >> so excited. >> stephen: all right. >> to be here. >> stephen: nice to see you again. >> good to see you. do you remember the last time we saw each other? >> stephen: the last time you and i saw each other was-- >> "the daney carvey show." show, "in 1996. you were a writer on the show. and i was a writer on the show. >> i shared an office with you and another steve. his name was -- >> steve carell. >> that's right. >> you weren't there for the whole thing. >> i came in to clean up the mess after that first sketch you guys had. >> stephen: it was only on for seven episode. >> six episodes. >> stephen: no, we were on for seven. we did eight. the eighth one was never broadcast. that was the magic one. that's what would have saved the show. hi episode. i had a day job at the time on "seinfeld." >> stephen: you wrote the soup nazi. >> that's right. ( cheers

this is david letterman and late night, donald trump making an appearance, in his words this was somethinghat happened. >> yeah, this was a very similar ad to the one aired during the primaries, and some of the pacs out there trying to undermine the message, when he is for the workers when he actually is for himself. these lines of attack were used. and he still made it through the primaries. so i'm not sure if this tactic is going to work. i understand the goal that it's supposed to undermine the credibility of this messaenger for this message, so they tried it in the primaries and it didn't really work. so i don't know if there is a way for them to make it work, to stick, but it has not worked so far. >> and the thread, going so far in the distance even now leading up to the general election is that of these e-mails. donald trump pivoting and calling a lot of attention to you know just the constant back and forth. hillary clinton almost keeping the issue alive herself. >> and she has handled it very clumsily. you have to say she has been her opponent's best weapon to use against her. you

and the wise man who told him not to confuse cancellation with failure, that man was david letterman.me on this friday. thank you for being with me. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i was thinking about this the other day. have you ever apologized? ever? your lifetime? >> i fully think apologizing is a great thing 37 but you have to be wrong. but i will absolutely apologize sometime in the hopefully distant future if i'm ever wrong. sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> elton john. i think that was album, the year had to be around 1977. "sorry seems to be the hardest word" and it was for donald trump. >> no more. >>> good morning, it's friday, august 19. mika has the morning off. she's in shock. she's in the state of shock. she saw the speech last night and she has oxygen right now. they called the doctors in. >>> with u

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the campaign is out with a new ad in battleground states using a trump appearance on david lettermanng of clothing line. >> where is your shirt made? >> bangladesh. we employ people in bangladesh. >> they have to work, too. >> ties are made in china? >> it's something she consistently hits him for on the campaign trail. >> i really would like him to explain why he paid chinese workers to pay trump ties. this is one of them. it's got his name on it, of course, and instead of deciding to make those ties right here in colorado -- >> thank you so much! >> clinton held a fund-raiser in colorado last night as the campaign touted a record montha million in july. joe johns, cnn, commerce city, colorado. >>> coming up, the power of a third ticket how it shows gary johnson and william weld can shake things up in the battle for the white house and that as they count down to the libertarian town hall. minutes away i'll be the host and our audience will be asking the questions. stay with us. what're you? i probably got that question 3 to 4 times a week. i'd always get asked if i was asian or moro

campaign events in colorado today while the clinton campaign attacks trump in a new ad featuring david letterman. that's right. that's next on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. you don't know this yet but in fifteen hundred miles, you'll see what you're really made of. after five hours of spinning and one unfortunate ride on the gravitron, your grandkids spot a 6 foot banana that you need to win. in that moment, you'll be happy you partnered with a humana care manager and got your health back on track. because that banana isn't coming home with you until that bell sings. great things are ahead of you when your health is ready for them. at humana, we can help you with a personalized plan for your health for years to come. and i make dog chow in denver, (vcolorado.e's nick one of my fondest memories of khloe is the day we got her. i knew right there she was gonna be a great dog. khloe's a big influence on the family. she loved lincoln from the start. she's his little protector. i trust dog chow to keep khloe healthy because i see the high quality ingredients that go into it. the standards t

