it was and it was a major setback then he waits a couple more years and gets on letterman and letterman after that 6 minutes said because he had a development deal at c.b.s. letterman there should be a show for this guy so they set about looking for writers to create a show for ray romano and i got to meet with ray and you know i was tell the story that he i said tell me tell me about yourself i had no idea what the show was going to be neither did he in fact he wanted he wanted to do a show that was very much like seinfeld which was already out at the time can i just sit at the diner and talk to my friends about what's going on it's not like well they're already is that that's not that's the thing. so i said tell me about yourself and he says well. i live with my wife and i have twin boys an older daughter and my my parents live close fine they're always bothering me and my older brother is a cop and he lives with them and he's kind of jealous of me touches every bite of food to his chin before he eats it and one time he came to my house he saw my cable ace award he goes it never ends

appearance here is chloe fineman doing a bird call on "the late show with david letterman."strange, am i right about that >> yeah, it sounds like dying cat. [ laughter ] >> chloe fineman and claire neumann, it's the pea fowl >> take it away. [ imitating bird calls ] >> wow very dramatic. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: that is fantastic. that is -- come on that is unbelievable >> craft >> jimmy: that's how your career just took off from there. >> just took off from those white pants. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, come on, you looked so cute >> i was thinking of those white pants. >> jimmy: no, you looked fantastic. did you think like, oh yeah, people are gonna see that and put me on "saturday night live" or no? >> no. i mean, it was crazy i found that, because when i was in high school, youtube did not exist. >> jimmy: yeah >> so, i don't know many people have seen that debut performance. >> jimmy: and then you what, you just worked your way up. and then you auditioned for "snl"? >> and religiously watched your audition >> jimmy: is that right? >> thank you jimmy fallon. >> jimmy: oh,

josh letterman, thank you as always. thank you for the update. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm going to be back bright and early tomorrow morning filling in for stephanie ruhle. hope to see you there. up next at the top of the hour, reverend al sharpton will host the 2020 rev awards. next on msnbc. e 2020 rev awards. next on msnbc. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide plus downy free. it's gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old bargain detergent. tide pods plus downy free. safe for sensitive skin with eczema and psoriasis. good morning, mr. sun. good morning, blair. [ chuckles ] whoo. i'm gonna grow big and strong. yes, you are. i'm gonna get this place all clean. i'll give you a hand. and i'm gonna put lisa on crutches! wait, what? said she's gonna need crutches. she fell pretty hard. you might want to clean that up, girl. excuse us. when owning a small business gets real, progressive helps protect what you built with customizable coverage. -and i'm gonna -- -eh, eh, eh. -donny, no. -oh. -an

thank you so much for the setup, josh letterman on that. >>> the latest from the joe biden team. the president-elect, former vice president, no the just in transition mode but campaign mode. keeping an eye on the georgia runoff. and covering the president in waiting for us, welcome. no public events scheduled today, but quite a jumping act, i'd say, behind the scenes? >> reporter: yeah. a juggling act indeed, alex. especially when you error josh talking abo -- hear josh talking about the barriers at the biden team tries to enter the white house. biden painted a bleak picture the other day of the economy. we know the economic recession is so inextricably tied with the ongoing pandemic. biden made that point repeatedly. you cannot begin to get the economy on track without first dealing with the coronavirus. biden dealing in short and longer-term steps here. short-term saying the first 100 days of his presidency he wants to see americans wearing masks to try to stop spread of the virus, we know has only gotten worse and we expect to continue to worsen unfortunately as we see the cas

nbc's josh letterman is in washington, d.c. with the latest. josh, why does the president remain hesitant to criticize russia? >> well, that's a the $1 million question that we have been asking for four years, now, lyndsey, that we still don't have a good answer to, even when all members of the government briefed on the matter are pointing the finger at russia and its main intelligence service as the culprit in this breach. we heard within hours of president trump's comments yesterday from marco rubio who chairs the senate intelligence committee, a fellow republican, and he was also pointing the finger directly at russia, saying, increasingly clear that russian intelligence conducted the gravest cyber intrusion in our history. rubio calling for a significance that he says must be proportionate and significant. you contrast that with what president trump was tweeting just yesterday, talking about how it's always russia, russia, russia. but in fact, trmp argpresident arguing in his tweet that the fake news media, in his news, is afraid to call ou

