. >>> letterman and bro cover leaving late night. what he says and who should have replaced him. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. just when it looked like democrats were on the verge of a unity crisis, president obama stepped in today to bridge the divide saying i'm with her. publicly endorsing hillary clinton for president right after a heart to heart meeting with her democratic opponent bernie sanders but tonight sanders remains in the race with plans to join clinton on the campaign trail. nbc's kristen welker has late details. >> reporter: once a team of rivals, tonight teaming up. president obama announcing his endorsement of hillary clinton in a videotaped tuesday but released this afternoon. >> i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there has been anyone so qualified to hold this office. >> reporter: clinton saying we've gone from fierce competitors to true friends. no surprise but the ti

>> david letterman. it's his first tv interview since he left late night. >> i couldn't care less about late night television. >> and he has plenty to say. >> donald trump, hilary, bernie sanders. >> the great thing about america is anybody can grow up to be president. oh, i guess that might be true. >>> he was a pharmaceutical executive that never imagined a drug would lead to his own son's death. >> are you saying they're experiments on kids. >> millions of children are taking psychiatric drugs. is the system failing our kids. >> they would not talk to us on camera. so we come here for a public meeting. let's go inside. what may be the police force of the future. this is one of the toughest neighborhoods of the country. >> the community was at war with the cops. >> tonight, a new model for the nation. >> are you at a staying out of trouble? i don't want you getting hurt. >> the police dlt had to give up on the idea that police departments should be warriors. >> you suppress crime. this is a revolution.

i don't want it to be the david letterman this. big fund-raiser, where people are, oh, you get to play miniature golf with regis. we're not going to do that. >> reporter: but he's also got time to indulge himself a bit and he was consumed by a certain race. >> i said if we don't win the 100th running, i have very detailed plans to fake my own death. you might get a mysterious e-mail from me, but you won't know anything more. >> reporter: it was the 100th running of the indianapolis 500, the biggest single sporting event on the planet. more than 350,000 people in attendance, and there he was. ♪ back home again in indiana >> reporter: not just as a spectator, but as a racing team owner. just a few miles from where he grew up. >> i'll tell you, and i don't know what it says about my upbringing, i never thought i'd get to come to the race itself. we were always of the impression, no, we're not going to the race because it's too expensive. >> reporter: the admission then was just a few dollars. now he's worth hundreds of millions. for t

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letterman now spends most of his time at his montana ranch.e said you are the reason that he lives there. tell us about that. >> well, when i would be on his show, and i think i was on as much as anybody probably, and he would be interested in what i was doing. i often talked about montana and the ranch life. one day i got a in montana and he was in wyoming. i said what are you doing in wyoming? you said it's great and i don't see anything here for me. i said come to montana. then i told him to go to helena, montana, turn the car north and drive along what is called the rocky mountain front. he got to the end of the day, called me and he was in love. he found a big, big ranch up there, big wild country, grizzly bears in the wilderness, and he's become a very good horseman. he bought fishing property as well. he does have that western life, and he is deep into it. >> we notice you spent time with him on the track. we all recognize his love for the indianapolis 500. he also obviously looks a little different now than we remember him when he was

he walked away from the late show spotlight, we caught up with david letterman at one of his teenageis, his hometown. what's living in that beard? i mean, is it nesting something there or is it -- >> likely. [ laughter ] >> we have a guy from oregon coming out here later. i always told myself when the show goes away, i will stop shaving. i had to shave every day from 20 until i was 68. roughly every day. and i got so sick and tired of it. >> reporter: now 69, he took me on a sentimental journey. we sat by the house where he grew up, his parents bought it for $8,000. >> this is a two-bedroom house and years later when my mom moved out of there, she sold it for $30 million. $30 million. >> and his high school -- >> and this very school and everybody's school, you hear the great thing about americans, anybody can grow up to be president. oh, gee, i guess that might be true. >> reporter: he did more than 6,000 shows in the 33-year late night career. do you miss every night? >> no, you know, i don't and it's interesting. i thought for sure i would. and then the first day of steven's show,

