he reportedly has a clause in his contract which gives him the right to replace letterman when lettermanin 2015. >> conan o'brien, whose show also expires in 2015. an offbeat choice, but could work, chelsea handler, the host of e!'s "chelsea lately" so the timing could work out. >> the agents are on the phone, positioning as we speak. and another selection, huh? >> hey hey. >> what do you think. >>> zoo anyway, abcnews.com is conducting an unscientific poll about who should replace david letterman. conan o'brien has the most votes. >> not even on your own website can you -- >> i got one or two, my mom. >> craig ferguson is a close second and jerry seinfeld, a distant third. he's not even in the running and he's on there. >> diana, too, she's in there. >> why not? >> the '90s -- not the '90s. 2015. >>> moving on inspect anyone who checked out hollywood gossip pieces. james franco flirting, shamelessly, with a 13-year-old fan. >> he's said he met her outside of the theater where he's performing and they exchanged numbers. it turns out the whole thing may have been a giant promotion for fra

and you can watch late night with david letterman. we have his full retirement announcement and original stories from his 1996 visit. >>> johnny depp on the show to night. >>> no joking on the forecast. >> we have some showers out there. maybe hearing the pitter patter on the roof the next hour or two. we will talk about that in a second. san jose is not receiving the rainfall. we have partly cloudy skies, but everybody has a crack at more rainfall coming up tomorrow. now, i think the heaviest rain we are going to see is what is sitting offshore of san mateo county. san francisco, marin. so tween midnight and 1:00 will be the heaviest rain we get. you may get a tenth of an inch of rain in short order overnight tonight. overnight lows warmer because of the cloud cover. san rafael. 45. fremont, 45. 47 in mountain view s. 50, the overnight low for pacifica. san mateo, the next two days, tomorrow, rain showers, during the day, nothing that heavy. but tomorrow morning, there will be showers out there. you may want the get up a few minutes

do brits get david letterman? >> yeah. >> they do get david letterman?larly, and i think it's that biting quality. british humor is often a bit darker, a bit more acerbic, cynical. >> acerbic, yeah. >> and i think he was popular in the u.k. the way jon stewart is. every kid i know watches jon stewart. >> all right. let's get to other news of the morning. majority leader harry reid, a doubling down on his criticism of the koch brothers whom he recently described as un-american. and today's "l.a. times" reports he is hardly the only democrat taking aim. senator al franken sent an e-mail to supporters accusing the kochs of master mining a secretive network to funnel dark money all over the country. senator mark bag itch of alaska, meanwhile, is taking his feelings to the airwaves. >> the koch brothers -- >>ing about air koch brothers. >> they come into our town, buy our refinery. >> running it into the ground. >> leaving a mess. >> a lot of alaskans are losing jobs, and i'm concerned about the drinking water. >> charles koch responded to the criticism in a

letterman carved out the own nish. sometimes there were the top-ten lists. >> number nine, what's up gangsters? it's the mi double tizzle. >> number five, diffused stare. number three, look at this, no number three stolen by o.j. and the number one sign barack obama is over confident been cruising for chicks with john edwards. >>> letterman's run hasn't been without controversial including tabloid headlines over an affair. he was forced to apologize about sarah palin's daughter. >> one awkward moment, her daughter was knocked up by alex rodriguez. am i guilty of poor taste? yes. did i suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having sex? no. >> letterman said he's looking forward to spending more time with his family. remains to be seen exactly who is going to replace him. it got our head spinning. who do you think should replace david letterman as the host for late night? there's a lot of candidates out there. how about a woman? tweet your most creative answers including #waytooearly. you've had some

there is only one david letterman. his greatness will always be remembered here and he will certainly sit among a pantheon of this business." >>> many bay area comedians count letterman as a mentor. i sat down with one of them, will durst. >> gray hairs are going away for the television and i blame hd. that's what i blame. because you can see every crease and crevice. carson, nobody knew he was old. he had pancake. joan rivers, you know? nobody knew. she is still old. but yeah, it's -- he is going to be missed. >> i blame hd, too. he also gave me one guess as to who might replace letish man. he said chelsea handler just wrapped up his contract with the enetwork and could be a replacement. >>> he came to the bay area in 1996 and hosted a week of shows in san francisco and some of the highlights were letterman riding a cable car, riding a skateboard down lombard with joe montana and it wouldn't be the letterman show without a top 10. robin williams stopped by on a bicycle to help out with that. more of these letterman me