those ads talking to david letterman about outsourcing jobs.t it in perspective, this is small. it is still more than zero, what he spent up until now. that alone is showing their trying to make progress. what you're seeing, on all fronts, whether it is what he said last night or giving a blanket semi-apology, or trying states, up staff in the these are all efforts to philly remedy the past months. alix: the other news is that the clinton foundation will stop donations.oreign i would like to know more about the timing of this announcement. why now? it seems to be that the time to make such an out that was months ago when there was a great deal of attention on the foreign .ources of donation that was just a couple of western allies like the u.k. in part, president clinton realize this is a moment in time when he has to say to his team work at the foundation, here is what we will do. that is how this whole thing was announced. chelsea,that he and the decision-makers here, were not influenced by outside pressure. clintonse ally of the said the sam

. >> reporter: the campaign is out with a new ad using a trump appearance on david letterman to slambangladesh. they have to work too. >> the ties are made where? >> china. >> reporter: it's something she consistently hits him for on the campaign trail. >> i would really like him to explain why he paid chinese workers to make trump ties. this is one of them. it's got his name on it, of course. and instead of deciding to make those ties right here in colorado. >> reporter: clinton held a fund-raiser in colorado last night as the campaign touted a record month in donations, raking in $90 million in july, with $9 million from the 24 hours after she accepted the nomination last week. joe johns, cnn, commerce city, colorado. >>> joining me now from washington is jonathan swan, national political reporter for the hill. great to talk with you again. so the latest polls show hillary clinton widening her lead over donald trump. what's behind that increased support and how significant and how sustainable is it, do you think? >> well, conventions always produce bounces. historically, they used

hits issue of his products his ties are not made, in united states, they cut an added using old david lettermanover and over again i kept thinking that doesn't resonate with people people don't care, so why are they doing it to bait him. >> bait him talking about her issues, responding to her not talking about ma is positive are to american people makes people lose attention what matters focus on how he is not presidential not trustworthy, honest and trustworthy numbers are startling he used to be make not likable people at the very least trusted him now a nose dye even there. >> 61% of voters say hillary clinton is dishonesty compared to 62% for trump coming as boat turn up heat attacking one another on records of telling the truth listen to this, lee. >> when donald trump is asked about -- where he makes things, he makes them anywhere else but america. >> what she did is lied so badly, and you have the fbi director saying she lied. >> said all of these things, and now she is running for president. >> your take. >> my take is this is what we should be talking about donald trump should be focus

letterman: ?the ties are made in china." - i'm david moss, and we're firing up the melting pot. what does that mean? - well, it means we're going to all of the best hot spots when it comes to ethnic food. we're taking you around the world basically, and we're staying right here in cleveland. - we're not gonna go to restaurants, no. we're gonna go to neighborhood markets where you can go on the corner and you can check out the food of the folks who live right in that area. if you live in a different neighborhood and you want to try the food of that neighborhood, jump in the car and go there. i say, get out a paper and pencil, right? - you're gonna need it. - yeah, a lot of places. where are you gonna go first?

letterman: ?the ties are made in china." >> it's back to school in miami this week, where almost 8,000 kids will attend classes in one of two zika zones. david begnaud is in miami beach with a look at weaks done to protect students. >> you want the repellent? >>reporter: this afternoon the florida department of health handed out free bug repellent at miami beach senior high. students from here and one other were encouraged to spray themselves before class tomorrow. melanie fishman is principal of south point elementary. >> we don't want it done at the school site. there's kids that have asthma. >>reporter: the miami-dade school district handed out protective clothing, long sleeves and pants for students that needed it. the proactive efforts taken by the school district have impressed carol carp, whose son adam is entering high school. >> i commend their efforts. i think it's fantastic. 's protect our children and to protect our whole community. >>reporter: nearly 3300 kids will now be attending school in the 1.5-mile area where local zika transmission has been confirmed on miami beach. ashley beauregard is six months pregnant. yoga teacher h