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

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided tost show on the 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, don't give up. stay with us here in new york. >> dave is back in new york. you're going to host a late-night television program that premieres monday night. what are critics likely to say tuesday morning? >> i don't much care because i found a way to deal with that, pills and whiskey. >> david, you're on. >> oh, i'm on? i'm sorry. >> 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's going to watch television at 12:30 at night? who's up? i'll tell you who's up. young people. college people. >> is it going well? i know this

i want to go to josh letterman standing by just outside those chambers. that's it, that part is actually over. >> that's right. it's over, and you know, if you think back to the last couple days heading into today one of the big concerns was that the match that would ignite the situation that had been building up would be what we just witnessed, would be the actual moment where vice president mike pence presided over a ceremonial acknowledgment of the next president of the united states. instead it didn't happen now it happened many hours ago, during the day, when we saw this violent situation play out, and instead here in the middle of the night, with all of the protesters who caused so much damage today, having all gone home, everything played out exactly as it was supposed to. a ceremonial process proceeded, mike pence never had anything more than a ceremonial role in this, performed that ceremonial role. president-elect joe biden's electoral votes were tallied up and confirmed an the process moves on. so what do we have for the last 16 hours? well we

josh letterman out in the capitol. we were speaking of this woman injured and bleeding coming out. we know a gunshot victim has now died do we know the circumstances now? >>. >> reporter: we do not know. i can tell you here on the ground, a lot of rioters as they learn from the incident, they took that as a sign that the police werover reacting and police shooting an unarmed person we have no idea if that person was armed or not here on the senate side, there is a lot of activities over the last half hour or so as the police have tried to reclaim control of the situation we saw the officers who are here pushed everybody back from this entrance to the senate over here where a lot of rioters have been gathering and they moved the perimeters back and established this bike racks as a gate. these were here when i arrived earlier today and were knocked down by the rioters as they took basically the u.s. capitol that's back and over the last 20 minutes or so, we saw the gates opened as five buses came in and they were escorted by law enforcement. the lights were all off but we could see t

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nbc's josh letterman is in washington for us. josh, another welcome to you.at's going on at the white house, and who's involved in these deals? >> some names that you might know like rudy giuliani and former trump attorney john dowd and other names that you probably don't know like lobbyists and former trump campaign aides. what they have in common, alex, all according to the "new york times" reporting have been essentially peddling their access to president trump and influence with him, two convicted felons who are seeking a pardon, not through the normal channels through a justice department review, but instead by trying to go directly to the big guy to president trump who has just a few days left to grant commutations and pardons before he leaves office. nbc news hasn't independently confirmed this "new york times" reporting, but we are reporting at nbc news that the president is considering in these final few days other potential uses of his pardon power, including potentially preemptively pardoning members of his family or even himself. and in these fina

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a mob of trump supporters storming the halls of congress nbc's josh letterman, he was in the thick ofe protests yesterday. josh, good morning it is a much calmer scene, i suspect now. is law enforcement anticipating any more mayhem today? >> reporter: that calmer scene taking place just a few minutes ago. the deal was done. the vote to affirm the electoral college results in the capitol now completed, moving us toward that inauguration of president-elect joe biden on january 20th but not without an entire day of mayhem at the capitol. four people dead i watched a woman. she was shot, then carried out on a stretcher, brought to a hospital where she later died. three others who suffered medical emergencies later died dozens of arrests. and the u.s. capitol occupied for several hours. the d.c. mayor now putting a state of emergency into effect for another 15 days throughout the inauguration and warning there will be accountability for those who cause the violence take a listen. >> to our fellow americans, i know that i speak for all of us when i say that we saw an unprecedented attack on

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 at fort sam houston where he met his beloved mimi and eisenhower and she had sparks flying as soon as they met each other. courting was different then than it is now. dwight went and hung out with her parents when she was on dates with other fellows. 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. if 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. there is also a quote. 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

after 9/11 with letterman and last night every host shares their thoughts.art with jimmy fallon. >> as i sleep, i think to myself, how is this happening? how can this be happening? but i'm also thinking, how can i help? and being here ton

markets and you're looking at copper, your talking about multi-year break outs after doing nothing for letterman -- almost a decade those are places you continue to have month more momentum you look at the value over growth dynamic again we probably over use these big terms but you think of the industrials and the comps coming into this year are quite easy to be in environment we're seeing some cyclical ity despite the head winds, big move in gold today and can't under estimate the dollar and there's inflation that means real yields on the ten-year negative and be careful what you want with inflation because we have it but it's good for the asset classes we just mentioned. >> if you're a believer in the resource trades and emerging markets, bonawyn, shouldn't you also be a believer in a global recov recovery >> absolutely those are tied hand in hand, that and weaker dollar bode well in emerging markets particularly in the environment we're in. >> check out shares of walmart up 1.5% on apparently no news. apparently in bonds, in gold and in walmart the markets trust. >> i guess no news in walmart

