the person who deserved to get it was david letterman.torcycle into a news conference hosted by nbc entertainment 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, tha

>> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. >david, thank you for being on with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> and in spite of all this nonsense that goes around in the background, stay with us. stay in new york. >> thank you very much. >> dave is back in new york. we'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. [ laughter ] >> you're on, go ahead. >> i was enjoying listening to you snort. >> at the time, people thought who's going to watch television at 12:30 at night? who's up? i'm going to el it ytell you wh. young people, college people >> he was anti-establishment at his core. thumbing his nose to any existing social structures. >> who are those women out there, by the way. >> neighbors. i'll get rid of them. hey, excuse me, keep it movin'. >> he kind of spoofed the whole notion of talk shows. >> it's the late night guest cam. please say hello to tom ha

jonathan introduces david letterman to beard oil in the new interview.ey have serious moments as well the two get into a deep discussion on gender identity and lgbtq rights >> letterman's beard is important. every time i see that it's interesting to watch >> that is a life's work right there. well earned. he likes to grow that beard, beard chapter. >>> one country has been able to cover evyo wleernehi lowering drug prices, but what does it cost their taxpayers uh-oh, looks like someone's still nervous about buying a new house. is it that obvious? yes it is. you know, maybe you'd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn't know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. yep, they've been doing it for years. what are you doing? big steve? thanks, man. there he is. get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. >>> as we head into the 4th of july week, many folks across the country are finalizing their travel plans aaa estimates 41.4 million people will be on the roads over the holid

they never have anything good decision that's why i say hey if they don't like it a little believe letterman was there always telling us how to run it how to do this how did you know what if they don't love it tell them to leave it was joining us now here in the studio for some analysis on this is on the n.s.f. so we're saying this to find attack on these democratic u.s. congresswoman all of them u.s. citizens what's going on here well it's has shocked people that the president would tell congress women who are american citizens like you said to go back to their countries just to point out of course that all of them not only are u.s. citizens but all but one were born in the u.s. and you also singled out alexandria cause you're cortez to go back to her country even though she's from puerto rico which is part of the united states so a lot of people see a lot more going on here people have called this racist for women are people of color but there's also a political side to this there are some of his most vocal critics i think he sees them as a threat he's gearing up for the 2020 campaign and

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided tohe air. monday, las vegas -- [ 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. and stay with us here in new york. we like having you. >> i like being here. >> 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. [ laughter ] >> 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. colleg

letterman every day lost that one yes well the. saxons can be hard to you know maybe. get it on the side you know. the m.s. they only have last fall get the moment pocket chance have a barrel of thomas in office in the stem and in the last year i think it's all talk about the imus and his mother jones bible b.s. but i can be really put up crazy in those home tours but oh and there's a moment think about a bloody cattle call the most. right just. simple the securities and the sick and sunny this year is the bronx on this ticket then there was a stock. listen ballot the moment they didn't get much just a little less. our not emotionally that must implement in that they say but computers are supreme and gabby don't seem to go to some to spin a shock to discover the much of him to get our bearings the purview of. the national chemical process that come up people looking to see history amassed from a babble of fantasy in this block that i'm mostly dissidence again the lack of a chance to really see all get a nice salad and now that i can have a kid in the middle east africa

oh, when am i going to be on letterman, i just want to do this one joke.uring the day i can film things, put it on there. now pretty much can be a star and anybody can be a critic. they can get to me quicker which sometimes is tough. >> is that going to change how you create your show? one thing that made you famous and beloved in the country and the world is you used to take shots at celebrities all the time but now celebrities can respond to you instantly. >> yeah displ. >> trevor: has that changed your vibe? >> i don't do that as rough as i used to but we still make fun of hollywood and do those things. i've had the career with the ups and downs. it's different when you're in the mix. i've turned into one of these idios. i used to make fun of them but then i got there and said it's not so easy. i was talking with my friends, a little more dangerous for younger people because she's, like, 13 and she goes, i like this guy he's so funny. she goes, you're funny, i like funny guys. i said, let me see how hilarious. he's sending her the memes. i said he's a m

