letterman. and i open it. [ applause ] he didn't even sign it. and he's looking at me across the room like pretty good gift, right? it is the best thing. it's the best thing i've ever gotten. >> jimmy: my favorite thing about it was that it was on two pages. there aren't that many words to "free bird." it was a two-pager. so impossible for framing. but will you frame that? >> i will frame it. >> jimmy: you will put that up in your home. >> yes. i was very honored that he -- >> jimmy: did you send him a thank you note for that gift? >> he called me after the show. >> jimmy: oh. >> to thank me again. and it was so nice. and i don't know. i got nervous talking to him on the phone for some reason. and i tried to be funny. and i hear him say to his assistant as i'm trying to do this. he goes, "oh, god, i'm stuck in the middle of a bit with zach galifianakis." [ laughter ] and i could tell he was trying to get off the phone. and i hung up on him. i go, okay, i'll just call you tomorrow. and i hung up. [ laughter ] k

. >> dave letterman hosted the late show and interviewed donald trump over 30 times. retired now you can tell from the big beard and asked about the old interviews. >> what were your overall impressions of him and they are. >> i think he liked being on tv. he had no sense that he was the [bleep] that he is turned into. he used to be the boop of new york that pretended too be wealthy, or we thought was wealthy, and now he is just psychotic. his outputting to find a point on it? >> joining me and outdone them an insult. this letterman in the media people rode the trump ratings for all these years and then he gets to be president. there still writing the ratings waves and i think it's disrespectful. >> it is disrespectful in their alias and jealous of the president of the united states. and when you look at dave letterman, it looks like this of these hearsay wrong with him. >> he is hiding from himself. >> his in venus and jealousy is what he is hiding from. >> is a little jealous of donald trump. >> president trump is a billionaire, he is the most powerful man in the wo

the lion's share of the crypto market but other options are out there earlier we spoke with taylor letterman of simpler trading and rocky miller a bit see on to break down the future of proposed and what decides decentralisation got a patch show today so let's go and die bright is. a major twist in the story of an apparent attack on oil tankers in the gulf of oman these are global report today as a japanese owner of one of the damaged vessels directly contradicts secretary of state might pump a use case against iran as we reported 2 tankers that kooka courageous owned by a japanese company and a frontal terror owned by a norwegian company sustained damage from explosions and fire in the strait of hormuz that required evacuation of the ships u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all made a bold claim about the attack on thursday and who he believes is behind it. it is the assessment of the united states government that the islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman today. this is based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed

>> zach and jrue, you receive custom letterman jackets that say not smart guy. >> jimmy: oh wow, howt? [ cheers and applause ] go ahead, make sure those fit. >> which jacket looks better? which colors look better? >> jimmy: if you mind just turning around and modeling those? yes, there you go. ♪ all right. thanks so much. chris and derrick, zach and jrue. very well done. thanks, fellas. we'll be right back with corinne and jamie foxx. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ that i won the "best of" i casweepstakes it. and i get to be in this geico commercial? let's do the eyebrows first, just tease it a little. slather it all over, don't hold back. well, the squirrels followed me all the way out to california! and there's a very strange badger staring at me... no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. uh-huh, where's the camel? "mr. big shot's" got his own trailer. ♪ wheeeeeee! believe it! geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. ♪you put your right arm in, and then you shake it all about♪ ♪you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself

when you look at dave letterman it looks like something may be wrong with him. he's hiding from himself. jesse: what do you think he's hiding from inside himself. >> is enviness and jealousy is what he's hiding from. he's a lot jealous of donald trump. each's the most of powerful man in the world. some of these liberals can't stand it. jesse: they have power envy. jesse: you don't have power envy. you have the power and just let i'd slide off. >> we are humble just like jesse. jesse: someone who needs lessons in humility. kamala harris gets out there and she is going lock him up to donald trump. watch this. >> everyone should be held accountable and the president is not above the law. >> even a former president going on trial serving jail time? >> the facts and evidence will take the process where it leads. i have read the mueller report. i do believe that we've should believe bob mueller when he tells us essentially the only reason an indictment was not returned was because of a memo in the department of justice that suggests you cannot indict a sitting preside