nbc's josh letterman is at the white house following the story. what more are we learn of rudy giuliani's condition. >> reporter: we learn from that tweet from president trump about rudy giuliani's positive coronavirus test. we learned jenna ellis who was leading the president's legal team along with rudy giuliani that the efforts will continue in despite of rudy giuliani has covid. jenna ellis tweeting "we have a great team, our work won't be affected and we press on." we have been pushing for details about rudy giuliani condition whether he's symptomatic . the white house is not commenting on that and the trump campaign have not spoken on that. we are hearing now from andrew giuliani. andrew goes onto say thank you for the concerns of his father. andrew tested positive not long ago, adding to a long and growing list of people around trump's orbit. that list now with rudy giuliani is at 53 including many people who were in regular contact throughout the last many months with rudy giuliani including other folks who were part of the prep team for t

josh letterman, thank you. >>> to the latest facts in the coronavirus pandemic as the u.s. is approaching another 1 million new cases with more than 18.8 million cases nationwide. those in california, more than 118,000 people hospitalized with the virus according to the covid tracking project. more than 1 million americans have gotten their first dose of the vaccine, though, since the pfizer and moderna shots were approved. between the two companies 9 million doses distributed across the country. in los angeles county researchers reportedly testing for the new strain of the virus. scientists there using local samples to determine whether it is a more contagious strain that's arrived here in the u.s. as well. joining me, msnbc medical contributor and msnbc news contributor doctor. welcome to you both. dr. patel to you, u.s. vaccinated over 9 million. more than 2.1 million americans a day through this next week. really only six days. is that goal attainable? is the rate we're vaccinating people acceptable? >> good to be with you, alex, and the short answer is, no. it's not at

david letterman's alma mater stands in the way of the spartans polishing off a unbeaten 8-0 season. and we looked it up, you can rent a house for $28 a month back then. on a normal rally eve for a bowl, it would be over-the-top, bonfires and huge crowds but today it's this. zoom, zoom, zoom. the team assembled at a ballroom in their hotel in tucson and the head coach addressed a virtual spartan nation and then stepped aside for these big-time connections. >> we are so excited for tomorrow. most importantly we are thrilled to see the promise of the university raised nationally by all of your great efforts. >> i'm excited and fired up. it makes me want to throw on that helmet in the background and get out there myself. >> years san jose state, here's ball state. ball state, san jose state, bam, that's what's going to happen, go spartans, here we go! go spartans! go spartans!>> love the crazy george, he's the creator of the wave. coverage starts right here on kpix 5 tomorrow morning at 11 am, the spartans favored by as much as 10 1/2 points and collectively one of the best sports stori

- >> nakita, i'm sorry -- a slew of new pardons, joining me now is political correspondent, josh lettermane you for the breaking news. i have to ask you quickly, i'm looking through the list, some of these are pardons for people who's sentences trump commuted. i'm i caning -- i'm picking up a theme that they are getting pardons for financial crimes. are we getting a hint of what he is worried about? >> sure, a lot of the big names here are people that frankly have been part of all of the stories about the swamp that trump said he was going to get rid of but that was a dominant theme in the trump administrati administration. some of the people are folks who lied on behalf of at the trump. who sought to advance his political interests or were accused of taking steps that were against the law. when the ultimate goal was loyalty to and furtherance of president trump and his political goals. also, very notable. there's, you know, several republican members of congress that the president is also granting clemency to this evening. we are not sure it's the end of the road or if there's more in the

joining me from washington, d.c., josh letterman. suspecting it's russia.aying otherwise? >> reporter: have not heard one word from the president expressesing concern or alarm about a cyber breach security officials warned is unprecedented sweeping and ongoing. instead in the president's first comments about this breach on twitter today he's instead suggesting that the whole thing is overblown. the president tweeting that everything is fully under control and that the hack is far greater in the fake news media than in actuality. instead the president seems to just be throwing things out there under the banner of maybe, could be, who knows. suggesting alarmingly that this breach could have also faeshgaf our voting machines. we haven't seen that so far and suggesting instead of it being russia, russia, russia, critics are quick to point to. it could, in fact, be china. the president's suggestion that this is all much ado about nothing stands in stark contrast to the extent of this breach we have learned about. now affecting all kinds of critical u.s. agencies

