the person who deserved to get it was david letterman.nment president warren littlefield, still has a bruised ego about the way the network wavered in its support for him. >> when we found out leno was going to get "the tonight show," we were all obviously depressed. we felt like we were being punished for making fun of them and not cooperating and not being as collaborative as we could have been. and we also felt like we were being disrespected because we did 11 years of great shows. >> just how pissed off are you? [ laughter and applause ] >> by all rights, david letterman should have taken over for johnny carson, but his agent took a very, very aggressive stand. we're going to really control all of late night. it's going to cost you a fortune. and they put our backs to the wall. >> i can only tell you it's been an honor and a privilege to come into your homes all these years and entertain you. and i hope when i find something i want to do and i think you will like and come back, that you will be as gracious inviting me into your home a

on monday, david letterman's new show debuts here on cbs.the tonight show" with jay leno, "arsenio," and "nightline." >> it became a crowded space and the competition became that much more difficult. >> in the third corner, his ratings fading rapidly, arsenio hall. some tv writers think arsenio could be the big loser in this free-for-all. >> when letterman came in, it essentially diluted arsenio's brand because there were so many alternatives. >> i'm sad to see you go because america is going to have a big chunk missing out of its existence. >> losing arsenio, yeah, it was bad. he was the lone voice, gone. >> david letterman had the suits at nbc pausing for a moment. did we make the right choice? because he came out gangbusters and he was beating jay leno in the ratings. >> there's some people who say, you blew it, that by picking leno to replace carson over letterman, that that was a big programming mistake. >> it was a shaky start. a really, really shaky first season start. >> it's true confessions time for actor hugh grant who is trying h

at the time he borrowed a from letterman saying the top ten things he would miss about russia including not being able include his daughter's russian call collection, skiing the slopes sorby, having to cancel his tennisash with maria ar pave a. >> he had a whole list of things. i getit. >> what are we talking about with mike and gary? it comes down to messaging and the that if you're going to invite vlunimir putin to this try, you would assume that your intelligence community, your leadntelligence visor would at least know. but at least get him e with th, the same page. i will say this.d know that the whi has not been keen to pteutouse a lo officials out there on other networks. so kudos to dan coats for going out there and doing it. i think it is said he made some initial statements reacting to the summit without the clearance of the white house. >> when it first came out thatt the pres said why, you know, why would it be russia who inteered, danoats released a statement immediately saying look, thentelligence community has confirmed over and over again several times, we have proof, un

. >> commissioner mazzucco: good evening, miss letterman. how are you? it's good to see you. >> i'm rachel letterman. i'm representing the national lawyers guild. i have some comments on the operation in which the 39 people were arrested. first of all, we condemn the use of san francisco resources to arrest persons who are peacefully protesting federal immigration policy, and we're very alarmed to hear of the brutal manner in which these arrests were carried out undercover of darkness. in particular, i'm very concerned to hear that director fired impact munitions were used on demonstrators. this is the first time i've heard of this happening in san francisco in connection with a demonstration or crowd event, and these -- the plastic and foam rubber projectiles that were used -- you know, they're referred to as "less lethal" but they're high velocity impact munitions that can easily cause serious injuries or death if they happen to hit you in the wrong place, and that's likely to happen when it's used in a crowd situation or volatile situation where peopl

alexander -- forget his last name -- but second is the father of battlefield medicine, jonathan letterman. >> the photo is on the battlefield in 1862. >> i'm not sure of that. i should know that. i don't know. >> host: very dramatic. >> it is, and lincoln is at the fore because the second piece is that lincoln needed this victory to deliver his emancipation proclamation which he had written prior to war but at the time morale in the north was very low, even though it as victory by the narrowist margin, lincoln used it as a catalyst to deliver this proclamation. >> the battle of an team thumb -- an -- >> guest: this is the 100th 100th anniversary of the largest battle in u.s. military history, the offensive, took place over two months and the fall of 1918. and ed langle is writing about one particular battle, took place over a week towards the end of world war i and in this battle, nine companies total log 600 u.s. troops, crossed enemy lines and brutal terrain, make finding viruses and a path to resources and a path to reinforcement nearly impossible, and so they're surrounded by enemy tr