he will leave his cable show behind and take over david letterman's chair. most coveted in late night. in a statement, colbert said simply being a guest on david letterman's show has been a highlight in my career. now if you'll excuse me, i have to go grind a gap in my front teeth. that's a reference to letterman's iconic grin. >> when you have that man of that stature, it's difficult. >> the ceo of cbs. why stephen colbert? >> every name in town came up, calls from managers, but the one that stood out amongst all of them was stephen colbert. i think he brings an originality. he brings a great deal of intelligence. so versatile. >> turn now to our senior viral analyst, dr. stephen colbert. >> reporter: colbert was a correspondent for eight years on "the daily show with jon stewart." he got his own comedy central show in 2005. the colbert report, as he calls it, has won four emmys and two peabodies by skewering politicians and america. >> this is america, we don't need to know where they are to send troops there. >> reporter: he won fame pretending to be some

moonves added, "there's only one david letterman." tonight, the nation's midsection is getting hammered by severe any as. as many as 52 million people are in the path of the system as it moves east. at least one tornado has touched lown, and vicente arenas is in st. louis tonight. th reporter: nearly 100 homes were damaged in this st. louis suburb by a predawn tornado producing 110-mile-per-hour winds. donald ellington has lived here for 45 years. >> i'm not one that easily thies, but i really did well up this morning when i saw this for the first time. >> reporter: the same storm hestem produced hail. it was the size of golf balls in tchita, and broke car windows in north texas. nearly three and a half inches of rain in indiana caused flash flooding that floo fock in st. louis, crews tried s arbereextbe line of storms hits town tonight. and, scott, this cold weather that has stretched into the first couple of weeks of spring has produced a quiet tornado season. ers arhanges tonight. direcasters are saying there ould be hail and flood

david letterman will be succeeded by the prolific comedian and tv host. cbs reporter alison harmelin with the big shoes that colbert is about to fill. >> reporter: stephen colbert said thursday just being a guest on david letterman's show has been a highlight of his career but next year he is filling letterman's chair on the late show. >> come on up high, buddy. yeah. >> reporter: cbs made the announcement a week after letterman said he was calling it a career. >> taking a hike. >> reporter: colbert released a statement saying, quote, i'm thrilled and grateful that cbs chose me. now if you'll excuse me, i have to grind a gap in my front teeth. he has won multiple emmys and a grammy playing an out-of-touch conservative talk show host on comedy central. leslie moonves said he won't be playing the character that is made him famous. he will just be himself. >> the persona of stephen colbert will work so well on late night, original, smart and different than what anybody else has. >> reporter: colbert turns 50 next month. he is married with three children. his

he became the late night with david letterman on nbc. in 1982 after nbc joined jay leno. david jumped to cbs bringing his hall mark top ten list with him. >> we don't have the timing down. probably in a year or so. sometime in the not too distant future. in 2015, for the love of god, paul and i will be wrapping things up and taking a hike. >> reporter: after nearly 6,000 shows on two different networks, when he steps away, david letterman will end the longest late night hosting run in television history. >> i just want to reiterate my thanks for the support from the network, all of the people who have worked here, all the people in the that it eric all the people on the staff, everybody at home, thank you very much. what this means now is that paul and i can be married. >> reporter: cbs has not indicated who letterman's replacement will be. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >>> well, the president and ceo of cbs, leslie moonves issued a statement on letterman's decision. he said, quote, for 21 years david letterman has graced our network's air in late night with wit, gravita

david letterman is signing off. it's true. the legacy of a television pioneer and his conversation with charlie about retirement. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if you can hear me, you see me, get inside the house. get away from windows. get under something sturdy. >> yeah, you can see the rotation. >> violent storms tear across the country. >> millions in its path. >> the system stretches from louisiana to the great lakes. >> tornadoes, damaging wind, hail, flooding. >> i don't know what to do! i've never been in a storm! >> investigators still trying to determine why army specialist ivan lopez went on a shooting rampage at ft. hood. >> there may have been a verbal altercation, and there's a strong possibility that that, in fact, immediately preceded the shooting. >> the underwater search for flight 370 has begun using the navy's pinger locator to try to find the black boxes. >> paul and i will be wrapping things up and taking a hike. thank you! thanks, everybod

