>> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman.t. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> despite of this nonsense that goes on in the background, stay with us and don't give up. stay with us here in new york. >> dave is back in new york. you're going to host a late-night television program that premiers on monday night. what are critics going to say on tuesday morning? >> i don't much care because i found a way to deal with that with pills. >> david, you're on. proceed. >> i'm enjoying listening you to snort. >> they gave him the late-night show, after the tonight show. and at the time, people thought who is going to watch television at 12:30 at night. who is up? i'll tell you who is up. young people. college people. >> i think this guy needs support, david letterman. >> he was anti-establishment at his core. he was thumbing his nose to any existing social structures. >> i'll get rid of them. hey, excuse me. come on, get out. >> he kind of spoofed the whole notion of talk shows. >> it is the late night guest cam. please sa

letterman hosted 6,028 shows in 33 years on the air.osted this and his beard looks like he's 110. that's so clean shaven there. it has taken off. it's down to his shoulders, i think. >> his beard has its own airplane. >> it does. >> good for him. we'll be right back. >>> people going through union station got more than just directions from this monitor. porn started playing. coming up on news4, what travelers have to say about it, and what itor's truck. awesome. yeah! first, let's check out the aluminum bed of this truck. wooooow!! holy moly. full on crack here. now let's check out the steel bed of the silverado. i'd expect more dents. no holes. current qualified lessees can get this silverado all star edition for around $249 a month. plus, find your tag and get an additional $1,500 lease cash on select silverado pickups in stock. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a refle

. >> eric: david letterman got into a whole heap of trouble.about the line when he talked about sarah palin's daughter. he got dinged for that as well. >> he did. >> eric: you would think cbs would learn their lessons. >> yes. you are absolutely right. i'm so glad that you reminded our audience of that fact because it was absolutely disgusting. i mean, these people on the left in the democratic party are always lecturing their political enemies that you shouldn't go after women there i shouldn't talk about the children of political figures and the way that david letterman talked about the palin family was way beyond the pale backlash on that. talking about the double standards that the radical hate-filled left always gets away with and it really is a time to draw a line on that. maybe we will ask less moonves what's going on on late night program. we will leave it right there, michelle malkin, thank you so much. coming up next right here on hannity. >> jim comey didn't say to the clinton campaign don't campaign in michigan. jim comey didn't say

david letterman won the mark twain prize for humor.out the beard. he's 70 years old. gotten emmys -- is he. >> beard looks every year of it. ten emmys while hosting nbc late night and late show on cbs award ceremony october 2nd always a great time here in d.c. brings so many other funny people. >> it's fun. >> to the nation's capital. >> i secretly wish i had won that >> there's still time. he's 70. >> i've got to actually go and be -- >> 40 years ago. >> between now and 70 you've got to be funny. >> go ahead, steve. >> that member hilarious. >> speaking of late night hosts jimmy kimmel will host the academy awards the news comes despite rates from last year's show being the lowest since 2008. he's failing up. >> that's right. >> it happens sometimes. >> they have to be better, right? >> as well at drama with the best picture initially given out to the wrong movie after that everybody will watch next year. kimmel probably knows that's correct yeah, i'll do it. he joked he'd never get asked back. did he. oscars will be held yet march 4t

. >> david letterman was there.sically handed it to him. >> i watched it, . >> give me a break that this is all touristic, this is about the legacy unraveling. it is manipulating the american public. i referenced mary catherine hammer earlier, and being charged $30,000 in premium. a lot of people have been hurt by obamacare. that we are also courageous, if you repeal it, you're a big bad republican. that is the most manipulation. i know politics when i see it -- >> i think he believes it is a good policy. >> you think he believes that, why did he try to change it 30 times? >> he repeatedly said, we need to tweak it. >> tweak it? >> let me tell you this, obamacare was tanking in october. that's why donald trump became president. thanks in large part to jonathan gruber, the architect of obamacare who had this to say to chris wallace. >> who's fault is this? before president trump was elected, no counties in america that did not have an insurer. since president trump has been elected, and massive -- >> wait a minute, y