. >> you've watched letterman, you've watched leno, but what about larry?ffice they have businesses to run they have passions to pursue how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters ship packages all the amazing services of the post office right on your computer get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again it's willingham, edge of the box, willingham shoots... goooooooaaaaaaaallllllll! that...was...magic. willingham tucks it in and puts the championship to bed. sweet dreams, nighty night. as long as soccer players celebrate with a slide, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. pressure, what pressure? the players on the... >> you've watched letterman, you've watched leno, but what about larry? larry sanders, that is. he's the tv alter ego of comedian garry shandling. >> garry shandling wanted to do a show that deconstructed the kind of show "the tonight show" was. >> just

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided tos -- [ booing ] have these people been frisked? >> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. >> david, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me, i appreciate it. >> in spite of all this nonsense that goes around in the background, stay with it 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 premieres monday night. what are critics likely to say tuesday morning? >> i don't much care because i found a way to deal with that, pills and whiskey. >> david, you're on. >> oh, i'm on? >> proceed. >> i'm enjoying listening to you 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 know this is the first show and i think this guy needs a little supp

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never really stood on their own they have not had to spend money on defense why do you just cut letterman's have the air force plan just cut a nato in half well no i don't need to cut him off you need to make them rationalize it but what's the what's the point of it and that has to use well i mean if you're going nice to another countries territory that in the. what's the point of nato and that is that this function is worthless it's an extension of deal model that's correct what model well british imperialism followed by american president but they don't let me go to europe there i think they don't want to part of the world anymore they just want to eat my mind he left. you know the empire is gone but they have pretended that it's still there and look at trump and queen what a great picture point is you have this american president who still really doing the bidding of the british empire one hundred years after we took the ball you know i say that's obviously wrong you know the brits lost same pyar really at the end of world war one and they became they had to realize they were broke becau

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and our other headlines story donald trump arrives in helsinki for has first some ice with letterman put in. welcome to our senior national on my due no question ice here in moscow where the world cup has just come to a thrilling and francis celebrating at second troughing for twenty years and this was the scene and paris after the final whistle the . france powered slow forward to victory over croatia at the luzhniki stadium and the russian capital france manager of deeds he had this shown has become the serb person and football history to win the tournament as both a player and coach has set down for a post match news conference which didn't go exactly as planned. and english please . in the area in. the in the in. the. well the game saw a top flight back from croatia who were in their first ever world cup final and here at the key moments in the breakdown of the match from manchester united boss. and who. are the go to the who were when god who above her abode of the over the but who the above the. the the the and. the the and who were the were of the twenty three croatian players

at the summits letterman put an offer to u.s. investigators the opportunity to question twelve russian intelligence officers implicated for allegedly hacking democratic party servers however he said moscow will only do so if the u.s. grants russian prosecutors similar access to accused u.s. nationals and particularly he mentioned businessman bill browder whose colleagues were accused by putin funneling four hundred million dollars illegally earned russia to hillary clinton's presidential campaign on tuesday the russian prosecutor's office published a list of people it would like to question the biggest surprise was perhaps a michael mcfaul former u.s. ambassador to moscow well there are also several other state department officials as well as u.s. intelligence officers on that list former british am i six agent christopher steel who is behind the infamous trump file is also wanted for questioning by russia. we needed to do it years afterward nicky and us that we're talking about foreign intelligence officers in particular from th

and our father had line story donald trump arrives in helsinki for his first summit with letterman put in a. welcome to our team for national coming to you live from moscow where the world cup has come to a thrilling and france is celebrating its second trough in twenty years after powering to four to the country over croatia at the luzhniki stadium. and these latest scenes were in paris after the final whistle and estimated one million people took to the streets waving flags and launching fireworks as this evening wore on the party got out of control in some parts of the sez he and police were called and. so the in. france manager of the shome has become the third person in football history to win the tournament as both a player and a coach has said down for a post match news conference in moscow which didn't go exactly as planned. in english please oh. surely. you don't think. oh he'd be. g.t.d. that is the only that was the. d.v.d. there was the game saw a tough fight back from croatia war and their first adult world cup final and here is the key moments in the breakdown of the matc

american television and is responsible for a number of hit shows, even appearing himself on the david lettermanan extremely influential television show and he has been responsible for commissioning many big programmes. he has also been, in recent months, a supporter of the metoo movement, a system of people on and forward and to stories of men trying to take a package of women in the workplace. now he has found that he himself has been accused of doing exactly that. this article in the new yorker, the writer says for women described leslie moonves as it did to forcibly kiss or touch them in business meetings and two that leslie moonves physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers. he has denied the inappropriate behaviour, but there is a statement from him. it says, "i recognise there were times decades ago where i mayhap made women uncomfortable and made advances, those were mistakes andi made advances, those were mistakes and i regret them immensely but i a lwa ys and i regret them immensely but i always understood and respected and abide by the principal that no means no