letterman put in has met with the pope in the vatican it's the 3rd time russia's president has met with pope francis but the previous meetings in 20132015 as they moved through the papal palace for talks the pair both displayed their politeness as they approached a door on the pope and thought it prudent to enter the room 1st where the russian president in turn offered to let the pope through 1st before accepting himself. go . as in rome for us with the latest. the great display of warmth and respect and that scene at the door explains it all it's definitely not an awkward moments but obviously just a great display of friendship a lot of our food and the head of the roman catholic church stand why don't why all together they were seemed to walk in through the ancient waters of the vatican and looking at all these precious exhibits paying things vaults the talks themselves lasted for an hour and we were expecting an exchange of gifts and and deeds it happened pope francis got. old russian orthodox which is also a very precious item and also a movie now what the russian president got from

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one thing you have not changed since david letterman was here, it is freezing in here, am i right?unbelievable. why so cold? >> stephen: thank you, by the way, for stopping by on the way to the funeral. >> i thought i looked good. >> stephen: you do. you do look good. life-like. i would describe you as life- like. you look like you're just sleeping. >> you know what happened to me, i did four years on "america's got talent." >> stephen: i was on it once. >> and i was like, you know, i should get a new wardrobe. i'm going to be on television on a network television show. i was all excited. so i went out and bought a bunch of suits. i got them from john varvatos. you know john varvatos? very, very popular. you don't know him? i barely know him. but he's fantastic. and i bought these suits and now they sit in my closet. i left "america's got talent." because it was basically silly. i was judging singers. i don't sing. >> stephen: you have ears. >> i would go out there. i would go, "you're terrible. you can't sing," this, that and the other thing. who cares if i ruin their careers? i'm

the 18-page plan is part of the campaign push, according to josh letterman, to boost standing with blackt took a hit after a white police officer shot and killed a black man in indiana. >> the strategy to deal with his challenge with black voters is to show he's not throwing out generalities or making vague promises but he really thought about this and has a comprehensive set of policies to deal with systemic racism. >> with us now, director of progressive programming for sirius xm and msnbc political analyst. also senior adviser at movon.org and msnbc contributor. thank you both for being here. so let's look at some of these proposals that mayor pete buttigieg is putting out today. free tuition public schools for low income students, criminal justice reform by ending mandatory minimums and prison time for things like drug possession, legalizing marijuana, so on, looks to combat voter suppression. when you and i have had discussions before you talked about how candidates need specifics, hard points, not just platitudes. do you think buttigieg hits that bar? >> yeah, i do think so. i thin

i'm joined now by nbc's josh letterman with more on the medical reports.y complicated, but what the medical results show is substantial change in the brains of these americans. they don't have prior mris before they went to havana and in the control group we don't know as the cuban doctor is pointing out what other factors may have led -- what concussions they may have suffered as children. >> that's right. the circumstances are imperfect for sure. they don't have the massive type of sample size that you would like to have in a medical study. they don't have the baseline studies that allow you to really draw really clear comparisons. but that's the nature of this. they didn't know what they were dealing with. they still don't know what they are dealing with. they're trying to cobble together the best medical evidence that they can to explain what's happened in the brains of these patients who are evacuated from havana. >> we still don't know what caused this. >> that's right. u.s. government officials we're talking to say that the fbi, which has been inves