beach, steven letterman, one of the world's top coastal experts. >> ♪ now that your rose is in bloom,ight hits the gloom ♪ >> okay. we can assure you no seals with flippers or two legs were hurt making this promo. the creative geniuses at discovery channel have done it again for this year's shark week promotion. their ad features seals singing kiss from a rose when a great white shark leaps out of the water and swallows him you'll be seeing begins july 23rd. >> first time i saw it i was like whoa, how about that. >> good fun. >> and for you to tune in. >> and people are talking about it so they're happy. >> absolutely doing that. >>> so we're talking about seeing the sun. what a wonderful sight it was. >> it didn't go away. it's been there. that sunshine is also popping just a couple of showers here or there. one thing, the mold spores loving the moisture. very high on the mold spores. the tree pollen is down though. that's a plus there. that big storm across the northeast, a lot of rain across areas in new england, with just a couple of showers that have been coming out of pennsylvan

. >> reporter: lopez came up with a david letterman style top ten list for why garcia-torres is not guilty including his calm demeanor, no tools to hide the body, no murder weapon, no witnesses, no crime scene, no cause of death, and that sierra is still a missing person. he repeatedly slammed the prosecutor's case literally piling small balls into what he called a bucket of shame placing one in front of the jury for every piece of evidence he called weak evidence presented as facts. several jurors smiled. >> it has been very folksy and conversational but that's their strategy. i think they have done it effectively and you will see them continue sort of going down this road of just basically leaving it for the jury to say, wait a minute, this trace evidence doesn't add up. >> reporter: the prosecution will get one more chance at rebuttal. the jury will likely get the case to begin deliberations tomorrow afternoon. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend and then barricading himself inside a car for 19 hours in martinez says he is innocent. 38-year

iris your yo -- i refer you to an interview that david letterman did with trump three or four years ago. you will see the russia connection in that interview. he loves russia, look at what he did. he brought russian communists into the white house. you didn't have american press, but he had russian press, and he was happy as a lark to have them in the white house. don't tell me there is not a russian connection. and all you supporters of trump, u r all communist lovers. thank you very much. caller: there absolutely is a russia connection -- guest: there is a russia connection but the trouble is determining the scope ause it is difficult to know what aspects of the business empire are connected to russian entities, to russian government operatives, to individuals close to the government, to individuals with ties to the russian criminal underground. when you look at his business partners, for example, you see a series of individuals with, for example, connections to the russian criminal underground. if you look at donald trump's apartment complexes in new york and in florida, you have wea

letterman said that johnny carson didn't like to talk about the vietnam war during the show.ecause he saw the distinction between the late night talk shows and the evening news. howie: there is a hashtag fire colbert. marisa: we are at a point in our history where boycotts are called for every five minute. so they lose their impact so when somebody is always objecting to something someone is saying somewhere. stephen colbert is a late-night comedian. the people saying he should be fired are not his fans. so the people in his audience watching his show don't think there is anything wrong with the trump bashing. howie: i wonder how they would act if those jokes had been told about barack obama. also this week jimmy kimmel had a very heartfelt moment. you probably have seen it because it's been so viral. but he injected politics into it. >> the doctor opened his chest and fixed one of the two defects in his heart. he went in with what cal pell and did some magic. he opened the valve and the operation was a success it was the longest three hours of my life. president trump propos

. >> letterman they say, why don't make jokes about obama? msa all right. i will tell you why. good question. and you want to know why? okay! [laughter] >> i don't make e just because do not want the fbi tapping my phone. >> and the president have that part scare, how scary was that? >> i was not that scared. [laughter] >> you had obamacare? >> no anytime the president is involved even a good humor joke can backfire. >> can i hmess your hair up? [laughter] >> did he say yes? >> activated jimmy fallon said they were calling that humanizing the president. so what has changed about late-night comedy? joining me now is the best-selling authors, columnist and author. used to be much more -- what happened? >> what was most striking about the former standup late-night hosts is that they were jokes. they were identifiable as jokes, there is a trust or something financing to my surprise and that is why you laugh. but now is for sure. is just a string of what is supposed to be funny it is the imagery being used.it's cheap and easy. >> there is no joke there. >> it does not take a clever

alison: meanwhile, today the kennedy center announced david letterman will get this year's mark twain prize for american humor. he looks different these days. he will receive the 20th twain prize in october. he has a beard now. larry: i first saw it, where is the beard? exactly. we deserved. speaking of late night he jokes he will never be asked back but the oscar organized don't agree with jimmy kimmel. he will be back to host hollywd >> you are to be congratulated. >> yes, congratulations. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. alison: celebrating 75 years since the release of "bambi." it took more than five years to make what became animated classic. last night a special screening was held in hollywood with men who were just boys when they recorded the voices of bambi and thumper. >> i remember being on the set. i remember going in the sound studios. they were recording it on big disks. >> animals get shot and traumatized and they don't get up. here comes bambi's father. get up. you must get up. i had been shot a couple of times. i remember one of my sergeants saying, " think

