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. >> tom hanks surprising health revelations to david letterman. how the oscar winner's film career may have played a role. ,, ,,,,,, closer to the world series. mark sayre joins us in >>> the oakland a's have a chance tonight to win their first play-off series since 2006. mark sayre joins us in oakland where the play-off run has given the fans something to hang their hat on. >> reporter: we are at the new parkway theater 24th and telegraph at oakland. take a look at this. hundreds of a's fans have been here all afternoon watching the game on a big-screen tv and it's not over yet. >> less go oakland! >>> reporter: if they couldn't be in detroit, a's fans say the new parkway theater was the next best place to be to see this afternoon's game. >> it's like being at the game. >> reporter: fans watched on a big screen from two levels yelling excitement at the big plays and showing disappointment when things didn't work out. a's fans say they have always known that their fan base is rock solid. >> our fans are always there. giants fans are always fair we

offering david letterman perspective with the shutdown. "early today" starts right now. >>> this is "early today" for friday, october 4th. >>> good morning. i'm betty nguyen. from shutdown to lockdown to a fatal shooting on capitol hill these are the harrowing moments of a 12-block police chase, much of it caught on camera. police say a woman tried to drive her car through the white house security fence tuesday. she was later shot and killed. during the incident senators say they were ordered to find cover and fast. >> seemed to be about four shots. >> the police told us to go back. >> the cops say get down and behind the car. we ran where they told us to run back. >> this morning we are learning more about the suspect. 34-year-old miriam carey was a connecticut dental hygienist with suspected issues of mental illness. investigators are trying to figure out what brought her to the capital. tracie potts is live in washington with the latest on this. tracie, any more clues this morning? >> not specifically. that's really what investigators w

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and now, david letterman! (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) (cheers and applause) lenny worth, jr., ladies and gentlemen! (musical flourish) here i'm going to show you how my weekend went, this is what i did this weekend, it's a little impression, little slice of life a little vignette, a little look behind the scenes. this is me, my personal life this weekend, this is what i did. a little tableau, i hope you enjoy it. (laughter) this is me on my weekend. (clears throat) (laughter) >> paul: right. >> dave: (breathing heavily) one senior for "bad grand parks please." (laughter) thank you very much. clap thank you, then i put on my persimmon cardigan and went home (laughter and applause) halloween is thursday. i love halloween. you open the door, there's strangers in masks. good idea. okay, what do you want? whatever it is, go ahead. you know forget surprising the staff, every year i try doing something nice for the st

nbc "nightly news" anchor brian williams talked with david letterman. going to talk about barry black, the chaplain of the u.s. senate. >> i brought a quote, the chaplain who started services. quote, deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable. that's in the opening prayer! >> yeah. [ applause ] >> and that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. now for the first look of politics we are joined by kevin. good morning. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, happy friday. >> you, too. we have been focused in terms of the shutdown on negotiations with obama care. when it comes to spending priorities, how far apart are the two sides? >> they are far apart. when you talk about things like entitlements as well as more nuance issues, they are far apart. that being said, there is enough for a compromise if speaker boehner is willing to go against the tea party and not follow the rur that requires them to listen to the majority of the majority party. >> we saw the open mic moment between mitch mcconnell

. >>> a big announce by tom hanks on the late show with david letterman.ng he has type 2 diabetes. >> hanks joins the millions of >>> as tom hanks battled pirates in his high seas drama, behind the scenes the star was confronting a secret he revealed on the late show with david letterman. the actor revealing he has type 2 diabetes. >> hanks joins the millions of americans who have this disease. >> as he battles pirates in this drama behind the scenes he had a secret revealed on the late show with david letterman. >> i went to the doctor and he said the high blood sugar numbers you have been dealing with since you were 36? well, you graduated. you have type two diabetes, young man. >> the 57-year-old actor now one of the nearly 18 million americans facing a new reality, type 2 diabetes. the most common form of the disease. blood sugar levels surge and often lead to widespread organ damage. he joked about his condition with letterman. >> my doctor said if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school you will be healthy and will not have type two diabe

david letterman just agreed to keep hosting his late night talk show through 2015.ment saying he needed a little more time to quote, fully run his show into the ground. the show has been on cbs for 20 years but letterman's been a late night host since the 1980s. debuting originally on nbc, of course. he is now the longest running late night talk show in television -- talk show host in television history. congratulations, dave. if you have been stumbling around with a blindfold on and your fingers in your ears for the past week trying to avoid any spoilers about the last episode of "breaking bad" then do not open today's albuquerque journal. the real newspaper serving the community where walter white's fake drug empire rose and fell, it looks exactly like a real obituary for one of the characters. we're not going to show it to you because i don't want to invoke the high zen-berg like wrath of those who haven't seen the finale yet but the obit does include the phrase "greatly missed" which if you ask staffers here on "the lead" is a massive understatement. make sure t

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. >>> letterman is next with carrie washington. >> are you a big fan. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> how's the find out. >> fingers crossed. >> thanks. >> see you tomorrow. >> dave: paul, i've been thinking about something. you and i have been together for 31 years on television every night and lately, i can't describe it but i feel like something is driving apart. i feel as though something has come between us. >> paul: dave, why would you say such a silly thing? you make it sound like you and i are going to break up or something. we have never been closer and there's absolutely no -- what? oh, time to go, dear? okay, thank you. we have to go. (laughter) ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway, broadcasting across the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight...