. >> jimmy: boy, the first time i was on the david letterman show was like 1998 or something.showed a picture of a jack-o'-lantern that my grandfather carved. he put it in the freezer to save it for the next year. and so it was in the freezer for a whole year. that was more than 20 years ago. is it in there? >> no. there's no way it's still in here. whoa. look at that. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. there it is. go into grandpa sal's room. >> okay. >> jimmy: 20 years. 20 years that has been there. >> i don't know if you guys have eaten but this is either a beef stroganoff or brownies. we'll deal with that later. >> jimmy: you always were a great cook, aunt chippy. >> come with me. >> jimmy: this is our grandfather's room. he's deceased. he was killed by beef stroganoff. but -- you can see -- >> grandpa used to paint on beer cans. and there's sammy davis jr. he took his talents then to egg shells. i don't know if you can see. but he would paint on egg shells. that i think is aunt chippy right there. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> that's either -- i think that's elton john. saddam hussein. he really

josh letterman broke this story. the president ended upsiding against the airline. how did things end up? >> it's been a fight going on for years over flights that the u.s. airlines don't want to be flying between the u.s. and europe. they think it undercuts them. they thought if they could get president trump attention he could intervene on their side on behalf of u.s. business. they started airing ads on fox news. the president said he saw the ad. brought them all in a room together with the head of the airlines, brought them in for this meeting and instead of siding with the u.s. airline, the president had something else in mind. he chided the ceo of american airlines for his stock price not being what it should be in his view based on the fact the rest of the stock market is surging. he went really hard after the delta ceo both for not showing up to the meeting and for the fact his company is buying its airplanes from air bus, a european firm instead of from the u.s. carrier company boeing. the meeting ended with the president saying you know what, if you want t

joining me nbc news national political reporter josh letterman who has combed through buttigieg's plan in his plan that would address sort of the deeper issues that result in income inequality and sort of wealth inequality between african-americans and the greater population? >> there is a lot in, ali. and a lot of things that are beyond sort of the topical things that politicians talk about when they are talking about addressing racism and inequality such as the criminal justice system. pete buttigieg in this plan also talking about education, expanding opportunity, and access to college, health care, and the disparity between outcomes for people in minority communities and other communities, voting rights access, getting rid of the electoral college, reforming the criminal justice system is a part of it. and he also wants to really increase investment in small businesses that are owned by minorities. and the goal here for the buttigieg campaign is to try to show that of all of the candidates in the race including joe biden, including kamala harris and others who have a lot of support

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he appeared on "letterman." even in a taco bell commercial. they have done another study.an animal to keep a beat to music. south flori >> side to side. >> he's got more moves than i do. frightening. they say that what this shows is -- he wasn't trained in any of these. he came up with all of them himself, noble did. >> wow. a spontaneous impression -- >> snowball must have seen is he's -- who's i don't know whether snowball is a male or female. the study shows that he has more -- he or she has more complex cognitive ability than first imagined. >> i don't know why, but i think snowball is a guy. it would be interesting to find out snowball -- >> let's get an answer. i think that's know-able. >> we'll get back to you. >> a boy or girl, snowball? >> i -- well, i said guy the whole time. so obviously that's -- >> tony? >> i'll guess boy also. i'm going to be safe. i feel like the bird in the cage behind snowball. what's going on? >> i could watch all day. >>> a much-discussed new article in "the atlantic "raises a huge know -- is marriage all it's made out to be? ray romano

there's an old letterman sketch where someone was pranking people at the taco bell drive-in, where theys me of -- dagen: one job, come on, yum brands, you're not producing a movie at the same time. twitter is going bananas about this. >> a high class problem or what. the waymo news is exciting as well, looking at that that is going to become normal technology. the question is whose first. that's something interesting for alphabet's stock, putting the stock ticker hat on. dagen: that's a good point, they are going to have people in the driver's seat, test drivers as a backup. we'll see how it goes. >> it's a lot more reassuring. >> they can go to the taco bell drive-through. >> there's the plan. thanks so much. dagen: we've got a lot more coming up, everybody. celebrating america. millions of americans are hitting the road for the holiday weekend. we have got the top travel trends coming up next. ♪ america america, may god's light -- ♪ old success, nobleness and -- xfinity mobile is a wireless network designed to save you money. whether you use your phone to get fit or to find the perfec

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