. >>> nbc exclusive as david letterman goes one-on-one with our own tom brokaw. >>> plus, slow jamming the news with jimmy fallon on "the tonight show" and some news of the bizarre. all ahead on this friday. "first look" starts right now. well, good morning. happy friday to you. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty win win. the leader of the free world is throwing his support behind a single candidate to take over as president of the united states. in the highly produced three minute video, president obama lays out the case that hillary clinton has the toughness and the experience which make her one of the most qualified candidates to ever run for office. >> i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion and the heart to get the job done. >> clinton reacted telling bloomberg news, quote, it just means so much to have a strong, substantive endorsement from the president. we have gone from fierce competitors to true friends. the cli

. >>> nbc exclusive and david letterman goes one-on-one with our own tom brokaw. >>> slow jamming the news with jimmy fallan on "the tonight show" and the news of the very bizarre. all of that and "early today" starts right now. happy friday to you. good morning. i'm betty nguyen. >>> the leader of the free world and the head of the democratic party is finally throwing his full support behind a single candidate to take over as president of the united states. in a highly produced three-minute video, president obama lays out the case hillary clinton has the judgment toughness and commitment and experience which make her one of the most qualified candidates to ever run for office. >> i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there has ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. >> clinton reacted telling bloomberg news, quote, it just means so much to have a strong endorsement from the president. over the years of knowing each other, we have gon

. >>> in an nbc news exclusive, tom brokaw goes in-depth with david letterman after leaving the spotlight. here is a preview of their conversation. >> do you miss it every night? >> no, you know, i don't. and it's interesting. i thought for sure i would. and then the first day of stephen's show, when he went on the air, an energy left me, and i felt like, you know, that's not my problem any more. i couldn't care less about late night television. i'm happy for the guys, men and women, there should be more women. i don't know why they didn't give my show to a woman. that would have been fine. >> did they ask you who should replace you? >> no, oh, no. they didn't ask me about anything. they were just happy i was going. >> i don't think so, but any way, catch the complete on assignment ex exclusive interview, including david letterman's thoughts on nbc. >>> just ahead, san jose tries to fend off elimination. >>> punishments handed out for this brawl. you see it there. we've got the details. oh, throwing a punch. ♪ of course you go all out for date night... ♪ ...even if you're just staying in.

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. >>> live after "late night" david letterman opposite up after leaving his show. >> i couldn't care about late night television. >> he talks about retirement the presidential race and that beard. >>> friends, fans and celebrities arrive in louisville for the funeral of mum ahammad . matt joins live in lul. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." we got a great concert crowd outside. we have carson inside because matt's in louisville, couple this morning, where later, tens of thousands of fans, along with a star-studded crowd will say good-bye to the champ, muhammad ali, matt good to see you. >> savannah, carson, good to see you guys. i think it will be a sad and inspiring day in louisville a. city by the way that adores muhammad ali. he's a hometown hero. 15,000 people expected in the center behind me to pay their respects to memorialize the heavyweight champion of the world him i left my hotel room early, walked down the hallway. in front of every hotel room

david letterman opens up for the first time since leaving his show. >> i couldn't care much about >> tom brokaw talks about retirement, the presidential race and that beard. >>> and good-bye to the greatest. friends, fans, celebrities arrive in louisville for the funeral of muhammad ali. and matt joins is live with a preview, tonight, june 10th, 2016. >>> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. we have a concert crowd. and carson inside because matt's in louisville, kentucky. later, tens of thousands of fans along with a star-studded crowd will stay good-bye to the champ, mohammeduhammad ali. good to see you. >> good morning. i think it will be a sad and inspiring day in louisville. a city that muhammad ali. he's a hometown hero. young center behind me, to pay their respects and memorialize the three-time heavyweight champion of the world. i left my hotel room early. walked down the hallway. in front of every hotel room in that hallway, was this, "usa today's" tribute to ali. >> i have