. >>> joining me now is nbc's josh letterman from the white house.own aides kind of taken aback by this tweet? >> reporter: they were, lindsay. within hours of this hack, first coming to light last weekend, u.s. officials and outside cyber experts were telling us that all signs were pointing to a unit of russia's foreign intelligence service. so it was not a surprise when we heard pompeo make those comments. now we're learning from a u.s. official that yesterday, officials at the white house were actually preparing to go ahead with what's called attribution, which is a critical step when the u.s. intelligence community responds to something like this. they were preparing a statement to formally attribute this cyber breach to russia's government. but then they were told to hold off and put that statement on ice, and today, the president's tweets suggesting a, that this was not really that big of a deal. and b, that it might be china instead of russia. caught officials at the white house off guard. they did not know it was coming. it sent them scrambli

nbc's josh letterman is in washington, d.c. josh, with a good saturday to you. what's next for the trump campaign after this major, you cannot underscore enough, it is a major loss. >> reporter: a huge major loss. now the electoral college set to meet on monday, alex, to vote on casting their votes in the presidential election. so you might think that would bed end of the road for president trump's quest to try to overturn results of the election, but, in fact, president trump and his legal team, they instead have their eyes on a different deadline. that's january 6th when congress actually meets to go ahead and vote on the election. so they're hoping they still have a little more time left and rudy guiliani the president's lead attorney pursuing the challenges says they're not done yet. take a listen. >> the legal path, you have to hope that the justices of the state court are going to show somewhat more determination, somewhat more willingness to be willing to take some degree of criticism and some more willi willingness to have an open mind. all we're asking

josh letterman has the new reporting confirmed within the hour by nbc news. more what you're lea learning about the last hurrah if you will for vp pence. >> reporter: january 6, vice president pence is scheduled to depart for a three-country international tour of the middle east and europe, expected to go to israel, bahrain and poland, and what it likely to be his last international trip serving as vice president. the vice president of course has not been on an overseas trip since before the covid-19 pandemic began. as you point out, this is really interesting timing, because if he does leave as scheduled on january 6th, that would mean leaving within just hours of that joint session of congress, where the lawmakers are going to take those sealed envelopes from each of the states that cast their electoral votes, tally them up and the vice president in his role as president of the senate will be responsible for presiding over the tallying and affirming of the electoral college vote for president-elect joe biden, something that vice president mike pence' boss,

msnbc national political reporter josh letterman joins me now. josh, what do we know about the list and the process and timing behind it? >> well, we know the president has been considering granting many pardons for quite some time because he has spoken about it publically a lot of the people who are on the list are not hugely surprising because we knew that if the president were to try to pardon his allies and people who have perhaps exposed themselves to legal jeopardy in trying protect him over the years these were the likely people. and some of them have spoken openly about the interests that they have had in getting clemency from the president, now, we don't know how many more if any the president will still grant. there's still others that he could certainly add to that list. it's not uncommon for presidents to grant clemency in the final days of the administration. when you think back to president obama and others they use it to help low level drug offenders and try to the send a message, instead of trying to protect people who stand to be

there he is. >> no one could go on the david letterman show and try to steer it towards a point of viewone thing and one thing only. be as funny as the rest of show. >> we could get in a two-shot here. we could send the crew home, couldn't we? >> as a comedian, you want the biggest audience you could get. for dave, he knew a lot of things that he would do were going to alienate people. he didn't care. he wanted his thumbprint tout there. >> paul, do you have any accompanying music here for small town news? paul schaefer, ladies and gentlemen. >> the show making fun of itself and turning itself inside-out that way was something kind of new. >> don't we look like guys you see hanging around together? >> absolutely. >> would you like to hang out with me n? >> no. >> i will say it again. this is the stupidest show. >> i thought i would never want to do it had show with you. >> now, why? because you thought i was a [ bleep ]? >> there is one rule i keep trying to abide by, and unfortunately i only get to it about 12% of the time, and that is it's only television. we are not doing cancer rese