. >> shepard: thanks to josh letterman.will be joining us live from the state department on the heels of this announcement. as merkel said one thing, the white house said what they're saying is we're friendly, we need to work together but merkel said we need to rely on ourselves more. josh, nice to see you. thank you. >> great to be with you, shep. >> shepard: merkel was saying what? >> merkel was saying in this age of unpredictable trump and britain exit from the european union, that europe is going to have to take their own lead. it's not going to count on forces that they were typically able to count on in the past. that's a seismic shift when you look at the global risk assessment that other countries are doing about whether they can be critical and open about thinks disagreements with trump. in the first few months of the administration, you don't have any leaders that were really willing to call out trump on any of what europe is concerned about. now the most powerful leader saying we're going to call balls and strike

letterman says he is excited to receive the the top honor.n awards by hosting the late show on cbs. the reward certify ceremony wile happening on october 22. fox5 news at 11 coming up next. here's tony and shawn. coming up 11 we're learning more about the unsolved murder about dnc staffer seth rich. and flying, the no so friendly skies. the claims of racism against american airlines that have the company apologizing tonight. nig. introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. comcast charges you $89.99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs speeds. switch to the most powerful internet at the most revolutionary price. and we'll give you tv, hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. so act fast. go to fiosgigabit.com today we're gonna be comparing the roll-formed steel bed of the chevy silverado to the aluminum bed of this competitor's truck. awesome. yeah! first,

full but he was referring to something that makes barack obama a larger speecher than say david letterman. he speaks negro dialect when he wants to. it was minstrel speech but he could have said black english. black english. yeah, to be honest i have known both white and black people who have thought there was something wrong with the former president unfortunately switching between the two. i was lit into by a black correspondent who thought barack obama should not talk that way in public at all. he uses black english with big surprise black people. one more. asks/ask. people say what is with asks? the question is black people mead needs to stop this. no, black people use asks because it is part of this other dialect known as black english. it is not because it is hard if you are descend from africa to make the illinois. asks is used because it was the form most often used by great britain and ireland who black people worked alongside to learn english. just like legions of white people across the board black people said asks. so today most people switch between aks and asks. black englis

i prefer to think it's what david letterman used to whisper to his guests every time they came on the show. bake it up. it will work. >> looked like it would be "coverage." and then -- maybe. >> it's like remember in the movie "young frankenstein" when they wrote -- it was like that. >> shepard: i feel that way most nights. thanks, john. >> thanks. >> shepard: michael flynn has now agreed to turn over documents in the russia investigation after promising to plead the fifth. that's what a source close to michael -- general flynn tells fox news. the decision comes as the investigation into russian interference in the u.s. election are affecting more of the president's former and current aides. a remindser of some of the people involved. president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen said he rejected a request from lawmakers to provide information because poorly phrase, overly broad and uncapable of being able to answer. he said he has nothing to idea and will comply. and then there's jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and chief adviser who is under scrutiny as they put it by in

added event last night with david letterman, minnesota democratic senator al franken talked about "some cooperation between the trump campaign and the russians," adding "i think everything points to that." franken was asked about it this morning. >> the meetings weren't disclosed and there's a whole bunch of these from trump administration officials or former trump administration officials they aren't acting like people who have nothing to hide. >> the year ago, it was the trump campaign and republicans attacking hillary clinton's handling of classified information. perhaps a sign of lessons learned by democrats in the 2016 campaign. >> bret: mike, thank you president trump has called afghanistan's leader to express condolences over the killing of dozens of people in a massive suicide truck bombings today in kabul, afghanistan. americans are said to be among the hundreds injured. so far, no group has claimed responsibility. a massive attack added to a number of them in recent days and weeks. john huddy is following the story. >> the black cloud of smoke rose from the site of one of the