television and is responsible for a number for a series of hit shows, even appearing himself on the david letterman, which was an extremely influential television show — and he has been responsible for commissioning many big programmes. he has also been, in recent months, a big supporter of the metoo movement. this is, of course, this system of people coming forward and putting forward allegations that men have misused their positions in some cases, to try to take advantage of women in the workplace. now he finds that he himself has been accused of doing exactly that. in this article, which is by ronan farrow in the new yorker, and he has been covering a lot of these metoo claims, he says that four women describe leslie moonves attempting to forcibly kiss or touch them during business meetings and two told that leslie moonves physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers. now he has denied the inappropriate behaviour, but there is a statement from him in this article. it says, "i recognise there were times decades ago where i may have made some women uncomfortable while making a

donald trump says he misspoke during a joint news conference with letterman put. the us media and politicians the most disgraceful performances by an american president who showed cowardice on the world stage the second should have been i don't see any reason why i would want to rush from media storm to syria unsaddle now and russia's defense ministry says it's ready to implement all agreements reached by truong and putin in helsinki on how to bring peace to syria. and facebook admits classifying thousands of russians interested in treason for advertising purposes raising concerns over who wants to target such user it's. coming to life from the russian capital you're watching our national welcome to the program. one day after holding talks with president putin in helsinki donald trump as much with the u.s. congress members telling them that he misspoke on russian madlang during the summit . i have president putin he just said it's not russian i will say this i don't see any reason why it would be and a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of wh

donald trump says he misspoke during a joint news conference with letterman which had outreach the us media and politicians the most disgraceful performances by an american president he showed cowardice on the world stage the second should have been i don't see any reason why i would be white it wasn't a rush for a media storm to say ransack moment russia's defense ministry says it's ready to implement all agreements reached by trump and put an end helsinki on how to bring peace to syria. and facebook admits classifying thousands of russians as interested entries and for advertising purposes raising concern.

never really stood on their own they have not had to spend money on defense why do you just cut letterman's have the air force plan just cut a nato in half well no i don't need to cut it in half you need to make them rationalize it but what's the what's the point of it it has no use well i mean if you're going nice to another countries territory that in the us is. and what's the point of nato and that is that this function is worthless it's an extension of the old model that's correct what model well british imperialism followed by american president but i don't i mean part of europe there i think they don't want to part of the world anymore they just want to eat my mind he left. you know the empire is gone but they have pretended that it's still there and we look at trump and queen what a great picture point is you have this american president who still really doing the bidding of the british empire one hundred years after we took the ball you know i say that's obviously wrong you know the brits lawson pyar really at the end of world war one and they became they had to realize they were br

donald trump says he misspoke during a joint news conference with letterman porton which had outragedthe us media and politicians the most disgraceful of all performances by an american president who showed cowardice on the world stage to send should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be a rush from media storm to syria and saddle nantz russia's defense ministry says it's ready to implement all agreements reached by truong and food in helsinki on how to bring peace to syria. and facebook admits classifying thousands of russians as interested in treason for advertising purposes raising concerns over who was.

did interfere in our 2016 election, and the president, by his presence there, by willing to praise letterman putin -- v ladimir putin, by failing to act to extradite the 12 russians, he has failed to act again. we have to make sure we do everything we can domestically butecure our elections, also with our allies to form a kind of cyber-nato, a mutual defense pact when it comes to cyberspace. nato deals with a defense pact when you have a physical intrusion of an aligned country. donations then joined together and defend. joine nations then together and defend. the times demand that we make that happen now i will introduce congressman himes from connecticut. >> i am delighted to join my intelligence community colleagues here to reflect on the disgraceful performance of the president in europe, in helsinki in particular. we don't do this with any mirth or joint or any partisan -- or joy or any partisan intent. traditionally politics have stopped at the water's edge. it is terribly important today that all of us stand up for the men and women of the intelligence community who were disrespected