and what this means now is that paul and i can be married. >> of course, letterman wouldn't be lettermandemark top ten list. here is a look back at some of our favorite political moments from those over the years. >> to keep the budget balanced, i'll rent the situation room for sweet 16s. >> hey, that's a nice idea. number eight. >> i'm the guy in the photo that comes with your picture frame. >> that's right. that's where i have seen him. number four. >> thanks to corporate sponsorship, majority whip now known as miracle whip. >> number five, first day in office, my mother's face goes up on mt. rushmore. >> wow, look there! >> and the number one sign barack obama is overconfident, been cruising for chicks with john edwards. >> of course, when it came to politics, one of letterman's favorite targets is chris christie, who he has relentlessly parodied in some over-the-top videos. but despite the laughs at his expense, the new jersey governor famously got in on the joke with a little self-parody when he joined letterman in february of last year. >> i've made jokes about you, not just one or

letterman is stepping down.elevision is going and also -- >> letterman is stepping down? >> sorry we had to break the news for you. >> i've been out of the country for 30 years. >> joy had an encounter with chris christie recently. we will show you a clip from that. >> your favorite. >> this show is his favorite. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. take this simple test. press your tongue against it, like this. it moves! do you feel it? it can happen with every denture. these movements may irritate your gums. but you don't have to bear with it. you can try fixodent plus gum care. thanks to its formula, your gums become one with your denture. this helps stop movement and helps prevent gum irritation so you can keep enjoying life. [ apple crunches ] fixodent. and

we're going to talk about david letterman ree letterman's retirement., contributor to cbs "sunday morning". comedy writer and performer julie clausener. maybe a friend some day. professor thompson, tv and pop culture at syracuse university. nancy, who's going to replace david letterman? >> one of the things that's been annoying him. first, how much i love him and how bummed i am. it's a mission to get on his show before he leaves. having said that, when they talk about the replacements, i'm annoyed how casually they mention another list of white men. ari, you're a white man. i don't want you to be insulted. what's with that? >> what's up with that? >> the country looks different. >> julie, let me ask you what's up with that. >> it's just taking a cue from history and current events. that's sort of what's going on right now. why wouldn't they speculate that another white straight guy would host a late night talk show? that's frpretty much what the landscape is, with the exception of chelsey handler. >> we're going to do a whole segment on that. >> i wish

letterman personally gave cbs the thumbs up for selecting colbert as his replacement. many fans say they will miss dave but change is good. >> i think it would be great to bring a younger crowd in and still keep the name of the show. >> reporter: the two comedians took a selfie, already a nod to the younger demographic colbert is expected to attract when he takes over for letterman next year. alison harmelin for cbs news, new york. >> all right. >> see how it goes. >> absolutely. we'll have to watch the taped show of it, right, on these hours >> you'll get to watch it. >> i'll be able to watch it, yeah. >> we, on the other hand -- >>> 4:49. we are checking in with you on our weather. >> looks like the wind is calming down around the bay area so today a little sunshine a few high clouds a nice day ahead. out the door, it is chilly. temperatures dropping off in the 40s and 50s in many spots although down in the 30s in the napa valley. but throughout the day today we'll find some sunshine just a couple of clouds and slightly warmer temperatures and then rain again possibl

the big question, whether he can lift letterman's flagging ratings. some critics say he's at odds with a wider american audience. >> you care what i think of colbert getting letterman's gig? cbs just declared war on the heartland of america. no longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional american values. it's just wide out in the open. they hired a partisan, so-called comedian so run a comedy show. >> rush limbaugh's opinion there. we get to our twitter question. did cbs make the right choice? if not, who would have been a better choice. tweet us your most creative answers. we'll put the best ones on the show. we already have a few votes for lewis. now that's funny. finally, i get a laugh in the a-block. >>> still ahead, the red sox at the stadium, but the talk of the game is all about what appears to be on his hand. we'll show you a closeup. >>> tina fey and amy poehler are teaming up again. we'll tell you what their new project is all about. i personally know the director that's signed on to this. that story and a check of the weath

wendy gillette has more on david letterman's retirement plans. >> reporter: david letterman was serious for a change when he made his big announcement detailing a phone call to cbs chairman leslie moonves. >> i said leslie, it's been great, you've been great, the network has been great, but i'm retiring. >> reporter: in typical fashion, letterman quickly followed up with a joke. >> what this means now is that paul and i can be married. [ laughter ] >> it was shocking. i couldn't believe it. is he joking? and it wasn't a joke, i guess. >> reporter: letterman has taped more than 4,000 shows here at the ed sullivan theater in manhattan for cbs. before his reign on the late show, he did another 1800 shows on nbc. that's almost 6,000 shows over more than 3 decades making letterman the longest running late night talk show host in television history. it wasn't all fun. >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: in 2009, he confessed to affairs with staffers. and in 2000, he underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery but made a full recovery. >> lovely, thank you very