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the letterman act establishes a set of regional centers, which organized and help families of peoplewith developmental disabilities access services. so that was a very important step. president george h.w. bush played a very important role in fanning the americans with disabilities act in 1990. this is a landmark statute, probably the most significant of a right of since the civil rights of the mid-1960s, giving people with autism and other disabilities access to a wide variety of opportunities throughout the society. bill clinton signed legislation, updating various disability laws and president george w. bush signed the combating autism act of 2006. >> host: this in any way an issue supporting research on autism. i don't want to used combating autism. >> guest: is a very unusual issue these days because there is various and bipartisan dimension to this. we've had democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives joining together on this issue. this doesn't mean it's free from contention. the length of contention tend to cross party lines rather than follow party lines. one exam

david letterman got his and steve martin got nothing. >> jimmy: was that a fun night?lk about the show "to tell the truth." '50s? >> almost four decades, yeah. >> jimmy: what's the idea behind the show? >> they bring three guests on, and one is sworn to tell the truth. the other two lie out of their teeth. and i have a panel of celebrity guests. i have nene leakes, jalen rose, the wonderful and beautiful talented betty white. >> jimmy: she's always funny. >> she did the original "to tell the truth," so we had to have her back on. >> jimmy: you had another cast member, a very important cast member, i think. your mom is the score keeper. >> my mother is the score keeper on the show. >> jimmy: is she good at keeping score? >> my mother went to public school in watts, she can't count. >> jimmy: your mother used to come on our show all the time. and then at a certain point, i was like, where's your mom? >> i banned her, sheas she's off now, so she can come back now. >> jimmy: can we bring her? >> of course we can. >> jimmy: there's your mom. i miss her. i haven't seen her i

. >> but people do this like dave letterman did this -- they like this guy. >> i'm okay. >> i think youcraziest things to total stra e strangers and what are you going for? catching people off guard? >> we catch people off guard. i want to make the average new yorker going about their day have to deal with my opinion. i think that is pretty funny. they are not precast. a lot of reality shows the people are cast in advance secretly. i literally ambush people to talk about cate blanchett. >> there is a little bit of -- >> i was a pop culture obsessed kid. fat and sweaty growing up in queens plopped down in front of "entertainment tonight." >> i watched carson and letterman. you know -- >> but what you do is say things like, do you know who she is? you don't know who she is? i have very specific opinions about cate blanchett. you have to order her movies by how much you like them or i will give you a hard time. >> julianne moore, we made her act for strangers in times square like she was a fake elmo. we made her reenact her monologues. it is good. you should watch that one. >> with a tip b

>> people do this, david letterman did this.thing, billy, i think you are so fun to watch because you walk up and say the craziest things to total strangers. >> that's true. >> and you're going for what? what are you trying to do? catch everybody offguard? >> we catch everybody off guard. the joke is i want to make the average new yorker going about their day have to deal with my opinions. i think that's funny. people -- we don't script the show at all. these people aren't precast. a lot of reality types of shows. the people are cast in advance secretly. we don't do that. i literally go and ambush people to talk about cate blanchett. and they're on their way to the and i don't care. to me, i mean, it's a persona that i'm using obviously. but i think -- >> there's a little bit of you in that persona. >> i was a pop culture-obsessed kid. i was like a fat, sweaty kid, growing up in queens, who just was like plopped down in front of "entertainment tonight" by my parents. great parenting skills. i absorbed it, and this is what came o

i would stay up to watch letterman.ou know. >> what you do is you say things like -- cate blanchett, do you know who she is? you don't know who she is? are you on this planet? >> right. i'm -- i have specific opinions. it's not enough to know who she is. you have to order her movies by how much you like them. or i'll give you a hard time. >> i saw julianne moore, shouldn't criesing. and you -- she's cry, and you say to a stranger, hug her, she's crying. >> we made julianne moore act in times square for strangers like she was a fake elmo or spider-man taking pictures with tourists. we made her re-enact her old monologues. ♪ it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the cla250 for $299 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. >>> 2015 saw a record number of auto recalls. maybe you were affected. more than 51 million vehicles were affected. ma