. >>> joining me now, josh letterman, mac gorman, and aid yen el rod, former senior adviser tos 2016linton campaign. adrien adrienne, let me talk to you about joe biden. the biggest threats to his campaign at the moment aren't hi rivals, but hi able to remain disciplined. do you agree with that? do you think his absence hurt him? or was it better to stay above the fray? >> i think it's a of both. he's the rare candidate in this cycle among the democrats who is set his own agenda. he is the front-runner, and nonjust the front-runner, but leading by double digits he generated pivoting as if he was was the general election candidates. it's crucial in the general election and sort of ignoring everything happening in california. at the same time, kasey, california is now a super tuesday day, and it's potentially a problem for joe biden if it seems like he's not focusing on courting the party elders, courting the party's establishment. so i think on the one hand it was smart for him to make his own headlines, but on the other hand he's got to make sure, and i'm sure that he's paying attent

to share with you a clip from your appearance on my next guest needs no introduction with david letterman have a listen. our oldest daughter jen we have 3 children she was about to go to preschool and bill and i completely agreed where we wanted her to go for preschool through 5th grade this and the school was not close to our house we were really wrestling with this and he finally said melinda i get it i will drive 2 days a week and so he started doing it and he'd love the conversations with her in the car etc etc about 2 or 3 weeks into the school year couple moms kind of sidled up to me and they said do you see what's going on here in the classroom and i said well it's funny i see more dads driving and they all said well we went home and said to our husbands bill gates. i'm sure your husband must love that movement but how does that apply then to the work you do how does what you're doing in the home. take on a wider scale we have to look at all of this unpaid labor that women do all over the world and our economies are built on the back of that unpaid labor and so whether it's caregiv

josh letterman in fresno, california, where tonight, this very night, chris matthews hosts a live townith mayor pete buttigieg. be sure to watch, 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc and we are just 23 days away from the first presidential debates of the 2020 election cycle. june 26 and june 27 in miami. the prime time events will be broadcast live across nbc news, msnbc and telemundo and will be streamed on nbc news digital properties. >>> up next, friend of this show and frequent friday guest outgoing economic adviser to president trump kevin hassett joining me on his decision to leave the white house after two years in the post. you are watching msnbc. e after years in the post. you are watching msnbc what is that? uh mine, why? it's just that it's... lavender. yes it is, it's for men but i like the smell of it laughs ♪ ♪ ♪ in big ways and in small, bank of america is here to help you get things done. what would you like the power to do?® ♪ done what would you like the power to do?® for people 50 and older colat average risk.ing honey have you seen my glasses? i've always had a kna

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to share with you a clip from your appearance on my next guest needs no introduction with david letterman have a listen. our oldest daughter jen we have 3 children she was about to go to preschool and bill and i completely agreed where we wanted her to go for preschool through 5th grade this and the school was not close to our house we were really wrestling with this and he finally said melinda i get it i will drive 2 days a week and so he started doing it and he'd love the conversations with her in the car etc etc about 2 or 3 weeks into the school year couple moms kind of sidled up to me and they said do you see what's going on here in the classroom and i said well it's funny i see more dads driving and they all said well we went home and said to our husbands if bill gates. thank you. i'm sure your husband must love that movement but how does that apply then to the work you do how does what you're doing in the home. take on a wider scale we have to look at all of this unpaid labor that women do all over the world and our economies are built on the back of that unpaid labor and so whethe

the lion's share of the crypto market but other options are out there earlier we spoke with taylor letterman of simpler trading and rocking miller a bit see on to break down the future of proposed and what decides decentralisation got a past show today so let's go and die bright it.