joining me now ken delanian and josh letterman, nbc national political reporter, kimberly atkins. boston globe senior opinion writer. thank you all so much for being here. ken, i'm going to start with you. if fbi washington field office says there was no indication anything was planned other than first amendment protected activity activity. there was no intel suggesting there would be breach of the u.s. capitol. where is the disconnect there? >> those statements are belied by the record, to put it mildly. we have seen now an nbc news has uncovered many social media postings where people were threatening violence in the days and weeks before this event. now what we're reporting is that the fbi knew that wasn't true. fbi gathered information, a senior fbi official tells us and so did the new york police department about potential violence and they passed it onto the capitol police. that's a good thing and it raises questions about why the capitol police were so unprepared. that was the first line of failure here. the capitol police whose job was to protect the facility did not have

letterman is his lovely miserable self. >> stephen: i just had a memory of you.olbert report was being announced, it was at some viacom thing up front, and they announced it and i'm actually there. i was in an outfit i had to wear for a bit i was doing for the "daily show," the last night before i moved over and i think it was you and accident thinks leery and jeanine garafalo, we're talking 15, 16 years ago, and me, and they had us get in front of a step and repeat for a photo. >> i had seen you only one other time. it was a weird movie, not a great movie, but you were so funny, in that mike myers movie, "the love guru." >> stephen: i'll not have you sit here and cast aspersions on -- the american film institute has named that one of the 100 most made movies -- >> i thought you were hysterical in "love guru." i said, who is this guy? he's hysterical! >> stephen: it was just me and jim gaffigan hanging out dwayne. it was all in the writer's strike and there couldn't be a script so they said just improvise. >> i think you should quit this show and just do that guy

. >> starting this hour let's go to nbc's josh letterman in washington.house speaker nancy pelosi expect to introduce the article of impeachment tomorrow. what happens next? >> well, it's all about the timeline, alex, and how fast congress can move. after all, president trump only has a week and a half left in office anyway. so the plan, according to house democrats, is to move quickly at the beginning of the week introducing that article of impeachment. potentially setting up a vote as early as the middle of the week, which would mean a skipping the normal committee process we saw in 2019 when it took the house several months to do their impeachment inquiry. putting that directly on the floor for a vote. then, of course, the question comes how soon can the senate take that up? we heard from james clyburn, a top house democrat suggesting the house could impeach the president and hold off potentially on sending that to the senate for a trial for several months to give some additional time. but in the meantime, democrats trying to focus here on what the mos

. >> david letterman after he retired, he said when you retire to spend time with your family, you shouldith your family first, which i thought was a pfunny line. i wonder what the president is going to be doing down in mar-a-lago besides nursing grievances and telling people that he won the election and, you know, he'll eventually be like the guy at the bar, i guess, not drinking but repeating himself over and over gep about how he really won that election. what do you see his life as being like? >> i think it's going to be pretty grim. you know, no more free golf games. no more 24-hour media attention and no more social media because there is no reason for me to see that facebook and twitter would reverse their decisions, and a lot of legal trouble. i also think it's telling that jared and ivanka have pretty much gone silent. i know they've been in the room discussing these pardons, probably discussing their own pardons but the fact that they haven't said anything post insurrection suggestions to me they understand this relationship is entirely transactional and if they have come to the

let's go to cnbc's josh letterman. josh, a remarkable report here.hat do we know about the details? >> reporter: alex, the fees that have already reportedly changed hands running into the tenses of dollars if not more from people who have essentially been marketing themselves to convicted felons as able to help potentially secure a pardon from president donald trump, people like a former federal prosecutor, lobbyists, former trump campaign aide as well as current and former trump attorneys such as john dowd and rudy giuliani so here's how, according to the "new york times" this works. a convicted felon works with somebody who is able to be in president trump's orbit, who collects a fee in exchange for then going to president trump or to people around him and trying to secure that pardon outside of the normal justice department process for considering a pardon application. now, i asked a white house spokesman about this. they are not commenting, and nbc news has not independently confirmed the "new york times" reporting on this, but i have been speaki