>> we were fortunate, i got it the same night george letterman got his and steve martin got nothing.. >> jimmy: this is a game show from '50s? '60s? >> yeah. they bring three guests on and one is sworn to tell the truth, the other to lie out of their teeth and i have a panel of celebrity guests. i have leakes and the beautiful and talented betty white. she did the original "to tell the truth." so we had to have her back on. >> jimmy: you have another cast member. your mom is the score keeper. is she good at keeping score? >> my mom went to public school in chicago and watts, she can't count. >> jimmy: your mom used to come on our show all the time when you were here and at a certain point, i was like where's your mom and you were like she's not coming back. >> she was on punishment. but she's off punishment now. >> jimmy: can we bring her in? >> yeah. >> jimmy: there she is. i haven't seen her in a long time. ♪ [ applause ] we want to do is i have to take a break and when we come back, we're going to play a little game of "to tell the truth" between the two of you that i think is goi

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case raising questions about his len ant sentence and a year after leaving late night david letterm lettermaneaks with tom baracka. >>> our camera showing lincoln financial field hosting a different kind of football. the soccer tournament is in philadelphia for the next five days. we know how much people love american football especially around here in philly. >> if you are doubting the popularity of soccer the tournament will have a $41 million impact on the city. we are live outside the field where the first match happens tonight. >> reporter: how does i've been of eagles games and it's a lot warmer and it's the similar kind of passion with more latin flare. you see the fans going into the stadium for the game. i got to practice my spanish today with fans from south america. they're loud and so proud. >> i love you. >> reporter: their soccer fans. they don't get to see their squad play live much so they're making some noise tonight. 75,000 people are coming to our area for the regional soccer games over the next few days. many of them are wearing the blue. >> it's my dream to see these peop

david letterman opens up for the first time since leaving his show. >> i couldn't care much about

david letterman opens up, the first concluding his show. >> i couldn't care less about late night television tom brokaw talked on

you have gone from carson to letterman to let out -- leno and others are doing and you are doing andliver is doing. it feels different. perhaps it is just of our time. there is a diversity of style within a certain kind of format. people have their own, people have their own unique take on that. that is for sure. only 1 --ou are the woman who has a late-night show. show that is more on demand. charlie: why is that? samantha: i do not know. i wish i could answer that question. i wish that people turned to me with that question. what should you be the authority on? samantha: all i can speak to is what i am doing. charlie: this is about your attitude or your agenda. does it come out differently since you are who you are? samantha: i absolutely think so. i have the most wonderful show mindr, we have this meld that happens. i think the show is unique because we have our -- charlie: you see the same things as sources is comity. samantha: we do. we have a great my healthy symbiotic relationship. upon things differently. it is not a huge effort for us distill the news in a different way. we

. >>> nbc exclusive as david letterman goes one-on-one with our own tom brokaw. >>> plus, slow jammingth jimmy fallon on "the tonight show" and some news of the bizarre. all ahead on this friday. "first look" starts right now. well, good morning. happy friday to you. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty win

. >>> live after "late night" david letterman opposite up after leaving his show. >> i couldn't care night

it's funny because i just heard shandling, after he passed away, i saw this interview with him on lettermane just asked him to do at the spur of the moment. did you ever hear this? >> seth: no, george bush asked shandling to do it. >> yes. he met george bush, first george bush, he goes, hey, you want to do some jokes -- the older george bush, not the younger one. you want to do some jokes at the thing this week? and he was like what thing? and that was it. and he said, do i really have to do this? >> seth: yeah. and shandling being the great comedian just showed up and winged it and just did it. and i think that kind of started it. >> seth: oh my goodness, i had no idea. what a great story. and now, you voted for obama twice. >> yes. >> seth: how do you feel about the job that he's done? >> well, i voted for obama because he's black. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] >> right. i've been very clear -- i've been clear about that. >> seth: yeah. so yeah, when people ask me how do you think obama's doing? i'm like, is he still black? [ laughter ] yes, well, then, i think he's doing okay. right. well,