for letterman by that maybe our problem is that we have both just the way we are both of us.but it's been. evident as that he says he can't really imagine what others are feeling it's ok. sometimes people say that about me too. tragic that he is maybe but not as good as my wife and sure that i'm still in the full. so now i'm near the river. oh him of enough fun then the people keep telling me to grow up then they say i should just throw my choice in the trash and get in the mini. then with humor but i say i want to stay the way i am. he smashed in i don't want to grow up. i want to keep playing like a charm. that's met makes me happy. thanks . coming and. coming and. welcome to the future. looking for a taxi. fund that makes earthbound traffic jams a thing of the past. sounds like science fiction but it's not the 1st electric air taxis already up and running and sometime soon they'll be flying autonomous need to . educate 13 others. and it starts 21 specialists. beethoven needs mumbai in detail because campus bunch of. young decisions from germany and india explore each other

the lion's share of the crypto market but other options are out there earlier we spoke with taylor letterman of simply trading and rocky miller a bit see on to break down the future of proposed and what decides decentralisation got to pacho today so let's go dive right in. a major twist in the story of an apparent attack on oil tankers in the gulf of oman these are global report today as a japanese owner of one of the damaged vessels directly contradicts secretary of state might pump a use case against iran as we reported 2 tankers that kooka courageous owned by a japanese company and a frontal terror owned by a norwegian company sustained damage from explosions and fire in the strait of hormuz that required evacuation of the ships u.s. secretary of state mike pump aylmer.

rocky miller and taylor letterman thank you both so much for being here and breaking down all these all points. thank you very much. finally a major cultural shift may be coming to the. and in metals exchange traders at the element have developed a reputation for drink sodden midday meals but now the element has followed up on a recent code of conduct that advise that drinking at after hours l m e related event should be in moderation with an apparent ban on day drinking the element spain during is the last year of pain markets a conduct face to face trading and booze and bravado are said to be ingrained in the rings culture a spokesperson for the l i me said the element appreciates the high standards up held by its members and has formalized the general position that ring base personnel should not consume any alcohol prior to conducting business busy well let's hope the new role leads to more responsible financial choices and fewer hangovers have a good weekend and drink responsibly that's it for this time you can catch boom bust on direct t.v. channel 321 dish network channel 280 or s

so kanye west talking to david letterman and he's back at it with the maga hat stuff. >> have you evern beat up in your high school wearing the wrong hat? >> i was beat up because people didn't like me. the idea is the bullying. >> who is the bully in this scenario? >> definitely liberals. people who are trump supporters, it's not calm. you can't just go fan wear the hat it's like [bleep] you, [bleep] you. jesse: if i went to san francisco and wore a maga hat, do you think someone would knock me out? >> if i put on my maga hat, nobody better not say anything to me because i have a right to wear whatever i want to. i'm happy kanye west is calling out the bullies. i wish we would hear his voice more. don't run inside and hide once you are being bullied. stand up to these left-leaning liberals and let them know how it's going to be up in this country. we have a right to wear our make america great again hat. we have a right to support whoever we want to. we stand and support the president of the united states and nobody has the right to take that right away from us. jesse: all right. silk

at the movable letterman it's not hard for me to use the new alphabet but that was the only we all know you said on line already when we messaged your friends. but the. maybe adults don't yet know the latin alphabet but back in the village of. 8th graders say they've already taught themselves and are using it on social media. kazakhstan's government hopes the change will open up a whole new generation of cause us to the world. to the women's world cup now where there was plenty of drama last night with slots in the last 16 up for grabs among those in action were outside contenders australia while they defeated jamaica for want to reach the next round and that came in no small part thanks to the performance of captain sam kerr. australia got off to the perfect start when captain sun steal this stunning video when the 11 minutes. drawl finished from australia stop playing. and captain fantastic made it to with another hit with this many australian cruising. but some tough jamaican cycling probably was going down without a fight. and so it proved to me the pulled one but we've done it so t

david letterman steps down as prime minister. and three some may steps in. although she voted to remain the former home secretary has one mission. to ensure the u. k.'s breakaway the twenty seven othe. members. may take the plunge and triggers article fifty this marks the beginning of strenuous negotiations in a bid to obtain a departure deal. crucial first move economic transition. in an effort to strengthen the hand of the told she calls for a snap election the backfires. may loses her conservative majority i will now for a government. forcing her to reach out to northern ireland's dup. britain's leader is confidential united nation bruised by political disparities rex it provides us with opportunities i want to see is coming together. the four nations across the united kingdom we have a very strong union that is in our interest after two years of journeying back and forth between london and brussels. may present said deal negotiated with the u. leaders to the u. k. parliament in january. but she fails to convince suffering the largest defeat in government