we have nbc's josh letterman covering the white house and vaughn hilliard with more on capitol hill security. hey, guys, welcome to you both. josh, we'll start with you. the house could start the impeachment process as early as monday but that's not only option. is there any indication that vice president pens would be willing to invoke the 25th amendment. >> well, that option is looking less and less likely, alex, for two reasons. for one, some of the cabinet members who would be most likely to join with a move by the vice president to invoke the 25th amendment, they have already resigned, folks like elaine chou, the former transportation secretary and wife of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, so some of the votes that you would probably need there, the vice president might not have anymore, but beyond, that multiple sources with knowledge of the vice president's deliberations now telling our nbc news team that the vice president is not inclined to go down that route at this time. now the rationale here is really interesting. you don't hear anyone in the vice president's orbit sayin

let's get right to nbc's josh letterman in washington for us. josh, this is new. what are we learning this hour? >> reporter: we are learning, alex, that planning has continued into this weekend for a likely ceremony on wednesday at joint base andrews that would be full of fanfare with the president hoping to be sent off looking for like a statesman than like a twice-impeached now defeated outgoing president. wanting to be able to show his supporters that he is still full of pride as he leaves the white house, and now we are hearing that this ceremony could involve the kind of trappings that you would normally see at a state visit for a visiting head of state, including a red carpet, a military color guard as well as a military band, and even, alex, a 21-gun salute. this is all still in discussions. there's a lot more that needs to be worked out, including exactly what role the military would play in this ceremony and who exactly would attend this, given that it would be on joint base andrews, which is a very heavily-protected area, but we do know this is expected

i think we're going to pass it back to you. >> all right, josh letterman, thank you. we're going to ask you to stay on that line of metropolitan police. about what it is we're covering here, rioters who, with seeming ease, took possession of that building, the united states capitol, rioters with seeming ease entering both chambers of congress, sitting behind the desk of the speaker of the house, sitting at the dais and the well of the u.s. senate. a whole lot of normally upstanding, smart people, prominent citizens, have wondered if a fix of some sort wasn't in, if lines were dropped, if security was lessened. where was the fight? where was the line in the sand? how is it that since we have known this gathering was coming for weeks, the president himself has promoted the gathering, his attendants, his participation in it, everyone knew this was happening. nicole wallace, how is it that the u.s. capitol police and the blame hardly stops there, how is it they were so instantly and easily overwhelmed? >> well, that is a question that we will -- the truth will emerge. we

. >>> joining me now is nbc's josh letterman who has been in the thick of the protests all night. a substantially calmer scene behind you right now, but it was a chaotic afternoon. this curfew ends tomorrow. what are we anticipating? >> reporter: well, officials here certainly are aware of the possibility that things could continue to be dangerous in the coming days, ali. the mayor of the district of columbia warning that the destruction and also even the rioting could extend beyond the u.s. capitol. that's why officials are scrambling now to make preparations, particularly after we saw what i think can only be described as an utter failure by law enforcement and by the capitol police in particular to prevent today the occupation of the u.s. capitol. now the mayor of d.c., she is extending the public emergency here in the nation's capital for another 15 days. that, of course, would take us straight through january 20th when president-elect joe biden is expected to be inaugurated just on the steps of the capitol behind me. i think at the end of such a harrowing day, ali, it is impo

josh letterman in texas. that wraps up a busy hour for me. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern. deadline white house with nicole wallace starts right after this quick break. h nicole wallace starts right after this quick break. ♪ got my soul ♪ got my mouth ♪ i got life i♪ pour some almond breeze. ♪ for the maestros of the creamiest-ever, ♪ ♪ must-have smoothies. ♪ ♪ it's irresistibly delicious.♪ ♪ more almond breeze, please! ♪ it's time you make the rules. so join the 2 million people who have switched to xfinity mobile. you can choose from the latest phones or bring your own device and choose the amount of data that's right for you to save even more. and you'll get nationwide 5g at no extra cost. all on the most reliable network. so choose a data option that's right for you. get nationwide 5g included and save up to $300 a year on the network rated #1 in customer satisfaction. it's your wireless. your rules. only with xfinity mobile. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. we are a country at a crossroads this hour. the bad

. >> letterman, len oo, chekimmel. >> have you gotten high on cnn?ho was in office when you got high at the white house? because it is cnn and i need to ask these questions. >> it was the president that got the same complexion i got. >> all right, okay. i think i know who you're talking about. just >> just a clue. and they had chicken wings a greens on the menu. >> snoop dogg, thank you so much. i can't wait to high five you for this brilliant performance tonight. the "go big" shodai bouyw debut week. hope it's a good new year for you. >> i love what you're doing, love y'all, man. 2021 is here. >> 20 21 is here. >> i love it these workers have no respect for the fact we're doing a broadcast here. they've got to sweep up the stuff right now? >> that's the amazing thing. that's great things about times square. as soon as it's done, it is done, and they're incredible how efficient they are in getting this stuff up and out and done and done away. i love the way they're working. i love the way they do this stuff. >> duy, toi do, too. >> it's incredible to