host stephen colbert, he has been political for years, even more so when he took over for david lettermanto a new place. watch this. >> mr. trump, your presidency, i love your presidency. i call it disgrace the nation. he doesn't stand by anything except the dressing room door at miss usa pageant. let me read this presidential briefing, yep, i got the briefing right here. you attract more skinheads than free rogaine. you have more people marching against you then cancer. the only thing your mouth is good for is being vladimir putin's [bleep] holster. >> tucker: is that comedy comes madison? what is not. >> here is the way i see it. yes, the first amendment gives him the right to say these things where there is a certain level of respect you should have for the president. just because you are allowed to say something doesn't mean you should be saying it. i think he needs to hold himself to a higher standard. >> tucker: my problem -- i don't care about his views one way or another, actually, but i think he was a pretty funny guy, then, they are something about presidency that has turned him

. >> that is david letterman and believe it or not having not shaved since he did the last show, ande red carpet there and it is like an awards ceremony there. the weather is looking great up there in boston. and welcome back to the special coverage of the jfk profile in courage award. and we are moments away from hearing from ambassador caroline kennedy, and she was ambassador to president obama to japan, and she is set to accept the award alongside her son who has political aspirations. and then back to the panel with eugene robinson, and annie lensky and so will the president be personal with the current presiden president? >> no. president obama cares deeply about the issues that are at stake with the current political debate, but he realizes a generation of the next democrats to step forward. >> all right. step forward. you had a unique experience throughout all tof the years th to work him in thick and thin and difficult days and happy days. >> right. >> is he different in private? >> no, he is not different in private. >> too cool for school neveven the room? >> that is not my

bush is too easy, than say david letterman. he is a larger speaker. he has a larger, he has a larger repertoire. speaks negro dialect when he wants to. it wasn't minstrel speech. what he could have just said, black english. i don't think he would have any reason to know the term, african-american vernacular english. black english. to be honest i known white and black people who thought there was something wrong with the former president, unfortunately, switching between mainstream and black english. . . . .... .... >> black people use aks. it is not because it is hard to say the sk sound. it is used because it was the form used most often by the sorts of people from great britain and ireland who black people worked alongside as slaves. just like legion of very white people crass the pond, black people said ax. it was perfectly normal. most switch between the two today. ask is former. ax is black english. black english is the home variety and comfortable and casual. that is what it is. it is not a lapse. it is because black people have more english tha

singing david letterman's ¡top ten' list, performing the national anthem at super bowl 48, and, of coursest for pbs's ¡great performances.' >> welcome too our premiere performance. >> brown: age, she told me, does bring changes. one is the dearth of roles for her voice in the opera repertoire. >> i'm a lyric soprano. they're young women. they're sort of between the ages of 17 and 25. and so even if my voice can still sing these roles really well, which some of them i can still sing, it's sort of, does it really make sense in the day of hd broadcasts, in the day of people really expecting a visual experience as well. >> brown: what happens to your voice as you get older? >> what happens, first, and i can speak for myself, i'm sure it's different for everyone is, you don't have the resilience, the physical resilience. so if i sing a big performance i don't want to do it again the next day. 's like we are the weight lifters of singers, and so... >> brown: the ¡weight lifters' means? >> we are, because it's power singing, because as i said, imagine 4,000 seats, an orchestra, and a chorus, and

but here he is on david letterman in 2013 saying something completely the opposite. >> i've done a lota today reports his companies have been linked to ten former wealthy soviet businessmen or russian businessmen with alleged ties to criminal organizations, money laundering. i mean what do you think is the truth here? the man who's saying i have no dealings with russia, i have no investments, nothing, nothing, nothing, or the guy that said i've done a lot of business with the russians? >> well, president trump and prior to that private citizen trump seemed to say things that were useful for him in the moment, in the eternal now, without any regard to history or consequences. now that he's president, people are keeping book on the kinds of things he's saying, has said, and they are contradictory. now, erin, i have no idea what the truth is, but that's why we've got these multiple investigations on. the criminal one over at the fbi, but frankly the one that might be more important for the welfare of america are the investigations in the house and senate intelligence committees, because t