letterman putin calls out america and other nations for not practicing what they preach and not only when it comes to trade wars russian president's assessment came at the st petersburg international economic forum speaking alongside other world leaders. british prime minister theresa may officially stepped down as leader of the conservative party now the race is on to replace her with 11 candidates on the job. and alito audio recording reveals they had misgivings the u.s. secretary of state might prompt about what may follow if venezuelan president maduro steps down. you can take our team with you on the go just download our app from google play or the apple app store but next cook has the latest in politics on the big story this. hour as the old song goes what some matter with kids today are millennia as hopeless as research suggests but 1st flashpoint north pole as climate change changes the map in the arctic circle how will travel trade and the military balance of power change i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our team america. as roiling circumstances the

be the world did not men designate that i will of been others there as well feared to designate letterman as a terrorist the government does not equal never mind how and here to recognize that these people are terrorists the president was new to that announcement when he sticks it gives a nice big move about we not a monarchy but that's not to the president so if i had to be to look it is the if we had millions were denied us not wait to be looked at least used to look and president not even if used up if you still stuck in refuse to listen so ok also if it is refusing the government refusing to but what do you think needs to be done to ease the tensions when you've got 2 groups competing for the same learn but what can you do. yes you go men need to get in there if you stick in a sense so when you go we'll have a. security you know it isn't easy you know mickey get in you know for us i did it by mistake it's merely kidnap me and deep not one in each of those rules and punishment then that is not that is happening granted those needs give us the agony of needle you need to clean useful he

you're talking about oliver letterman and yvette cooper.e prime ministers seek an extension. she only had to seek an extension, she didn't have to do it. actually it was the prime minister who altered things. i understand process in the houseis things. i understand process in the house is complicated. but when i listen to people like yourselves talking you don't quite understand the process in the house. forget my words, matt hancock, your rival, says a no—deal brexit won't happen because parliament won't allow it. is he just wrong? the only way, u nless is he just wrong? the only way, unless he wanted to be prime minister and keep bringing back the withdrawal agreement, and he does seem to follow theresa may's path, they could lay amendments and try and frustrate it. but if you don't something bring something back to the floor of the house to end, it cannot be amended and derailed in that way. you don't think there would be another legislative vehicle they could use to stop at? i'm sure people will try and frustrate the will of the british

to share with you a clip from your appearance on my next guest needs no introduction with david letterman have a listen. our oldest daughter jen we have 3 children she was about to go to preschool and bill and i completely agreed where we wanted her to go for preschool through 5th grade this and the school was not close to our house we were really wrestling with this and he finally said melinda i get it i will drive 2 days a week and so he started doing it and he'd love the conversations with her in the car etc etc about 2 or 3 weeks into the school year couple moms kind of sidled up to me and they said do you see what's going on here in the classroom and i said well it's funny i see more dads driving and they all said well we went home and said to our husbands bill gates. i'm sure your husband must love that movement but how does that apply then to the work you do how does what you're doing in the home. take on a wider scale we have to look at all of this unpaid labor that women do all over the world and our economies are built on the back of that unpaid labor and so whether it's caregiv

so kanye west talking to david letterman and he's back at it with the maga hat stuff. >> have you everaring the wrong hat? >> i was beat up because people didn't like me. the idea is the bullying. >> who is the bully in this scenario? >> definitely liberals. people who are trump supporters, it's not calm. you can't just go fan wear the hat it's like [bleep] you, [bleep] you. jesse: if i went to san francisco and wore a maga hat, do you think someone would knock me out? >> if i put on my maga hat, nobody better not say anything to me because i have a right to wear whatever i want to. i'm happy kanye west is calling out the bullies. i wish we would hear his voice more. don't run inside and hide once you are being bullied. stand up to these left-leaning liberals and let them know how it's going to be up in this country. we have a right to wear our make america great again hat. we have a right to support whoever we want to. we stand and support the president of the united states and nobody has the right to take that right away from us. jesse: all right. silk has the same hair as kanye. >>