david letterman's alma mater stands in the way of the spartans finishing up and unbeaten 8-0 season. and by the way the price of gas than, $.19 a gallon. on a normal year the eve of the rally would be over the top of big. but instead, in today's world, it's this. thank you zoom. the team assembled at a ballroom in tucson and the head coach addressed the virtual spartan nation and then gave way to the dignitaries. >> we are so excited for tomorrow but most importantly thrilled to see the promise of the university raised nationally by all your great efforts. >> i'm excited to be a part of it. makes me want to throw that helmet in the background and get after it myself. here's san jose state, here's ball state. ball state, san jose state, pam, that is what is going to happen! go spartans, here we go. go spartans! go spartans!>> how do you not love crazy george, he is the creator of the way. coverage starts right here tomorrow on channel 5 at 11 am. the spartans are ahead by 10 1/2 points. and you've got to trust your eyes and trust the guys that are around you. >> i don't know if i can

. >> going to nbc josh letterman. at the white house. it isn't a surprise that president is taking credit for this vaccine and the roll-out of this vaccine. that being said, so many people are apprehensive in taking t because it is so politicized. they were afraid there was possible coercion from the white house. >> it is ironic. the president is suggesting that he pushed the fda and other agencies to move faster with approving this than they would have otherwise. top officials, including the head of the fda said it is the fact that they did not skip any steps. they went methodically, and in fact, about a week behind the uk, which moved faster in proving this people can have confidence that the vaccine is effective and safe there. is a lot of credit to go around for what is truly a miraculous medical accomplishment here. both to the trump administration, which put up the money ahead of time to start to maneuver millions of doses of the vaccines, before they knew if they would be effective and usable. of course, to the men and women of th

that would be david letterman's old school. here's the head coach. >> they are 6-1, we're 7-0. we're teams no one expected to win the conference but we did. we have tough, resilient football teams. last day of 2020 we get to play a football game. >> cotton bowl oklahoma against florida gators. a rough one for kyle task. the quarterback throws three picks and the sooners return this 45 yards up. it's a blow out. 55-20. the sooners easy victory. they are 9-2. >>> in the nfl final weekend of the regular season. this time last year we were talking about the niners. you know what happened this year. not so good. but coach shanahan talks about the finale against seattle. >> you think you cannot prepare. that's when you are on the way out in the league. you play a certain way. if you pick and choose the sport won't be for you in the long run. people continue think you're playing for that much. you can say a lot, one thing that's cool about football you are what you put on tape. >> you want to know the definition of a cool cat. check this out. [music] . >> like i said, cool cat. vibing

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. >> let's go to josh letterman. he is in florida where the president has been staying for the last several days. any signs that will will sin the bill before the new year? >> i wish i had better news for you. if you're reading the tea leaves on twitter, as members of congress are doing, all signs point to the president more dug in than ever in opposition to this legislation as it stands right now. the only thing that we heard from president trump on this is the last many days has been on twitter where he is repeating his insistence. he also retweeted that visit owe on thursday where he first announced this bomb shell. as far as steve mnuchin who assured lawmakers that the president would support it, we have not heard from him since. now a treasury department secretary tells me that mnuchin who is currently with his children for the holidays is in daily contact with president trump and members of congress from both sides of the aisle. officials in washington centralble to find a way out, but the frustration from demo

the gallery we are introduced to eisenhower's west point years and in that case you can see his letterman's jacket and a small photograph of him playing football. he played football for west point until he was injured and he continued to coach football at different posts around the country. and in this slide we can see eisenhower in his first duty station where he met his beloved mimi and eisenhower and she had sparks flying as soon as they met each other. courting was different than it is now. white went and hung out with her parents. next slide please. the little image, the shield-shaped box is what i believe is our most unique artifact. that is a piece of their wedding cake. as we move further into the exhibit for each gallery you enter there is an introductory panel much like this with a big picture of eisenhower or maime. we felt as though they could really tell their own stories and we put them throughout the gallery so that they could tell their own story. we leaned on them quite a bit. next slide please. in this gallery we have moved into america as entered world war ii, and in the