. >> i'm sad that letterman is leaving, but colbert is hysterical.er: he made his first appearance on the show. he was accepted into his internship program back in the '80s. >> i did not take the intern ship. >> why is that? >> it did not pay people. the next job -- >> reporter: he applied for a writing job in the '90s. >> the number one cocktail for santa, silent night train. >> reporter: this is a chance for the audience to get to know the real stephen colbert, not the character he plays on his current show, the colbert report. >> i have my show for the rest of the year and -- when are you leaving? i don't know. i should have asked. >> what's it worth to you, steve? >> reporter: many fans say they'll miss dave but change is good. >> i think it would be a great to bring a younger crowd in and still keep the name of the show. >> reporter: the two comedians took a selfie, already a nod to the younger demographic colbert is expected to attract when he takes over for letterman next year. >>> well, the duke and duchess of cambridge got down, down under t

this time, it was letterman. >> is that why we did eight minutes on letterman? because you had done it this morning? >> there's no plot, dana. i was just chosen to do the c block. >> have they gotten a psychiatric counselor away from your show yet? >> we don't need it. >> you're going to like this one from rodney. what living or dead sports person would you like to interview and why? >> lou gehrig. to me, i couldn't be more impressed with the guy, what he achieved in such a short time, and how ironic a man named the iron horse would die the way he did. >> i'm going to ask eric his. and they're in order, so i have to read them this way, but i would read them a different way. eric, who is going to win the world series this year? >> ooh, i'm a huge st. louis cardinals fan, and they have always been there, they're always knocking on the door. i would love to see them win it again. >> do you have any good stories you can share related to your days at rollins college? >> nothing i could talk about on air. did you know jeb bush spoke there. >> he's being modest, the pi

that's a reference to letterman's iconic grin. >> when you have a guy of letterman's stature, it's not of cbs. why stephen colbert? >> every name in town came up. we got a lot of calls from agents and managers, but the one that stood out among all of them was stephen colbert. i think he brings an originality. he brings a great deal of intelligence. he is so versatile. >> we turn now to our senior viral analyst dr. stephen colbert. >> reporter: colbert was a correspondent for eight years on "the daily show" with jon stewart. he got his own comedy central show in 2005. the colbert report has won four emmys and two peabody awards by skewering politicians, the media and hollywood. >> this is america, and we don't need to know where a country is to send troops there. >> reporter: the comedian made his name by pretending to be someone else. on "60 minutes" in 2006, morley safer asked him about his know- it-all alter ego. >> that character that you play, is he smart or is he proud to be stupid? >> i think of him as well intentioned, poorly informed, high status idiot. >> reporter: nearly 50,

letterman has recorded over 6,000 shows.resident obama tweeted there are more than 10 reasons david letterman will be missed. >>> academy of country music awards is this sunday night. i caught up with last year's entertainer of the year and this year's cohost luke bryan earlier in the week. >> i'm just looking forward to the whole night. i mean, it's always acm show always -- always seems to launch a big new star and there's always surprises and special guests that really seem to make the night pretty incredible. so just encourage everybody to tune in. >> yes, michelle, he is cute. [ laughter ] >> you can catch live acts from luke and country music's brightest stars right here sunday night at 8:00 on kpix 5. >> thank you for that frank. >>> it's a fresh taste for an old favorite. our fresh grocer tony tantillo is shopping for white asparagus. >> reporter: well, today's tip of the day is going to be is white asparagus. when you buy it, you want to make sure it's got that beautiful color all the way around. that white color. i