a standup like david letterman who will say something brilli t brilliant. >> that's going to save the republic. if he was learning on a leaving curve, studying for debates, we would be in deep, deep do do. >> i don't think he's a learning. >> thank god. >> i don't think people have that much acts. we all do. thank you, jonathan -- you might have multitalents. when we continue, we will continue to track the returns from puerto rico. we will bring you the results when we get them. i will be back tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern for more "hardball." stay tuned next for in the meet the press." >>> he was more than a boxer or a celebrity or even the greatest. >> one hell of a lot of difference in fighting in the ring and going to war in vietnam. >> muhammad ali paved the way for a sport star to speak out. we will folk us on his legacy as we remember the man, the athlete and the icon. >>> plus, statements like these from donald trump. >> this judge of mexican heritage. i'm building a wall. >> are leads to statements like these from other republicans. >> the comment about the judge the other da

>> david letterman.e he left late night. >> i couldn't care less about late night television. >> and he has plenty to say. >> donald trump,

he was a four-man letterman in high school, an acolyte at his catholic paishish, mean to for his sense of humor. his artistic talents had a good job in middlefield ohio. he became addicted to prescription painkillers and switched to heroin. he overdoses at the age of 31. raymond, thank you for speaking up. at barnsville high school, ohio hospital held a town hall about the tern epidemic bringing together doctors, lawyers, law enforcement, public health officials. judge frank frajiato said "rich, poor, white, black, where every you are, your family is at risk." he's rievment that's why we can't afford delay. today i was talking to two high school principals who came to see me and they informed me that they have lost six of their recent graduates to this issue and that they're holding a town hall on this soon at that high school. on saturday in stark county, dozens of morality cyclists -- motorcyclists participated in the families against the heroin epidemic rally. fathers is the acronym. these fathers and those who support them raised money for treatment addiction, treatment for educati

the three guys that were making that film were incredible comedians and they showed it on "david letterman embarrassed by that. >> seth: one thing i will say though, they always said, "here's how kick-ass kiefer sutherland is." everybody in la drove by us beating up a woman all day long. you were the only one who stopped and did anything about it. so there is some jack bauer in there. >> so true. >> seth: thank you so much for being here. always excited to see you. [ cheers and applause ] congrats on the film. kiefer sutherland, everybody. "forsaken" is in theatres and available on itunes and on demand starting tomorrow. we'll be right back with carice van houten. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ whatcha gonna do when you get outta here? ♪ ♪ i'm gonna have some fun! ♪ ♪ what do you consider fun? ♪ fun, natural fun. ♪ yeah, we rocking right now. ♪ ♪ it's a party over here. ♪ hey! ♪ i'm in heaven! ♪ ♪ owww. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ buy an eligible galaxy device and get a free gear vr virtual reality headset. hey kevin. hey, fancy seeing you here. uh, i live right over there actually. you've been to my place. no

would have spent the last few decades seeing him pop up first with johnny carson and then with david letterman and jay leno and now with jimmy fallon still only in his 70s being muhammad ali, being a fixture, a national treasure, which he still was but in a different way because he was encased within this parkinson's syndrome. and when you go back to that night in atlanta, think about this. this was a man obviously of considerable vanity declaring himself the greatest, too pretty to be a fighter, et cetera, et cetera. and somehow he was able to figure out a way, even with that ego and vanity, to put himself back on the world stage in meaningful ways. but at his peak as an athlete he made a brutal sport beautiful. even people who had no use for boxing generally speaking found him compelling. mike is right when he said he was just simply dazzling. and matt's point is 100% correct. like matt, i've seen it many times myself. the biggest stars, gigantic legends of sports and other walks of life would be drawn to muhammad ali. he was always the biggest person in the world. >> bob costas, thank you v