dave letterman's alma mater. staring at a possible celebratory 8-0 season.e love the images of you being hoisted and tossed around in the locker room like it's some rock concert. we want to see that again. do you bring an extra change of clothes now. it's been happening so much. >> no that's all part of the fun. our locker room for the first game against nevada was the concourse. there was no locker room so there was no concourse where you would normally buy hot dogs in. cotton candy and stuff. but that's where that celebration happened and it was just so organic and so real. it was just, incredible to be a part of it. >> i love the humbolt state cap he was wearing. that's where they had to train before the season began. >> thanks. >>> relief on the way tonight to millions of american workers and struggling small businesses. but did president trump get everything that he was demanding for the $900 billion deal that he just signed? >> plus, startling new surveillance video from the christmas day bombing in nashville. and tonight investigators say they're no l

. >> josh letterman for us there. >> we will continue to watch capitol hill , with lawmakers, optimistic. they can reach a deal on covid relief shortly. who is responsible for a russian cyber attack. potential long term damage there. today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow. but you can work out anything with comcast business. get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nation's largest gig speed network. flexible tools - like wi-fi you control. voice solutions that connect you from anywhere. and expert advice here, here, or even here. be fast. be flexible. bounce forward with comcast business. get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just $64.90 a month. plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. switch today. >> when it comes to russia, officials believe was behind the hack. >> i think we come to recognize the president has a blind spot when it comes to russia. the reality is, the experts, the people who understand how the systems work, how computers work and software, the thousands at the csa, and the department of

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we begin this hour with nbc josh let letterman in washington, d.c. who is cash patel and how is he using his power the shut out the biden transition team? >> reporter: he was put in the role of chief of staff at the pentagon in the last few weeks. he's a long time trump ally who worked previously for congressman devin nunes when we chaired the republican house intelligence committee and led that investigation into the origins of the russia probe. patel has politicized that process. trying to steer requests for information from the biden transition to political appointees. particularly on the most significant issues such as the wind down of troops from afghanistan, iraq and other critical national security issues. in oth trying to put the trump administration's stamp on that information. they are seeking to have access to layest about what's happening with our military and national security apparatus. it's reported that the pentagon has blocked biden transition officials from visiting some of the intelligence agencies that fall underneath the purview

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go to nbc's josh letterman in west palm beach, florida, right where the president is spending his holidays at mar-a-lago. took months for congress to pass this bill. how are they reacting to the president holling it up in the final hours? >> reporter: deep frustration among both democrats and republicans in congress, alex. republicanly because they left town thinking was a done deal and did it because the white house was saying, publicly on tell vevision as well as lawmak on capitol hill the president intended to sign it. the situation might be differ if the president were back in washington rolling up his sleeves saying, look, guys. got close. didn't get where we need to be pip sit do. sit down, work it out for the american people. instead threw a grenade into the process and then came to south florida where the president spent most of his time golfing. he was on the golf course the last two days, likely would play golf again today except the weather was a little too chilly for that to be a comfortable activity. instead spent the morning tweeting grieve is messages about the election. twe

let's go to our own josh lett letterman who is with me. josh let's begin with you. president trump asked for that bigger direct payment number to $2,000. democrats are simply trying to do that, has there been any reaction to far to the nat has been blocked by the house? >> no reax at all yet, ayman. and the white house is pointing to the fact that the bill has not even made it to the president's desk for him to veto or to sign because it is still going through the enrollment process. but it's not like the president and the white house don't know exactly what is in this bill, it is online for anyone that wants to go read all 6,000 pages of it and it's not like the president is spending his time trying to hash out a new agreement with congress. i was thinking babt to about president obama, he was on vacation to hawaii, he averted a real crisis before he headed back to vacation. president trump threw a grenade into this situation and then skipped town. here in west palm beach the president just wrapped up a trip to his golf course and now he is back at mar-a-lago. >> t

let's go to nbc's josh letterman for us. josh, how are republican officials responding?> reporter: they are holding firm in difficult circumstances, alex, and making it clear they are not going to be cowed by president trump's threats and they are not going to accede to their demands. you heard the governor. he said there is no reason for governor kemp to hold a special session of the legislature as president trump is repeatedly demanding. if you think about t it, alex, l these republican officials in georgia said there is no widespread fraud, that president-elect joe biden won the state fair and square. for them to now take any steps that the president is demanding would be, in effect, them saying we're going to throw out the will of the voters, the popular vote in this state. we are going to move the goalposts as one of those officials said in an interview this morning, and we're instead going to put somebody else on top of getting those electoral votes in georgia who flat out didn't win the state of georgia. i wanted you to hear a little bit from gabe sterling who is

