charlie: christmas, jon stuart, thanks for doing this. charlie: this is the today show.ral history. >> come on. >> the title, if i did it, was taken, so we had to go with the other title. >> because it is an oral history. >> and the people who performed this show are so interesting and are really not

charlie: christmas, jon stuart, thanks for doing this. charlie: this is the today show. chris, why an oral history. >> come on. >> the title, if i did it, was taken, so we had to go with the other title. >> because it is an oral history. >> and the people who performed this show are so interesting and are really not terribly well known outside of the 22 minutes a night that jon and everybody else did for 16 years. but the actual process of making the show, that wasn't kept secret but kept close because jon was so focused on those four days a week and just getting it done and that's a hard job. the actual process, the making of the show, the evolution, the growth, internally and externally, was a story best told by the people who lived it. charlie: go to jon and say, will you do this and cooperate. and you said yes, let's do this. it was i thought he was really well done and we were involved in the 16 years and people say, what was it like and what was your favorite parts? i said i don't know. charlie: you learned something? jon: the perspective of the men and women. if i

he took over for jon stuart. i was a guest on stuart's program on a number of occasions.that noah's going to try to mock you and his audience is there to support him. does that bother you at all? >> no. because someone has to have the guts to do it. i knew walking in that i was going to be walking into a crowd of people that were going to boo me and jeer me. >> i didn't think you came off bad. i thought you made your points fairly articulately. >> i have never looked down on someone because of their skin color. true diversity is diversity of thought not color. i don't see color. [crowd gasps] [ laughter ] >> you don't see color? so, what do you do at traffic lights. [ laughter ] >> so does it bother you personally that he is not going to give you a fair shake? >> no, not at all. because you can't expect them to play fair. you get a little bit louder and expect your voice to be heard. >> i don't expect any liberal show or comedy show or anything from the mainstream media to be fair. i have already accepted that as i'm sure you know as well. they are not going to be fair th

jon stewart. i was a guest on stuart's program a number of occasions.at noah is going to try to mock you and his audience is there to support him. does that bother you at all? >> no. because someone has to have the guts to do it. i knew walking in that i was going to be walking in to a crowd of people that wero boo m. >> i didn't think you came off bad. i thought you made your points fairly articulately. >> does it bother you personally that he is not going to give you a fair shake. >> not at all. you can't expect them to play fair. get a little louder and expect your voice to be heard. >> why can't you expect to be fair. >> i don't expect any liberal show or comedy show or anything from the mainstream media to be fair. i have already accepted that. they are not going to be fair. they are going to label to you high lesson but keep going. >> i know they're not but -- well, look, did you a nice job. you're an interesting person. and we appreciate you coming on tonight. >> thanks so much, bill. >> we come right back, it will be miller time, madonna blaming

have that curiosity good to see you as you so much jon ratzenberger joining us, president-elect donald trump giving marching orders to advance policies stuartet of generalss,mcdonald testing waffle fries. back in a minute. ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: 45 minutes away from opening bell going to be a winner take a look at this market on fire once again! since the election, and trump rally rolls on up 38 points on dow jones industrial average, we've got fade meeting next week we heard from ecb this morning, ecb mario draghi moving the markets in europe as well. couple names on move at&t facing tough scrutiny from lawmakers yesterday on capitol hill over the company proposed 85-billion-dollar acquisition of time warner. telecom giant defended against concerns of eliminated consumer choice promising better priechgs to consumers facing high cable bills at&t shares up 20% mcdonald's getting a signature fries adding 1/2ole fries to menu for the holidays available in canada, no word on whether 1/2l fries make their way to u.s. stock up almost 3%, year over year, not as good a year this year for mcdonald's as last year. trump facing criticism this morning for choosi

jon hilsenrath, and everybody. >> thank you. maria: that will do it for us. we'll see you tomorrow, same time and place, stuart, over to you. stuart: i've gotten seconds to spare. maria: i know it. stuart: congratulations, you're beating your opposition. i want some of your audience. maria: you've got it. stuart: 2016 has delivered its share of surprises. good morning, everyone. here is another. joe biden says he will run in 2020. yes, he said it. he would be 78 years old. seriously? a reporter asked? >> yeah, i am. we're going to run again, he said that statement sticking in the water. they're having trouble with new thinking and we'll bring you the party who can nt figure out why they lost. the donald trump victory tour goes to fayetteville, the nominee general mattis will be there. you can expect a big crowd. at trump tower, many from business riding the golden elevator looking for a job in the trump cabinet. including exxon's ceo today, rex tillison. the trump rally, as in the stock market rolls on, too. since his election the dow has gone up 883 points and will be a little higher today. look at rahm emanuel's dead brok

jon hilsenrath, and everybody. >> thank you. maria: that will do it for us. we'll see you tomorrow, same time and place, stuart, over to you.re. maria: i know it. stuart: congratulations, you're beating your opposition. i want some of your audience. maria: you've got it. stuart: 2016 has delivered its share of surprises. good morning, everyone. here is another. joe biden says he will run in 2020. yes, he said it. he would be 78 years old. seriously? a reporter asked? >> yeah, i am. we're going to run again, he said that statement sticking in the water. they're having trouble with new thinking and we'll bring you the party who can nt figure out why they lost.

jon huntsman and ad mir james stavridis. what does she think about prime minister abe visiting pearl harbor? she's next. stuartis morning. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe announced he will visit pearl harbor with president obama later this month. joining us, monica crowley, "washington times" online opinion editor. what is going on with this? that is announced this morning. we've never seen a japanese leader visit pearl harbor before? >> just like we've never had american president or president-elect take a call from a taiwanese president in about four decades. this is the donald trump effect. we all understand the united states has one president at a time. donald trump is not trying to usurp president obama's power but this is a direct effect of the new president coming in. donald trump did not run on reinforcing the status quo. donald trump won on promise of smashing it, challenging conventional ways of doing things. that is what he intends to do. stuart: are we getting closer to asia's other great power, japan. we're getting closer to them as we poke the eye out of the other great power which is china, i