when i got in high school, i became a letterman in football, baseball. i played golf.education is very important in our family. they big on that. my mom hold me to a higher standard. i had a good relationship with her. my dad was tough on me. maintain grades, you can play sports. my grades was good. i maintained a b average. my family, they always see me in school doing normal stuff like going to class and rotc and doing stuff, just having fun. nobody around, i'm another person. >> nobody figuring this. what were you doing? >> i was stealing stuff out of stores, going to school and selling it. >> what was the money for? >> i like shoes. sneaker head. i got to loving shoes. i gotta keep up these shoes. >> why didn't you ask your mom for the money? >> i see my mom go through a struggle a lot of times. i hate to hear my mom cry. when she couldn't do what she wanted to do for her kids, my mom made sacrifices. how is she going to pay this bill, make sure we eat? i took it upon myself. i'm going to help out. so i did buy grocery. i told mom i brought groceries. i lied to her

. >> stephen: i know you're a big fan of david letterman, as am i. >> yes. >> stephen: you went on with time i went on, as i'm sure it was with you -- >> stephen: sure. >> like, it is a major life event. i remember every second. >> stephen: absolutely. >> the smells. i mean, here it was freezing. >> stephen: dave smelled amazing, by the way. >> he had a very, very, very nice smell. >> stephen: like wintergreen. >> yes. >> stephen: welcome back to the ed sullivan theater. >> thank you. >> stephen: nice to have you. >> thank you. >> stephen: we met briefly before. this is kind of a first real conversation. we met at a party or something like that. >> yeah, and our first real conversation is televised as it should be. >> stephen: all the best ones are. >> absolutely gli understand, i just found out, you were-- besides being an actor, from a very young age, you were a huge film fan, a huge film bust. how did that manifest for you? was that embraced by your friends or was it odd to them? >> it was tolerated. in high school i would direct plays and fancied myself kind of a high school-level,

hence where the recording came from. >>> finally, david letterman took a seat in the barber shop chairt. here's a look. >> let me just ask you a question about beard care generally. >> yes. >> i just use a bar of soap on my head and on the beard. >> well, i do like that you're disinfecting your face and your beard and your head. >> all of these little guys want to follow the rules, but then this one is like, meh. we can trim it -- >> we're not trimming anything. >> this triangle of hair up here is bermuda's triangle. should we just get that hair? >> if you touch that with anything sharp with a blade, i'm gone. this is the theresa may of your hair right here. all by herself and no one wants to listen to her. literally i interviewed erin brockovich. shouldn't you love thamovie? >> has anyone -- in conversation ever just fainted from talking to you? >> no. >> he was exhausted. the meeting coincides with pride month discussing gender, identity and progression of the lgbtq race. check out the full interview on youtube. he had the opportunity to shave it all off right there bud -- but respec

we heard from the letterman show, leno. we would get requests from people wanting him to come and shoot with their kids at their child's bar mitsvah. it was just unbelievable. >> all under the watchful eye of lebron's mother gloria. >> as he was pulled in more and more differently directions, the motherly protection instincts kicked into high gear. this was her son's life. >> the teenager signed a lucrative deal with nike for tens of millions before graduating high school. at a postgame press conference, a reporter asked about the plans. >> he looked over at me and he said, well, patty, i think i have to get back to school. i have a lot of assignments to make up. he didn't have to do that but it was on his mind. it was part of the plan. i'm going to finish. and my work will reflect who i am. >>> coming up -- >> he broke up with the city on live tv and everybody hated his guts for it. no, no, no, no... only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ so recently my son's band was signed by a record label. a

hence where the recording came from. >> and finally, david letterman took a seat in a barber shop chaircitement. here's a look. >> let me ask you a question about beard care generally. >> yes. >> iust use a bar of soa on my head and on the beard. >> i do like that you're disinfecting yourace and your beard and your head. all of these little guys want to follow the rules, but this one is like no. >> without trimming anything. >> you have a triangle of hair that's living up here.'s it bermuda's triangle. should we get that hair. >> if you touch that with anything sharp, with a blade, i'm gone. >> this is t theresa may of your hrs right here. all by yourself, andnt no one wato listen to her. you know who i literally just interviewed. erin brockovich. didn't you love that hmovie? anyone in conversation alever just fainted from tng ? >> no. >> he was exhausted. the two discussed gender, identity, and the progression of the lgbtq race. you can check out the full interview on youtube. he had the opportunity to shave it all off and he respected the beard. >> it's become his thing now, you know