each delivering letterman's top ten list.ma has appeared on late night tv more than any other president and democrats have far more than republicans. though both obama and mitt romney slow jammed the news with jimmy fallon in 2012. and even as the audience has fragmented with much of it migrating to cable, late night tv remains a cultural touch stone. so it is with a kolber style tip of the hat that we know that dave letterman will retire from late night next year. letterman made the announcement on his show last night, starting the clock on the end of a tv era. who call the letterman the best there is and ever was. and from president obama, who included an homage for his appearance with dave at the ed sullivan theater. letterman is the last of an old guard, the final hair to the par and steve allen era, comics who ruled the late night tvr schedule. going to war with each other over the coveted legacy of the late night genre. two emmys later, he landed late night with david letterman on nbc, where his brand of self-dep indica

if it wasn't for david letterman the show wouldn't exist.asn't for david letterman, i wouldn't be here and if i wasn't here, you would just be an audience full of people watching nobody, just in an empty studio. i'll never forget the first time i went on his show. i was so nervous. i was excited, but mostly nervous. and the only thing more exciting than the first time i went on his show was the second time because the second time i knew i hadn't totally blown it the first time. so that was great. and the last time i was on his show, he was saying, because i was going to do this show. and he -- there was a show on nbc called "the tomorrow show." and he thought that was a better name. he chose "late night" but he said, you know now you have it. you should go back to "the tomorrow show", because that's a better show because then the network could have "the today show", "the tonight show" and "the tomorrow show." and he's probably right. "the tomorrow show" is probably the better name but the reason i would never call this anything but "late nig

host letterman will retire some time next year. and colbert will take letterman's seat there at cbs. >> they seems to get along pretty well. colbert revealed he tried several times to get a job as a writer on the show. and finally managed to land an internship. but he turned it down because there wasn't any pay. >> who could blame him? >> this is an expensive city. this, dave, i have to ask, the next job i'm taking here, that pays? >> i have nothing to do with that. >> i already signed. >> pays pretty well. oh, check her out. also on letterman last night, our own robin roberts, who has written a book about overcoming a rare blood disorder. robin told letterman she is now healthier and happier than she has ever been. >> looks just as wonderful as usual. >> fantastic as always. >>> it was nine years ago today, that an internet institution began. the first youtube video was uploaded on april 23rd, 2005, by co-founder jawed karim. it also featured him at the san diego zoo. meet me at the zoo is still available on the site. >> the 90-se

craig ferguson whose show follows letterman.ortedly contains a clause that gives him a right to replace letterman. we'll see. >> there's conan o'brien whose current contract also expires next near. >> same thing for jon stewart of "the daily show." in the past he said he's not interested in a network show. >> and chelsea handler said she's leaving her show next year. >> don't forget john and diana, we're interested as well. >> all right, coming up next. the great one's daughter causing some controversy. >> we're talking about wayne gretzky's daughter in a provocative pose. looks great if you ask me. >> paulina is a not a professional golfer. she happens to be engaged to one, dustin johnson. lpga golfers who have never been on the cover say "golf digest" is just trying to sell magazines. but she still looks good. >>> all right, finally this, sky dive something fraught with danger but no one has ever recorded this kind of danger before. >> a guy skydiving in norway wearing a cam are on his head. he captures a meteorite zooming pas

. >> and david letterman's replacement is named. why the president of cbs says stephen colbert was an easy choice to take over the chair of late night. coming up. saying they got sick.. an official with princess cruis says 104 passengers and 25 members have n >>> more passengers on this cruise ship say they got sick. an official with princess cruises says 124 passengers and 25 crew members have the norovirus. the cruise ship did stop in san francisco earlier in the week and has since gone down the coast to san diego. about 50 people still quarantined in their cabins because they could be contagious. >>> san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick isn't saying anything about a police investigation under way in florida. a woman says she woke up in a hospital after a night of partying with kaepernick and two other men. as kpix 5's joe vazquez reports, miami police are calling it a suspicious incident but so far, no one has been charged with any crime. >> reporter: so far, 49ers star quarterback colin kaepernick has had no comment

