don rickles passed away this afternoon. who was one of the all-time greats. i -- i've told this story before, but it meant so much to me. a few years ago, i was at a party, and don rickles was there. and he was sitting at his table. and he was alone. and i said to myself, "i will always regret it if i don't say hello to don rickles." and i went over and i said, "mr. rickles, i just want to say hello. my name is seth meyers. i'm on saturday night live.'" and he just looked at me and said, "oh, i'm so sorry to hear 'saturday night live was cancelled. and i was like, "oh, it wasn't cancelled." and then he just went, "oh, a guy can dream." [ laughter ] i remember thinking there is nothing better than getting burned by don rickles. so, i was always very thankful for that and i was very thankful that we got to enjoy his comedy for all these many years. rest in peace, don rickles. [ applause ] moving on, this week has been a very consequential week in the trump presidency. today he met with the president of china after reshuffling his national security council and p

. >> it's like don rickles. it's like the hungarian don rickles.sn't answer questions. >> anderson, anderson, anderson. keep shouting gorka using his nationality as a joke. that's so not tolerant of you. if i did that joke about someone's ethnic akram, your pals in the liberal media would be calling for my head. including sebastian gorka included can laugh at your jokes. speaking of funny, though, couldn't pass the opportunity to remind you all of the election night in may for the special election in georgia, this picture could be titled " #notwinning" they say a picture speaks a thousand words. look at the long faces. what do you think about this? do you think they keep pulling these precious stories after russia stories, they completely missed the trump win. >> yeah. they are people who are not over the 2016 election. and i think it's important for the democrats to reorganize and move forward with an agenda that will attract the attention of the american people and went back their sentiments on practical matters. economy, health care, education,

. >> it's like the hungarian don rickles. howie: does it make sense for white house officials to do that and attack the ratings of the network he's on? gillian: i think it makes sense from a political object for somebody who works on political communications and the press team to do this. i don't think it's even safe for somebody who is advising the president on counter-terrorism to take on that role. i don't know if dr. gorka assumed that role unilaterally. howie: he told hannity somebody has to be the president's pit bull. what do you think about how anderson cooper handled it saying he's a hungarian don rickles. gillian: that was kind of funny. i am one of those people who cringes when i watch cable news battles where people are attacking each other. i never think that's a good thing. i don't understand why administration officials who don't even have press and media in their portfolio are out front on this issue. howie: because they are an aggressive surrogate. gillian: sebastian gorka as a counter-terrorism advisor is no

if you're going to insult somebody, don't bring up don rickles he just died three months ago, he wasmple.ul >> sean: remember when he said to my friend jeffrey lord, are they able to recover their brand? you know a lot about branding. >> i don't know. anderson cooper, he's a vanderbilt. his narrative and the amount of money h that he has made predispute and i'm talking about the cnn brand. >> come on, maybe he can help them out financially because they're going down. >> sean: that's probably true. does jeff zucker survive considering he's driven this network into the ground? >> i think the advertising revenue is still pretty good, 13th in total viewership is not where you want to be, you don't want to be trailing episodes of full house which is a show that came on the year 30 years ago, they're going to have to turn things around quickly. just doing that kind of reportage instead of focusing on one topic so much. harvard studies showed 93% of all coverage on cnn is negative toward the trump administration, that is a number you cannot spend. >> sean: will take a break, the sub next to

. >> it's like don rickles, that's his sctich. he's like the hungarian don rickles.hen he did answer questions, he said something that was factually incorrect. he said this lawyer was completely independent, had nothing to do with the kremlin. now, he has no actual knowledge of whether this lawyer is connected to the kremlin in any way. there's a lot of reporting by "the new york times" that she is, in fact, she denies it, the russian government denies it, but he doesn't know, and yet he's on television stating factually, she's independent. >> yeah, so it is interesting as paul's pointing out that it's him. and maybe there is nobody else who wants to do this, because this is very difficult to defend. so it says a lot that this person who really has no connection to this is coming out and saying things and not really making any substantiative argument. even the things he was saying was the equivalent of me trying to convince you that this dress is yellow. i mean, it was -- he just kept saying that things -- that objectively happened and didn't happen, and wasn't willi

he's like the don rickles of politics. if you are in his orbit. can't make that claim when we all if you watched the primary antigen. we know how he - -- how he operates. howie: we had a tweet a little bit cooler. joe and miqa not such bad people. ray: this is just odd. the president of the united states coming down from olympus and putting himself on the same level as morning commentators. howie: you are saying he does this to both genders. does it remind us of him slamming megyn kelly and what he said on the "access hollywood" tape. mollie: he's an insulter. he goes after people who are male or female. during the primary wasn't joe scarborough floating his own name as a vp candidate in they were very favorable to the president. howie: let's put up some foot knowledge at the beginning of 2016. mollie: they did a lot to normalize and legitimize his candidacy. and they were very friendly toward him. this erratic nature thing is not just the president, it's the media south lets. howie: the day the travel ban partially took effect because of the supr

. >> don rickles others equal opportunity offenders would go after everyone all sides rediclsuness. >bout. >> comedy writers. >> headlines a vote in socialist country venezuela could allow government to rewrite constitution amid months of deadly violent protests. ♪ many are protesting the vote if council is approved would create a dictatorship more than 100 people died in those riots more economic sanctions from u.s. are expected. a massive fire forcing 22000 people to evacuate a music festival the stage at tomorrow landed a festival in barcelona up in flames you can see there officials to the fire started after a technical malfunction nobody was hurt electronic dance festival canceled after next stop taiwan france closing door on jihadi rehas been project if you heard about this government making announcement failing to fill that rehab center with terrorists we told you about that center when launched in september 2016 it was created in effort to deradicalize extremities between 18 and 30, planned as part of the 40-million-dollar program so unclear if they will ever open doors again.

. >> reporter: bob and don rickles had a friendship that lasted over 50 years.ope everybody has as close a friend as we had. >> reporter: do you know what your legacy, how you want to be remembered? >> i had a marriage that's lasted 54 years, which i credit a lot with laughter. people come up to me and say, thank you for all of the laughter. and i say it was my pressuleasu. it was my pleasure. >> just amazing. his wife, jenny, was a delight, as well. she had come in t they had a lifelong love affair with the rickles, as well. >> i love this series. >> i do, too. bob newhart, i wish i was there. >> they have been pinch me moments. >> they really are. >>> just ahead, clever uses for stuff you probably have lying around your house. like leftover bread. first this, is "today" on nbc. >>> welcome back to "today." don't you hate when you have leftover hamburger buns or nail polish that is just cluttering up your bathroom. the editors at "woman's day" have come up with uses for everyday items. tara has come up with the solutions. we have three things lying around that