. >> you've watched letterman, you've watched leno, but what about larry? larry sanders, that is.handling wanted to do a show that deconstructed the kind of show "the tonight show" was. >> just pretend like you're talking to me till we're off the air so it won't seem weird. >> okay. blah, blah, blah, blah. >> "the larry sanders show" was sort of cathartic. because in the world of "the larry sanders show," there was a network. >> you want me to [ bleep ] your budget? is that what you want me to do? >> so it became this weird funhouse mirror thing, where you could use stuff from your misery, your career, as fodder. >> don't take this as a threat but i killed a man like you in korea, hand to hand. my boy doesn't want to do any more commercials. >> larry sanders to me was, aside from being a brilliant television show -- >> can you say, hey now. >> hey now. >> it was my everyday life. >> i'm here for three good reasons. last show. big ratings. movie coming out. bim, bam, boom. >> "the larry sanders show" was very unique in that it was very deadpan. and really groundbreaking in its day.

i truly wish judge cindy letterman all the best in her next chapter of her life. hank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. lamalfa: i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: mr. speaker, i rise today sadly but also in honor of the passing of a dear friend from chasta county, mel fisher. melvin francis fisher was born in detroit, michigan. i first came to know mel and his lovely wife, cathy. what a character this couple was. during the first time i went to a pearl harbor survivors event in shasta in 2002. he followed in the footsteps of his father who was a fighter pilot in world war 16r789 he couldn't know what the journey would take him to. indeed when he was in pearl harbor aboard the u.s.s. whitney, that was where they were attacked by the japes. his ship that day was responsible for shooting down two japanese planes that day. me

the latest incident comes as the president is set to meet with letterman putin next week. >>> fire crews starting to get a handle on the county fire near lake berryessa. that fire now 73% contained. the good news is it's not expanded. the county fire started at the end of last month. more than 2500 firefighters are still on the scene. 16 structures have burned. mandatory evacuations remain in place. >>> good to hear they are getting a handle on that, but the fire danger across the board remains high. >> not a lot of change going on. that hot and dry weather for our in the communities, southern california suffering from pretty hot weather. that will remain. we do have a cooling trend, it is very subtle. i will show you that in just a bit. taking a look at the current conditions in oakland. san francisco at 66, 97 reported and santa rosa. with all the clear skies most areas are warmer at this hour then where we were yesterday. 7 degrees warmer and santa rosa, in and around the bay a few degrees warmer. if it feels hotter out there today, chances are it is. giving you a view at some of the

get people to disburse without dragging -- [inaudible] >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, miss letterman. thank you. need to abolish i.c there's an incredible movement. it's been introduced in the house of representatives in the new york house, there's bills to stop this. i am talking to two supervisors in san francisco who are ready to put boabolish i.c.e. we cannot have i.c.e. in this state. this is a sanctuary city, this is a sanctuary state. we are just not protesters like they said in standing rock. as the news flies back, we are over in helsinki -- when i think about children being treated like this, i can't even speak. this is the most appalling, i never thought we would come to this. but the police can't be part of this and say they're following orders. i talked to the -- why this happened last week is shocking to me. i talked to you in the hallway, and you told me i wasn't playing fair. i'm not playing. this is not a game. this is the most despicable thing this country has ever done, to have our children dragged to jail. it's just appalling, and these people that are out there,

or trial it produce letterman so what happens to be a food. we don't think of it that way.james tyrrell himself is a creator of lights not a gaunt but an artist whose material is light artificial as well as natural. is installations have no subjects and no focal points they shroud viewers in lines until they lose orientation. no focus no object no thing and you see that when you get the white out while skiing you can see it. flying when you're after the cloud and after you gauge an instrument flying. also when you dive we are entering this new. landscape which is the landscape with horizon and we're learning to navigate it. charles arts is a sensual experience. what it first looks like a painting is really a space. here everyone who gives in to it is frozen back on themselves. you are literally investing in your your thing and it's not so much my seeing that i present to you and then you can go and. with knowledge put into your. james taro gives us a key that opens the door to the subconscious. we encounter his words as if in a lucid dream. no boundary lines expands spaces