. >>> you have watched letterman, you've watched leno, but what about larry?to do a show that deconstructed the kind of show "the tonight show" was. >> pretend like you're talking to me. we're off the air. >> okay. blah, blah, blah, blah. >> the larry sanders show was kind of cathartic because in the world of the show there was a network. >> you want me to [ bleep ] your budget? that what you want me to do? >> it became this fun house 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 think it made people really go, that's the level of work you may be able to d

but when i got in high school, i became a letterman in some football, baseball, i played golf.nted to go to college. education is very important in our family. they big on that. and my mom hold me to a higher standard. i had a good relationship with her. my dad was kind of tough on me 'cause he's like me, you maintain the grades, you can play sports. my grades was always good. i always maintained a "b" average. my family always see me in school doing normal stuff, going to classes, going to rotc, doing stuff and having fun, but when nobody around, i'm a whole another person. >> nobody figured theis. >> nobody. >> nobody. >> what were you doing? >> i was just like stealing stuff out of the stores and everything. going to school, selling them. >> what was the money for? >> like jordans. i'm a shoe man. >> sneaker head. >> i was a sneaker head. i loved shoes so much. i got to keep up these shoes. >> why didn't you just ask your mom for the money? >> i seen my mom go through a struggling a lot of times. and it hurt me. i hate to see my mom cry. when she couldn't do what she wanted

. >> this afternoon, "ellen" welcomes david letterman and r am sandle >>> welcome back. a 13-year-old is flying on cloud nine. erday, he received a special honor. >> he became a pilot for e day at joint base andrews. on joint base andrews, drew reporter: inside joint base andrews, a boy lives out his dream. swearing in 13-year-old o'ryan jolly off to be a pilot for the day. first, a little training in the same simulator the air force trains with. >> good. >> sehow excited he is? it's awesome. >> reporter: a few years ago, o'ryan developed a rare and terminal mital chondrial brain disease >> we can't wait to see my child smile and be able to -- sorry. be able to do this, you kno because people don't realize what you have when you havit and we don't. >> reporter: which is why the nonprofit check six and colonel robert balzona selected o'ryan for the biannual pilot for a day program at andrews. >> we can't change what is happening with him and what the outcome is, but we can replace all of the bad memories with all of the good memories. >> you never know. it might help you.

so kanye west talking to david letterman, and he's back at it with the maga hat stuff.the left can be to trump supporters. >> have you ever been beat up in your high school for wearing the wrong hat? >> i've just been beat up because people didn't like me. [laughter] >> yeah. >> but i know what you're saying. >> the idea is the bullying. >> who's the bully in this scenario? >> well, definitely liberals -- [applause] bully people who are trump supporters. it's not just calm. you can't just go and wear the hat. you can't just go, it's like [bleep] you, [bleep] you. jesse: you know, i want to do the a little experiment. what if i went to san francisco and i wore a maga hat. do you think someone would knock me out? i i think they would. i'd probably duck and weave it, but they'd try. >> they may something to you, but if i put on my maga hat, nobody better not say anything to me, because i have a right to wear whatever i want to. >> that's right. >> listen, i'm happy that kanye west is calling out bullies. i think we would hear his voice more. don't run inside and hide. you

josh letterman an msnbc news political news recorder broke the story for us., official embassy flag poli poles. have any other flags be flown on that pole in the past? >> the flag has been flown in the past. during the obama administration blanket approval to all u.s. embassies that wanted to fly the pride flag on that official flagpole during the month of june. lgbt pride month. the trump add min changed that. you have to go back to washington for specific approval and so far approval denied to all embassies that asked for it. >> joshua, do we know when that request is put in, where does it go? where does it end up and where does the buck stop basically on this? >> reporter: right. the requests go to under secretary of state for management in the state department who happens to be a close ally of secretary of state mike pompeo. in fact, he was a longtime business associate of the secretary of state, worked for him at the cia, and folks pointed out the fact pompeo has perhaps longer-term political ambitions, wants to keep his credibility with conservatives wit