he was on david letterman. he was all over the place. and romney was sitting at home not doing anything. what the hell happened? i asked my people, what happened? where is he? >> reporter: now, trump went on to continue to attack members of his own party. he went after ted cruz for not honoring his rnc pledge to endorse him. he also said that he hoped that republican leaders would be smart, be cool, be, quote, sharp. now, we are being told from a source familiar today that on friday as trump is trying to unite the republican party he did meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell in williamsburg. trump today was in pittsburgh and as you mentioned also in florida. he visited three battleground states in 24 hours. this is the first of the trips since he became the presumptive nominee. pamela? >> and hilalary clinton on the other side made vague reference to trump's attack on elizabeth warren. what did she say? >> reporter: well, let's go ahead and put up the tweet. she signed it with the "h" which means she signed it. she says, when

i mean forks example, you've gone from, you know, carson to letterman and leno, which was mainly standup and have a few conversation and some sketches to falon and what others are doing now, what you're doing, what oliver is doing. it somehow feels different. perhaps it's just of our time. >> i think, you know, within, you know, there's a lot of -- there's a lot of late-night shows, but, you know, there is a diversity of style within a certain kind of format. have their unique take on it,e that's for sure. >> rose: well, i guess today who has the late night show. >> chelsea handler. >> rose: she's doing something else. >> she's on a netflix show which is a late night show. i think it's more on demand. >> rose: why is that? i have no idea. i wish i could answer that question. i wish people would turn to me with that question. >> rose: we expect you to be an authority on -- >> i don't know. all i know is what i'm -- all i can speak to is what i'm doing. i had the opportunity to seize the opportunity. >> rose: this is a show about you and your attitude and idea, period, whatever gender yo

letterman and leno and carson were never on on the uk.n't mean much to anyone like graham norton, they are who i grew up watching, they would be the greatest influences on us, and mostly we just want today make a show that felt irrelevant of a time slot, and a show that people can enjoy all of the time. and i felt lucky to work with a network that the bosses just say run with it. whatever you want to do and that is creatively to have a boss to go and just say we trust you. run as fast as you can -- >> but that carpool karaoke is so genius. in the beginning did you have trouble getting people to do it? >> yeah, no one would do it. >> what was your pitch to them. it is really straightforward, it's an hour of your time, and we're going to sing songs in your car, and they say who is this? and they say james cordon. right, sorry. and no one would do it. i understand if is a host you have never heard of. it was a very chance meeting with someone from mariah carey's record label, and credit for saying i don't know who this guy is, but i will let

so letterman and leno and carson, i've never been on in the u.k.eople, names which won't mean almost anything to a lot of viewers. graham evans, michael parkinsons. they were the people i grew up watching. mostly, we just wanted to make a show that felt irrelevant of a time slot and a show that people could enjoy all the time. i feel very, very lucky, as you all know, to work on a network where, you know, my bosses, our bosses, just sort of go and run with it. whatever you want to do. that is creatively, to have a boss like glen geller, to go, we believe in you, run as fast as you can. >> but that carpool karaoke is so genius. in the beginning, did you have trouble getting people to do it? >> yeah, no one would do it. >> what was your pitch? did you say, we're going to get in the car. >> we thought, we've got a really good idea here. and we bring people and go -- because it's really straight forward. it's an hour of your time. we're going to sing songs in the car. they mostly go, who is this? we go, it's james corden. they go, right, sorry. yeah, n

i think you would look more like david letterman who has a beard, too.he's just got the beard. willie, would you want to -- you think you could -- >> i don't know if i need to go that big but i'm hiring -- let me see this -- trainerar williamson. he's a hollywood trainer. >> let's have him come on. >> i need aaron williamson in my life. >> how much is -- >> i don't want to get like dwayne johnson. >> nor could you. >> because your starting point counts. dwayne started -- >> boy, j.k., putting in the work. >> i can see if he was playing a wolverine. >> but he's playing -- in a suit! he is going to cover it all up. >> that is amazing. >>> this is one of those "would you ever" moments. this is something very popular around here. we have pass around pick tuesday of things and ask you, would you ever. so have you ever wondered what it was like to walk on water outside of christ? so the artist has installation in northern italy that would allow people to do just that. it's 1.8 mile floating walkway. it is made up of 200,000 floating cubes that will eventually