. >> josh letterman, again, we welcome you to the nbc news team. glad you're with us.ional political reporter at nbc news. thank you very much. >> thanks, peter. >>> president trump inviting vladimir putin for a second meeting this fall. the latest twist in this trump/putin relationship. on capitol hill, more fallout from the meeting in helsinki that, believe it or not, was this week, on monday. republicans split on the president's muddled messaging about putin interfering in u.s. elections. i want to bring in congressman mike turner from ohio. congressman turner, also a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman turner, if i can, your fellow republican, representative will hurd, said the following to the "new york times." over the course of my career as an undercover officer in the cia, i saw russian intelligence manipulate many people. i never thought i would see the day when an american president would be one of them. is president trump being manipulated by vladimir putin? >> well, i think that, you know, certainly, we've seen, wherever there have been

president i mean what's in his interest there to press letterman on this one of one of the things that we should keep in mind is that the reduction of weapons in in russia would also mean a reduction of weapons in the united states. so i'm not sure if tom is willing at this point to really go down this road or if he more likely looks for cream and to you know to do something positive for the u.s. . to me and maybe he shies away from you know reducing weapons not only in russia but also in the united states we haven't talked much yet about the conflict in syria what role this summit could have been for them gaffer to find a solution to peace there what do you expect to come out here you know we're not expecting concrete concrete outcome but could this summit help towards finding a solution the summit cooked help to find a solution only if the two leaders and willing to rethink their role in the region because at this point the u.s. administration has been attacking. interventional has been carrying out intervention in syria to the dismay of russia and russia is continuing to support the

david letterman and judd apatow.omats and loyal friends. so will the thought of a middle kid extinction entice parents to have more children? probably not. but those in the know say middles will be missed. >> while the world would be a quieter place with maybe less whining, i think it would also be a more boring place. >> you know, it did make me think, maybe i'll have a third kid. i'm not making that announcement. >> does henry know about this? >> no. he's not watching. it is interesting to think about changing the dynamic, that middle kids aren't just like i need attention, marsha marsha marsha but empathetic. >> you are a middle kids. >> you look through photo albums you see a million pictures of my sister, my brother, i was like, am i there? they get excited about the firs) >>> good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. authorities are on the hunt for a serial bank robber. they believe that started at least three bay area banks. investigators are calling him the faux badge bandit. the fbi said he earlier rob

and kim kardashian, warren buffett and bill ges are also model middle men, as are funny guys david lettermanids are said to become ski dedlomats and loyal friends. so, will the thought of a middle kid extinction entice parents to have more children? probably not, but those in know say middles will be missed. >> while the world would be a quieter place with maybees whining, i think it would also be a more boring place. >> you know, it did make me think, maybe i'll have a thi kid. i mean, i'm not making that announcement, but it's st integ. >> does he know about this? >> he's not watching, but it is interesting to think about ging the dynamic, that middle kids aren't just like, oh, i need attention, marcia, marcia, marcia, butet empa. >> you are a middle kid. >> i am, and it's funny when you look through photo albums there ar a million pictures of my sister and a million pictures of my brother. i'm like, waser i yeah, you were there. but they get excited about the first and the last. >> now we're getting few pictures of you on tv. okay. >>ou turned out all right. >> yeah. >> guys, the crowd is

day of top level diplomacy letterman putting on donald trump wrap up their historic summit claiming prate progress has been made. our relationship. has never been worse. than it is now however that changed. as of about four hours ago. despite both leaders agreeing on a number of key issues the u.s. media is up in arms over the result. i don't know which side is the bride and which side of that is the groom enters a bit of a sore sort of feels like we're at a wedding you have been watching perhaps the most disgraceful performances by an american president today's press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory also coming up wolf range honors the victorious world cup team returns home to a hero's welcome. thanks . coming to you live this is our team for a national welcome to the program. positive steps and real progress while those are the words both leaders used to describe the first trumpet and some that aren't easily up a train go to travel to hell thinking with the russian president and pale was with the trump team and here i

you want to go through the list letterman style top to bottom or bottom to top? >> sure., i think the -- >> go ahead. >> the big takeaway of the list i think this year is how many people are working on ai about a third of the people on the list are working on it either they're using ai for medical diagnostics. or they're developing ways for ai to learn. robot to learn from people we have people working on ai ethics on the ways ai can impact society and how you are avoid ai bias so it's really the field this year. >> who is the youngest person on the list this year >> oh, that's a great question i should have been prepared for it but i think it is probably a 25-year-old who is working on -- where is she now she is working on gene therapy -- no, sorry not on gene therapy. there she is chelsea finn she's the one working on how to teach robots to learn from watching people. >> and i was going to ask, how international is this group? one of the reasons i ask is, you know, you often hear in terms of ai, this battle between the u.s. and china. >> yeah. it is pretty international