>> some reporting that nbc news has done from josh letterman over at the state department, st the state department refusing permission,in rejecting request from embassies around the world to fly the pride flag now during gay pride month around the world. embassies, in germany and brazil made this request.s the state department came back and said it cannot be known on the main flagpole at these embassy compounds around the world and germany because the ambassador there, the american ambassador is a staunch ally of president trump backing him all the way andg yet the senior mo gay official in the trump administration is leading a global fight to end the criminality of homosexuality. he says he's going to have that flag flown throughout. so now a controversy brewing this symorning. >> veryng interesting. thank you so much for that report. >>>at let's discuss this furthes with our senior reporter with business insider and editor in kmeef chief of politico. president trump has secured an important victorys on behalf o the american people. and mitch mcconnell said the onus is now on my democr

. >> nbc news's josh letterman is in south bend, indiana.ele, former rnc area, and basel schmeichel as well. you reported in your piece this morning that the mayor has been knocked off balance, knocked off course and knocked off message here. explain that. >> yeah, hallie. it's kind of the first time we have seen pete buttigieg lose his cool in public, getting mad at them calling him a racist. on the one hand, there is no political up side to being in the middle of this mayhem. but on the other hand, he's the mayor here. this is his town. it is his job to respond to this. he got emotional when we ask about this after the townhall yesterday. let's listen. >> i'm glad we did this. it's a strange thing to say, because this was not pretty. but it is better than not doing this. i don't know if it's strategic or not. but it's my city. >> there was question whether he may try to stick around a few more days to deal with this crisis before heading on to miami. a campaign source tells us this morning he is flying to miami today ahead of that presiden

josh letterman traveling with the president in japan points out if the meeting were to transpire, it would be the first time a u.s. and north korean leader have met in the dmz which despite its name is -- the most heavily fortified border in the world. >> we have retired four-star and ground commander in the gulf war and a veteran of the region under discussion here tonight. hard to know where to begin. the president may not realize he has people for that if he wants to extend an invitation. if you're our allies in the region, if you're japan, if you're south korea, how do you view an invitation to meet a guy not just a guy, but kim jong-un at the dmz via twitter in. >> you know, the north koreans have a small group of intelligence people who speak and read english and read our publications and watch our tv. they have to go in and brief kim jong-un on their conclusions. i'll bet they don't have a clue to to tell him. and if you have it wrong with kim jong-un, you might get shot. this is a bizarre situation. kim jong-un has 100,000 people in the gulog. he's shot dead in public executi

josh letterman is in bloomington, indiana. garrett haake is in iowa following joe biden's lead off event there. i'll start with you, josh. what's the candidates' goal? what's buttigieg's goal with today's big speech? >> reporter: pete buttigieg wants to show that more than any other candidate in the race, more than joe biden, he's ready to be commander in chief on day one. you can see how behind me on the stage they've got set up a whole row of american flags. they've got a podium set up. they've got a teleprompter setting it up as if he's in the state room of the white house giving an address about military policy, foreign policy. we really expect pete buttigieg to lean in on his background as an afghan war vet. the fact he's one of the only candidates in the race to have served in wartime. he'll talk about climate change, which he says is a national security issue. also, about winding down those wars in both iraq and afghanistan. getting rid of that authorization for use of military force that was put in place after 9/11 tha

well, rapper and entertainer kanye west appeared on the david letterman netflix show and while there something pretty true. obviously true but said it out loud. the american left suddenly decided to bully the rest of us. constantly. watch. >> have you ever been beat up in your high school for wearing the wrong hat? >> i am beat up because people didn't like me. [laughter] i know what you are saying. >> the idea is the bullying. >> who is the bully in the scenario? >> definitely liberals bully people who are trump supporters. it's not just calm. you can't just go and wear the hat. you can't just go. it's like [bleep] [bleep] bro! >> tucker: author and columnist mark steyn often wears the hat and can speak directly to do this. good to see you. what do you make of this? >> i love these little, as you said, he goes away and then he comes back. look, i don't really like the idea of expanding the encyclopedia of the republican celebrities. as far as i know it has pat boone and one of the oak ridge boys in it. fine by me. it's about the group think. that is what he is on them. he doesn't th