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letterman used to be conservative. i think he turned in george w. bush. he didn't like him and he flipped. >> whatever he did, he is still perceived to be a liberal. i don't know what rush is talking about. >> i love watching colbert because i agree with the colbert character half the time. sometimes when he's in character, he makes good points. >> he is very funny. i think he's very witty, very funny. it's a big gamble though because he does have a personality that can be perceived in the heartland of america maybe as aloof, sarcastic. sometimes he comes across as mean. we can laugh it. maybe other people won't like it. i think colbert is a little overtly liberal and i was jimmy fall lon, i would be very shrewd and i would moderate and emulate jay leno. >> i think colbert is going to play more to the center in politics. he's good. >> why don't they get tagged with not hiring a woman? this is gender gap -- >> they will play that. the face of obamacare, a fiasco has finally resigned, five years into her tenure, kathleen

i love david letterman, obviously.to take the train from college down to new york city to go see him at the "late show." he was always amazing, great shows. then, you know, i think it was after "saturday night live," he asked me to guest host for him. he had shingles. and i think that's where -- that's where i got the bug. [ laughter ] >> steve: not the shingles? >> jimmy: no, not the shingles. [ light laughter ] >> steve: because that's hard to get rid of. >> jimmy: that's where i got shingles. yeah, yeah. that's where -- i remember it now. that's where i picked up shingles. [ laughter ] but gosh, we'll miss him when he does go. he's one in a million. he's a hall of famer. i love that guy. [ cheers and applause ] in the past -- we've got time -- it was a big thrill here. remember when we had paul shaffer on? we had paul shaffer on the show. he wrote a new book and so we had paul shaffer on. and letterman came with paul. do you remember that? all the crew remembers it. it was -- honestly, it was like -- so, letterman c

his soon-to-be new go ig. >> i'm sad that letterman is leaving.ysterical, love him. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning. >> he scores! >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >> they did last night. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, april 23. i'm frank mallicoat. >> good morning to you. i'm juliette goodrich in for michelle griego. it is 6:00. >>> let's check in with liz for our latest on the traffic. >> and we just got an update from chp on this accident we have been watching in petaluma. they hope to clear the roadway here very shortly. in the meantime, one lane still blocked southbound 101 approaching petaluma boulevard south was involving up to five cars and traffic is still backed up beyond east washington. out to the bay bridge now. they turned on the metering lights so it is backed up beyond the first overcrossing now in the cash and the fastrak lanes, pretty typical stuff for 6 a.m. if you are crossing the san mateo bridge, it tips to get more crowded and more -- co

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c.b.s., david letterman gave his approval. they want stephen colbert to bring younger viewers to improve the dynamics. >> it's whether the audience that love stephen colbert the character would like to watch stephen colbert the personality. he's a smart guy. when i have seen him out of character, he is gregarious. if he's going the show that letterman's been doing, that jimmy fallon and others have been doing, the novelty will go away. the young critics were gunning for stephen colbert when he did the n.b.c. few weeks. >> it's things like jimmy fallon, and others, they are softer. stephen colbert makes no bones that he's left of center. rush limburg says c.b.s. has declared war on the america. >> yes, when you take a catholic boy and put him on tv, sl destroy the heart of america. >> this is a guy who is clearly hollywood liberal type. letterman is a hollywood liberal type. >> might there not be reaction and people that might not want to watch. >> there might be a reaction, but host of these are assumed to be lib errol and the

>>> david letterman is calling it quits. so he and paul can get married. paula deen's restaurant closers. enand the washington post calls the avenge gers the most grown up movie yet. >>> the weather channel's mike has the details from north little rock, arkansas. >> reporter: an ef 1 tornado store through. it was the sound of the storm that woke up everybody up. nearly 7,000 people left without power. in st. louis, the rain came fast and was heavy. flooding streets and stranding cars. >> it's more than what the drainage system can handle at one time. you have the flash flooding. >> reporter: more than 50 million people are at risk for tornados or wind damage. >>> nbc bill is here with more. the severe weather outbreak. is the worst of it over now? >> we're at the tail end. we haven't any tornados reported going back five to six hour. we have a threat, but again, it didn't turn to the big tornado outbreak possible. we got about eight tornados. most were associated with the storm that went to the east of the dallas area. we have the one in st. louis that you

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david letterman strikes me that way.e show. he lives for the hour itself. if you're part of that, you're part of him. there are people like jay leno who are pretty much what you would think, as regular and kind actually off camera as they are on. well, as zero said in the movie the front, it's nice when nice happens to a nice person. and in the case of stephen colbert, that could not be more true. he's a good guy who just got the promotion of his life, and i'm glad for him. i really am. and as he put it in the newspaper, we'll soon find out how much of him is that stephen colbert character he's been playing with so much fun. and that's "hardball" tonight. thanks for being with us this week. a "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today, president obama spoke at the annual convention of the national action network, a group founded by my colleague, the reverend al sharpton. for the second day in a row, the president was giving a speech on civil rights at a moment in hi