amanda golden is covering the protests and josh letterman at the white house for us.nda, i want you just to give us a sense of what you've been seeing on the ground so far today. >> reporter: yasmin, a couple thousand people have come out here in support of president trump to freedom plaza in washington, d.c. this is far smaller than the crowd a month ago in support of president trump attempting to overturn the election results, many people here are in support of the president and calling to stop the steal and the million maga march and the main group around here are called -- sorry. the main group that's been here is coming here to freedom plaza with 15,000 people permitted to be here and that permit expires in 30 minutes. we haven't seen more than a couple thousand people here and president trump did a flyover in marine one as he was leaving to go to the army/navy game and doubled back with a second flyover and it was a strong reaction from the folks on the ground but it comes as there are repeated evidence, consistent evidence that there is no election fraud, there

baldwin forgot that back in 2013 he told david letterman on national tv "my wife is from spain." or at least the accident she is using over the many, many years. fox news contributor and host of "sincerely cat" on fox nation, one other little t to admit thai learned, alec proposed to her -- because it was not from block island you could see from there but spain, that is so romantic. >> i'm glad you pointed out that he said, even though he said in instagram, two days ago, he said in 2013 she was from spain. she also said in a tweet to him in 2011, she called herself a spanish yoga teacher. there are so many receipts, there are ten years of receipts. you can do this. the other excuses in the article that are really hilarious and she never explained it because she's too private of a person. i opened up her instagram and the first photo is of her breastfeeding her son, who by the way, is named eduardo, and eating a piece of pizza. breastfeeding shaming is horrible and you are a loser if you buy into that, but that is an intimate moment. i also don't need to scroll down to see you in

years ago alec baldwin was on letterman and howard stern in making his wife's spanish acce accent.nybody in her family, as they would have done in my family told her years ago what's with the accent? what the hell are you doing? what in the hell is the matter with you? i started going on tv years ago and said my name is dagen and i am from the netherlands, my mom and devon called me on the phone and said you know it, we are pulling you off the air. this is ridiculous. why isn't anybody and her family like that? >> jessica: and we know that dagen's toying is definitely legit. lawrence, have you been getting into this plot line? >> lawrence: i've been watching it. i think it's funny. i don't want her to be canceled but i do have a question for liberals. what's up with them wanting to be other people, other cultures? why can't you just be you? i can imagine myself trying to be someone else. i love my culture and i love everything about it. the music, everything about it. seems like these people just can't be them. i think the person that's most excited about this because she won't be

[letterman] ...has enough money to give everyone in the audience tonight a million dollars. [applause] [newsreader] ok. ok, we'll see what kind of mood he's in. [laughter and applause] [johnston] at the time, bankers were doing many more loans based on reputation and so when donald gets magazine covers and tv shows about how rich he is and featuring his helicopter, bankers feel some sense of confidence in him. that's why he really wanted to be on the forbes 400 list. [sue carswell] back in the 1980s this john barron guy was one of his publicists. he was the go to guy to get, you know, trump goods. [carswell] and he would say, "well, you know, "i'm just calling for donald and i need to tell you this story." but they were always him. it was donald trump. it's not like he has a subtle voice. donald trump as john barron, it's just donald trump. [barbara res] john barron is trump's alter ego, i guess, i don't know. it was his alias. he was doing the press, he was doing the pr. he was making the phone calls. [ken auletta] he just concocted this whole false reality. so he goes to f

we go to josh letterman in washington for us.o be asked, josh, is this the end of the road for the president? >> reporter: one would certainly think so, alex, given the electoral college is set to meet just 48 hours to cast their votes for the next president-elect. that is not the case. the president's legal team vowing they are going to continue with this as more and more republicans start to look at a different major date on the timeline. that's january 6th when congress will actually vote on whether to accept the votes from the electoral college. it would take an extraordinary intervention after the electoral college has certified winner of this election for the results to be upended. rudy guiliani, the president's attorney, was on television this morning saying they have a lot more lawsuits they intend to file. take a listen to what he said about the path ahead. >> what's next now is to take each one of those complaints that were against different states to break them down into individuals complaints and over the next two day