. >> nbc news road warrior josh letterman joins me from south bend. he covers the mayor.ondent trymaine lee. josh, i'll start with you, you were at that town hall. what was it like? >> reporter: well, craig, this was not your typical town hall meeting. you had people shouting at mayor pete and at the police chief, shouting at each other, even shouting down the local naacp chapter president. a lot of the tensions that were being vented in the room last night were not solely about this one incident a week ago when this man was shot. they were about other simmering tensions that have been going on for a while. but the fact of the matter is mayor pete is running for president, he's at the center of it and he's taking a lot of heat for it. >> josh, what do we know about the mayor's plans this week? as i understand it he's still participating in the debate in florida. do we know about any additional plans to address the controversy? >> reporter: i asked him last night whether he feels he can leave the community of south bend with everything going on to debate. he says he does p

will david letterman leave cbs? >> i'm not fancy. i'm not the elite. pants just like all of you. i sit on the edge of the bed and jane pulls them up for me. >> here's how i feel about that. >> go ahead. >> there is nothing you can do to influence how lorne michaels is going to portray you that saturday. >> final question for those watching these debates this week. what do you as a debate adviser and maestro what do you advise people to actually focus on? >> i think the best -- again, some people have to introduce themselves, some people are going to attack their lane, some people are going to take it to the president. the key piece of advice we always give, and i'm not the only one in this club, there are a lot of us who help the democratic candidates over the years, including some great people. be yourself. because if you're anything other than yourself, the camera recognizes that. "saturday night live" recognizes it. you're going to pay a heavy penalty for it. number two, if you can, try to have fun. try to interject humor. it's not easy. self-deprec

. >> with us now from bloomington, indiana, is national news political reporter josh letterman. josh, the idea of 2020 candidates going deep into foreign policy is not really something that we've seen a lot of. seth has done so because of his background in the military. what is buttigieg hoping to get out of this? >> reporter: yeah, ali, you see the candidates doing it who have military experience, who want to use that as really the reason why they are more qualified than the nearly two dozen other candidates in the race. pete buttigieg talking about his experience in the iraq war as a navy reserve officer, saying he wants to wind down wars in iraq and afghanistan, wants to pull out u.s. troops from afghanistan, and talking about climate change as a national security issue. saying it is not just about domestic policy, that it is also about our foreign policy and our security as a country. that's something that he talks about on the campaign trail and really hit hard today. >> when you think about pete buttigieg leaning in on this, and how early it is, ali, you mentioned seth mul

david letterman has this interview series that he's been do netflix called "my next guest needs no introductionly gets digs in deep with his new series of guests. he gets kanye west to talk about some of the mental issues that he's had. it is a health issue. thiss like sprained brain, like having a sprained ankanle. if someone has a sprained ankle, you're not going to push on him more. >> right. with us, once our brain gets to the point of spraining, people do everything tomake it worse! >> and david shares some of the issues that he's had himself. and ellen degeneres talks about being molestedr stepfather when she was 15, and coming to terms with that, and coming to terms of that with her mother. he talks to people that he only wants to talk to. and really dig deep with them. so i really like that new season. >> reporter: how about how aboue a drama nerning drama? >> well let's say that "the handmaid's tale" on hulu? i've always said as a critic that this is a show that feels like it's just two steps away from what we're living right now. particularly with these fights that we're having over a

so today on the sidelines of this conference, my colleague josh letterman and i expect both pete buttigiegrourke to meet with stacey abrams. not necessarily asking for an endorsement. not necessarily with anything on the agenda but a conversation trying to learn something from her. o'rourke came to georgia last night with a voting rights platform that he was rolling out. that's an issue near and dear to stacey abrams heart. i'd not be surprised to see that as a topic of conversation but abrams' eventual endorsement, should she decide to go that route in this race will be a big deal, steph. >> it's going to be a biggie. i know they all want it. thank you, garrett haake. >>> now to money, power politics. income inequality. we talk all about it in the abstract. it's now become a key issue in the 2020 election. candidates rolling out official economic policy plans to address it. the most prominent from senator elizabeth warren. she talked about it last night in our town hall here on msnbc. >> what i've got is a two-cent wealth tax on the biggest fortunes in this country. the top 0.1%. anybody