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and what this means now is that paul and i can be married. >> of course, letterman wouldn't be lettermanthout his trademark top ten list. here is a look back at some of our favorite political moments from those over the years. >> to keep the budget balanced, i'll rent the situation room for sweet 16s. >> hey, that's a nice idea. number eight. >> i'm the guy in the photo that comes with your picture frame. >> that's right. that's where i have seen him. number four. >> thanks to corporate sponsorship, majority whip now known as miracle whip. >> number five, first day in office, my mother's face goes up on mt. rushmore. >> wow, look there! >> and the number one sign brb is overconfident, been cruising for chicks with john edwards. >> of course, when it came to politics, one of letterman's favorite targets is chris christie who he has relentlessly parodied in some over the top videos. the new jersey governor famously got in on the joke with a little self-parody when he joined letterman in february of last year. >> i've made jokes about you, not just one or two. not just ongoing here and ther

david letterman is next.. wh >> the game starts out nice and fun and all of a sudden the end of the 2nd half that competitiveness starts coming out. in the beginning we don't care who wins or loses and it comes down to the end of the game look out. nobody wants to lose. >> hey, he's sports royalty. we'll be back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, staand the speed readingsng incrare off the chart!appiness. paradise found! luscious locks! great glittering galaxies. the happiest place on earth keeps getting happier! save up to 20% on rooms at a disneyland resort hotel on select nights. there's no end in sight! i'm going to need more time. when la quinta.com sends sales rep steve hatfield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. you know what he brings? any questions? can i get an a, steve? yes! three a's! he brings his a-game! the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! >>> letterman is next with joel mchale. >> our next newscast tomorrow morning at 4:30. expect you all there. i'll be there. vern will be there. eliza

david letterman is signing off. it's true.egacy of a television pioneer and his conversation with charlie about retirement. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if you can hear me, you see me, get inside the house. get away from windows. get under something sturdy. >> yeah, you can see the rotation.

>> i think -- >> letterman came here for a week.e could do the whole thing here. >>> now for a look at what's ahead on the "cbs evening news." >> we have scott pelley in new york. scott. >> reporter: hi, allen and liz. great to be with you in the bay area. what drove the fort hood shooter to kill? we can now tell you what investigators believe set him off. plus, we are going to show you where a spring storm delivered nearly a foot of winter. those stories and the rest of the world news tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 5:30, right after kpix 5 news. ,, ,, anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for j

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i wanted to pay real homage to david letterman.people have seen him asking questions behind the desk for the last several years. don't remember how edgy and different this one. and, jim, i will show a clip of velcro man which you will remember, this was sandy franks idea. and joe toplin working as a team back then in the early days of the letterman show when it was here at nbc. let avenue look at velcro man with -- let's look at velcro man with david letterman. >> now, have you ever done anything like this? >> i haven't, no. >> a drum roll. i will hit the wall and stay there, right? >> theoretically. yes. go high. high has i can go. i can't -- i can't -- there is -- there is very little i can do from this position. bill, that was the weirdest, funniest stuff on tv in those days. >> dave was inventive. many of the things he did. everybody else copied. all the visits to places. taking cameras into places. he did all that. invented that. a high energy show in those days, which is what jim was saying. fallon brought that back, really.

>> letterman announces his retirement.s right. it came together just a week after the announcement of the retirement. >> that's really quick. >> yeah. >> how does letterman feel about that? >> colbert said one of the issues of taking over for letterman was that he supported it. les moon had his eye on him far long time. that's why it came together so fast. >> i think decisiveness is also really helpful. when you have these long periods of time with who is it, it sets that person up brutally. and secondly it just shows they know what they've got. they know what they've got and they got it. >> yes. we've had this series of announcements. letterman retiring, i think they wanted to act quickly. there were a few leaked candidates out there and they snapped colbert up. >> if you know the answers, say. if you don't, speculate wildly. is he going into the ed sullivan theater? given it's clear he's not going to play the role of stephen colbert, what is the format? traditional or innovative? >> bill carter says yes he's going to sta