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he joked about his condition with letterman. >> my doctor said, look, if you can weigh as much as you in high school, you will essentially be completely healthy and will not have type two diabetes and i said i'm going to have type two diabetes. >> reporter: we've seen him gain 30 pounds for a league of their own, dropped 30 the next year for philadelphia and for cast away he began shooting 40 pounds overweight before losing 50 to play a man left stranded for years, an extreme hollywood version of the yo-yo dieting many americans experience. that in itself doesn't cause diabetes, as long as you don't let those extra pounds stay with you for long. >> what you are saying is the clock is ticking? >> the clocking ticking if you have got excess body weight. if that weight sits, chances are the body is going to adopt that higher body weight. >> you're talking, what, a year? >> probably about a year depending on the individual. >> reporter: tonight hanks tweeting, yep i have type two diabetes. type one is very serious. type two i can manage with very good habits. high shall. >>> next tonight,

a secret he revealed on "the late show with david letterman." >> i went to the doctor and he said thehave been dealing with since you were 36? well, you graduated. you have type two diabetes, young man. >> the 57-year-old actor now one of the nearly 18 million americans facing a new reality, type 2 diabetes. the most common form of the disease. blood sugar levels surge and often lead to widespread organ damage. he joked about his condition with letterman. >> my doctor said, "look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you will essentially be healthy and will not have type two diabetes and then i said to her, i'm going to have type two diabetes." >> reporter: we've all seen hanks' weight fluctuating on the big screen. he gained 30 pounds for "a league of their own" dropped 30 the next year for "philadelphia" and for "castaway, shot 40 pounds overweight before losing 50 to play a man left stranded for years. an extreme hollywood version of the yo-yo dieting many americans experience. that in itself doesn't cause diabetes, as long as you don't let the extra pounds stay

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i was talking about this with david letterman the other day, and letterman went off on all the abusesite society committed against native americans and this, we shouldn't be perpetuating this, and let's change the name. so you, lanny davis, are in a unique position of being a very liberal man, hillary clinton's best friend, and now the left are saying you're suspect here, lanny. >> first of all, a friend. look, david letterman is entitled to his opinion. what he shouldn't do is makeup facts and until he talks to native americans across the spectrum, which is who we're hearing from, they're not offended by a sports team name where there's no intent and there's no analogy to expletives about race that are slurs where there's nothing but intent to disparage. for 80 years the washington redskins have been beloved as a team name, as have cleveland indians, atlanta braves and chicago blackhawks that won the stanley cup. at least i want a level standard. we love singing hail to the redskins, that's a song of honor and that is not a song of disparaging. >> thank you. the tip of the day. are y

. >>> talk-show host david letterman has renewed his contract with cbs.of late-night tv is set to be on the air through 2015. letterman has already eclipsed johnny carson's record of 30 years behind the late-night deck of the his program averages more than 3 million viewers every night. >>> benjamin gets a makeover. the new changes coming to the $100 bill next week. >>> plus, a fiesta in the sky, the aerial festival that draws thousands from across the globe. . >>> a change in the weather is on its way. there is the a's flag. they won tonight, ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is next with when we expect a cooldown and possibly some showers. . >>> prepane burners roared into the predawn sky as more than 500 balloons rose above albuquerque, new mexico, to mark the start of the annual balloon festival. the international event draws balloonists from around the world to float through the southwestern desert skies. one passenger broke her leg this morning when the balloon she was riding in made a hard land. >>> mark tamayo in the weather center. it would have bee

they say we wanted to fund it and we are willing to compromise -- >> on the late show with david letterman brian williams said the country is in a very, very dark time. >> they have a point to make. they don't like how the place is being governed. it is a heck of a lot easier to do it from their set of seats in the house. it is a heck of a lot tougher when you bottle things up and we are where we are. day three, complete paralysis. when i called the u.s. capitol after we had a shooting in washington i couldn't get anybody. the government workers had been furloughed. >>> an early winter storm hits the rocky mountains. in montana over ten inches of snow have fallen. temperatures are in the 30s. none of that seemed to bother this golden retriever. bill karins is here. >> tornadoes, landfalling tropical system and a blizzard. the storm in the gulf, karen does not look too impressive. the center of the storm is located where it is spinning. thunderstorms are displaced to the east of the storm. winds are still at 65 miles per hour. it is still a big area of circulation. without thunderstorms nea

actor tom hanks makes an announcement on the late show with david letterman. here is mary bubala with the spontaneous revelation. >> you look wonderful. >> wren tom hanks join ed david letterman on stage he began the conversation with an unexpected announcement. >> i went to the doctor and he said you know those high blood sugar numbers you've been dealing with since you were 36? you graduated, you have type 2 diabetes. >> the 57-year-old actor is known for taking on rolls that require him to gain and lose a lot of weigh. they said those extreme weight fluxuations could play a role. >> when you're gaining and losing it's altering your metabolism. >> more than 20 million adults have type diabetes, including glen da ford who was diagnosed two years ago. she talks with people. like hanks she said people are surprised because she looks healthy. >> i have to take my sugar every single morning to see if it's okay. i have to be very careful about what i eat. diabetes is nothing to take lightly. it's nothing to play with. the complications can come out of nowhere. >>