and national political reporter josh letterman. how's the white house reconciling pompeo's confirmation that russia is behirnds the hack and president trump's tweet today that pointed blame to china? >> reporter: they can't. a u.s. official this afternoon told me as of yesterday officials at the white house were actually in the process of preparing a written statement that was going to formally attribute this cyber breach to russia's government but then for some unknown reason they were told to put a halt on that and not to put out that statement, they weren't sure what was going to happen next and then caught off guard today when the president tweeted out the statements raising the prospect that it was china responsible for this even though we haven't heard anything in the last week of officials or cyber experts looking at the imprint of how it was carried out to figure out who was behind it and now we are hearing from those officials doing the best to try to figure out what to say to the american public about this and as we asked

i want to go now to josh letterman who is outside of philadelphia in media, pa, where they've been doingrun. this is a dress rehearsal and you actually participated in it. tell us about it. >> it was much like an assembly line. the very first thing they did was get me registered and scheduled for the second dose. it's so important that people come back three weeks later and get that second dose. then they had a nurse practitioner explain the side effects. then rolled up my sleeve. then they sent me to an observation area, told me to honk my horn three times if i started to have any side effects so they could come and provide medical care. take a listen to what the doctor who set up this experiment told me about the reason why it took longer than expected. >> i think we're realizing it's patient medication. people are concerned. they would they want to know why this vaccine is good. so we're going the spend some time on patient education in different areas of the process. and try to tell them it's okay to get the vaccine. >> they moved the patient education part of this from the registrat

yes, i love that bit was that -- did you do that on "letterman?"p. next up, we have hans haffer from issaquah, washington. this is a classic bit. this is the mcdonald's bit >> oh, uh-huh. >> jimmy: all right, let's see >> the mcdonald's sign, what is that up to now, like 89 billion hamburgers 89 billion, what an outrageous number i mean, i would really like to sit down with the ceo of mcdonald's and say, "look, we get it, you sold a lot of hamburgers 89 billion, quatrillion, cotillion hamburgers, whatever that is. why not just put up a sign that says "mcdonald's, we're doing very well. >> jimmy: i think he landed. i think he landed. >> the fun part of that bit is i want to bump -- i would love to meet the chairman of the mcdonald's so i can go "look, we all get it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yup, you're right. >> that's the fun part >> jimmy: that's the fun part. yeah >> that's the attitude >> jimmy: he added props and he had kids toys. >> yeah, yeah. so i'll give him points for that one but this one here is magda mahila from france trying your routine

. >> jimmy: what can we say about the movie, besides the fact that you look like david letterman?t take offense. i don't know, it's an interesting film. it was a film about regret and about redemption, about all the sort of other elements that had very little to do with the idea of being in space, being out on the arctic. it's really about, you know, sort of coming to terms with what we're capable of doing to one another if we don't pay attention. >> jimmy: i thought it was so interesting that you finished this movie before covid was a thing. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yet it seems like you made the movie with that in mind. it's really weird. >> well, it's not -- it's nothing we're proud of, to be timely on this film, you know. there is a huge part of the story which is about our inability to communicate and to be home and to be with people you love and to talk to them and see them. so that's a -- it was one of the major themes in this is just being able to talk. yeah, we finished shooting in february. >> jimmy: wow. >> got on a plane, came back from london. went into the editing room, tu

. >>> starting out for this hour's coverage, nbc's josh letterman with the president in florida and shivia covering the biden administration. we'll start with you, josh, in florida where the president was seen golfing today. are there any type of discussions happening over there? >> reporter: if there are discussions, they would have to be taking place on the golf course, because as you mentioned, alex, that's where the president is right now and it's also where he spent three of the last five days while being here in south florida, with no signs he was engaging with congress or with steve mnuchin for finding a path wway forward. in the meantime, the frustration with his fellow republicans are growing quickly. there was a few days they were hoping to keep the powder dry, hoping the president would back off on this threat, but then the president made it clear with his indication on twitter that that will not be taking place. in fact, the president has been retweeting his old five-day-old tweets on thursday, sending that video where he shocked washington suggesting he's not going to sign tha