i think if you look at what he said about the president and you try to imagine dave letterman saying carson? >> or johnny carson. we're in a totally different era. i think given that he's fighter for a smaller audience than maybe those guys were fighting for, he feels like he can be a little bit edgier. >> is this just ratings? is that all this is? what's the line? >> not entirely. i think if you look at the trajectory of stephen colbert's career in particular, there have been these calls to fire colbert before when he was deemed to make jokes that people thought were racially insensitive. and even then he didn't really offer an apology. he kind of made a joke in response as he did with respect to this joke about the president. i think he did say, though, that he would have expressed himself differently. the language was crude, and i think that's as far as you will see him go because he believes the president is not free from, you know, humor. >> but i don't understand. like i could see maybe cbs is going to make a public statement. maybe they have or something. but, alex, i guess i

bush is too easy, and say david letterman. he's a larger speaker. he has a larger repertoire. he speaks negro dialect when he wants to so it wasn't menstrual speech. what he could've said was black english. i don't think you have any reason to know the african-american vernacular but to be honest i've known both white and black people who thought there was something wrong with the former president, unfortunately switching between mainstream and black english. people think he's being funny. many white people think he's only pretending to speak that way and it's condescending to black audiences. some people were let into on msnbc by a black correspondent who thought rock obama should not talk that way in public at all. very interesting. no, he has a larger english and uses black english with big surprise, black people he is by dialectal, that's what harry reid was saying, it just wasn't gracefully phrased. one more, . ask , ask. people say that question means black people need to stop that, it's wrong. number black people use axe because axe is one of this dialogue which means b

the first too many i ever did letterman, i was trying to be cool. i had never done it before.rst time. and he's out there before me and he's run up and down the aisles screaming and sweating. they bring me downstairs. i'm waitiing to i'm like this will be okay. it will be like normal s the door opens an sweaty tom cruise pops out in my face. you're up next. whoo! >> and he hug me. i've got tom cruise sweat on me. what's going to happen out there? i was terrified. [ laughter ] >> that won't happen again. >> then you're like now do i pick up the energy level of tom cruise or do i just do my own thing. >> i'm going to ride -- >> did i sweat on the crowd. >> i'll ride the cruise wave of sweat. >> listen you're busy man. you taped land in december that's out now. >> yeah new special out it's streaming on hewell lou and amazon right now. >> called human mule. >> here's the deal. watch it right now pick it up on how lou, amazon and buy tickets and see him this weekend at the dc improv. there's the information. just $20. shows tonight and tomorrow. you can get back to your movies, you

here to talk about that is john letterman. welcome to the program. good to have you here.ion to this breaking news, report from axios that the president made his decision. what are the ramifications of that if true? >> climate change is real and it is a terrible risk management nightmare. we are not addressing it and this is extinct -- insane. the problem is the world has to move together. we don't have adequate global governance to do that and the u.n. is trying, but has taken very small steps so far. for the u.s. to say we're going to step back, it makes no sense. this is a real nightmare. this is an absolute problem. we don't know what is coming. uncertainty is unbelievable here. david: take us into the structure of the paris accords. if the u.s. withdrawals, might that affect other countries's commitment? bob: u.s. stepping back does not help. this movement to a low carbon economy is not going away. it is happening and hopefully happening fast enough. nobody knows that for sure. that leads us to what is happening for exxon. whether or not we pull out of the accords for

david letterman for my book "al franken giant of the senate." >> does he still have that beard, santaeginning to lose faith in the trump administration. >> is he really? what was the turning point for dave? >> it might be climate. he and i both believe climate change is an existential threat. i told him last night, look, i have three grandchildren. i don't want them in 50 years saying grandpa, you knew climate change was happening. you were a united states senator. why didn't you do anything? also i'll still be alive because i'll be 110 then. >> i know. what's with grandpa? when is he going to leave. >> the new book. >> when is grandpa just going to die? that's what they are doing to say. >> they won't be saying that. they will be, gosh, we love grandpa. thank you for investments in nih, national institute of health. >> that's what they will be saying. >> they are here. >> they are so cute. >> those are the grandchildren. >> oh, my goodness. oh, my gosh, hi, adrian, very cute. >> cutie. >> very happy. >> that's jacob and his brother charl charlie. >> that's, joe, my oldest with avery.