lead to war is embodied in the following statement by none other than the great strategist david letterman who said, i understand the germany will have three phases, the first, economic unification, the second, political unification, the third, france surrenders. [laughter] this is a common fear emanating policymakers around the world with the exception of george bush to be honest this is ithisr achievement in office at his greatest legacy will essentially cuts a deal. he didn't necessarily believe the idea they were bound to be militaristic. he had bigger fresh -- a fish to fry. he recognized that moment that cole needed help and that he was pliable and so important ways. bush said to him on the most powerful man in the world, i have the levers of power over the other countries that have legal responsibility for germany. i can get each of them to say yes if i need to be you have to do something for me. and that something you can probably already predict is you have to make sure the unified germany remains in nato. because without germany, and cannot survive. is the biggest manpower suppli

together, they lead to war, is embodied in the following statement by the geopolitical strategist david letterman understand german unification will have three phases. the first, economic unification. the second, political unification. the third, france surrenders. this is the common fear that's emanating policy makers around the world with the exception of george bush. this is his singular achievement in office and his greatest legacy because bush essentially cuts a deal with cole. bush didn't believe in the idea that germans were bound to be militaristic. he had a bigger fish to fry, which is to say he recognized at that moment that cole needed help and that cole therefore was pliable in some important ways. because bush said to him, i am the most powerful man in the world. i have levers of power over the other countries and the treaty that have legal responsibility for germany, britain, france and the soviet union. i can get each of them to say yes if i need to, but you've got to do something for me. and that something, you can probably already predict, is you have to make sure a unified germa

as a matter of fact, i went on the david letterman show, and i was asked to draw up a top ten list ofbout being vice president. i'll not share the whole list, but number five came to mind as i was sitting here next to john and diane cook, looking up at the seal here. i have a seal myself. the great seal of the vice president of the united states of america. and the fifth best thing about being vice president has to do with that seal. if you close your left eye and turn your head just right, it says "president of the united states of america." it's a great thrill. thank you very much. >> what happened was at first when they went to camp david, i think he stayed in the presidential cabin, and his dog dave i think is the dog's name, stayed with the cheneys in the presidential cabin. so the next time i go to the presidential cabin, my dog barney went ballistic smelling another dog in his territory. >> so the saturday morning we're getting ready for a meeting. i always drove the golf carts up there. and dave loved the golf carts. he would get right up on the seat next to you, looked like h

west himself opened up about his condition in an interview last year with david letterman. >> when you'renoid about everything. >> reporter: she is reportedly worth $900 million. his worth is estimated to be $1.3 billion. "people" magazine reporting that kardashian is enlisting the help from divorce attorney laura wasser who notably handled the divorces of angelina jolie, johnny depp as well as heidi klum. we're wishing them the best. >> we are, and as she put it best, complicated and painful. >> and kids are involved too. yeah. thank you, amy. >>> coming up next, we're going to have our "play of the day." to have our "play of the day." what were the odds you would even be you? with your uniquely-you sneeze. and, your uniquely-you health needs? 1 in 400 trillion. roughly. that's why walgreens created something new. with personalized, real-time health alerts. cash rewards on...everything. and pickup in as little as 30 minutes. introducing mywalgreens. a whole new way to wellness. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins

and truly david lettermans what- and it truly demonstrates what this work is all about.quote from barack obama. it was a commencement address at knox college. focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. it will asks too little of yourself, because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself, you realize your true potential. each of you has hitched your wagon to this, that wants to ensure that each and every student receives quality instruction, and equitable support, so they can thrive in this 21st century. so i'm looking forward to engaging with you all on this mission. thank you all. thank you all for being here. have a fantastic evening. >> thank you all. lesb ri >> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teacher

did you ever see the day that letterman episode where he was camping with barry white?nt to hear everything about it, though. >> we've got to dig that up. it was wonderful. >>ing on. >> we do traffic and weather on the 1s. joe scarborough pays your bills if you are the 100th caller. there is so much we can do with this. >> traffic and weather was my thing back in connecticut. >> that's one of the things i miss about driving around new york city. okay, stop. anyway, it's one of the things i miss about new york city is listening to the radio. i have to say this while barry white plays in the approximate background. number one hit from 1974. the sound of philadelphia in the background. but one of the things i miss -- oh, there it is, oh, yeah. >> oh, my god. >> you're my first. you're my last. have you watched martin scorsese's latest on netflix? with ann leibovitz. >> yes. she's talking about reading books. yeah, she's amazing. >> it's amazing. she's the best salesperson for new york city that i have ever seen in my life. with that, my friends, we have heard enough of lov