. >> let's get to josh letterman in washington. so much has happened overnight. let's start with the highlights from the rally. >> if uh ever doubted the capacity of president trump, to take an event and make it about himself, those doubts were put to rest, as president trump traveled to georgia for the rally, for the two republicans who are competing in this runoff election. david perdue and kelly leoeffle, they did speak before the president arrived. the president's nearly two hurs on stage, he did bring them up on stage. he delivered some prepared lines from the teleprompter, praising those two republicans. but the vast majority of this rally looked and sounded and felt like any trump valley. the signs were pro-trump signs. they were not about the two running in the election. and president trump's remarks were largely oriented around, continuing to perpetuate the allegation of massive voter fraud in georgia, we've seen no evidence of. and to attack the republicans there, that he wants to intervene to overturn the election results there. listen to what presiden

josh letterman is following the latest for us. josh, good to see you. okay. we saw this tweet.know tarrio said that he was invited. what is the white house saying? >> well, the white house is saying that he was not invited by president donald trump. they're also saying that he was also saying here he was simply here at the white house for a public tour. but the timing is certainly a little bit suspicious, or at least coincidental, we should say, alicia, coming the same day that this proud boy leader was participating in the stop the steal rally that thousands of pro-trump supporters are participating in not far from the white house as we speak. and as we know, president trump has long had this kind of winking relationship with proud boys, telling them when he was asked to denounce white supremacy and distance himself from the group in the first presidential debate with joe biden. stand back and stand by. then later claiming he didn't know anything about the group, even though it's very clear that he does know who they are. >> and just to be clear, josh, our understanding is tha

nbc's josh letterman is in west palm beach covering the president, melanie is a congressional reporter for politico and ben white, chief economic correspondent also with politico. great to see all of you. melanie, you've been covering lawmakers' every move on capitol hill. democrats are going to try again on monday. what if anything is going to change between now and then to avoid a repeat of what we just saw, which is nothing's changed? >> you're absolutely right. i think the big question mark here is president trump and right now, no one knows exactly what he is going to do. even some of his closest allies like capitol hill, kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader held a conference call yesterday, i talked to the president but he hasn't committed to anything and that has really caused frustrations to boil over among republicans, some of them started speaking up on that call, and expressing those frustrations and their concerns. they said the president has thrown us under the bus and keep in mind, on seat a slew of critical pandemic-related aid programs are going to expire. the gove

i'm with josh letterman, and also -- merry christmas. you thought we were going to give you the day off. i'm sorry. but thank you for being with us. josh, we'll start with you. democrats, they're trying to give the president what he wants, what they want, bigger direct payments. that $900 billion bill was still sent to his desk in florida. will he sign it? is there any idea of whether he's going to hold out for the new deal? >> well, that's the $900 billion question, this christmas day. the last and only time that we heard from president trump on this was on tuesday night when he released this scathing video which redescribeed this co-vid relief package as insufficient by his standards, suggested he wouldn't sign it but certainly did not outright say that he planned to veto it. and since then, it's been kind of a mystery. the president since coming here to florida a couple days ago played golf yesterday just in the last few minutes he arrived again at his golf course in south florida. the president also sent out a written message this mo

nbc's josh letterman went on a test run in pennsylvania to find out. >> the injections in arms were faket the process was very real in the coming months, tens of millions of americans will go through it at this site first they take your information, and then tell you what you need to know to schedule your second dose three weeks later. then they explain the vaccine, what it does and what side effects to watch out for then it's like a flu shot, a quick pinch in the upper arm where you're watched by a paramedic for 15 minutes you're supposed to honk the horn three times if you're not feeling well the doctors on-site say the biggest thing so far, skepticism about the vaccine. >> many people are concerned they want to know why this vaccine is good, why it can cause complications. so we're going to spend some time on patient education in different areas of the process, and try to tell them that it's okay to get the vaccine. it's not going to give you covid. >> reporter: they have to get the system down to a well-oiled machine, because once they take those vials of pfizer vaccine out of the de