the person who deserved to get it was david letterman.the way the network wavered in its support for him. >> when we found out that 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? >> by all rights, david letterman should have taken over for johnny carson. but his agent took a very, very aggressive stand. um, we're going to really control all of late night. um, it's going to cost you a fortune. and they put our backs to the wall. >> i can only tell you that it has been an honor and praivileg to come into your homes all these years and entertain you. and i hope i found something i want to do and i think when you come back, you will be as gracious and inviting me in your home as you have been. i bid you a very heartfelt good night. >> "the tonight show," without

. >> reporter: turns out dave from basketball digest is known to the rest of us as david letterman.mer late show host and heavily bearded netflix host asking the nba star the tough questions. >> kd, why do people call you kd? >> my first name is kevin. >> uh-huh, right. >> and my last name is durant with a "d." >> reporter: of course pro athletes are no stranger to being pranked on media day. >> i'm making this pillow. i want you to sign it for me. >> i'll sign it, absolutely. are those hearts for me? >> reporter: jimmy kimmel's side kick guillermo has made it tradition at this point. >> how are you? everything good? what is your favorite body part? are you not feeling me? >> reporter: though from monday's nets' media day, it seems like k.d. might not have been feeling dave from "basketball digest." >> they're looking at working a contractual deal that would allow you when you're not playing for the nets, days off, you'll be able to play for knicks. comments? >> all right, dave, that was the last one. >> i'm sorry, was that a comment? how about you, do you have a comment? >> reporte

. >>> and from the story behind this 6-year-old school picture to a big surprise from david letterman to the goats on the lam going buck wild, it's tuesday, september 28th. >>gooduesday morning everyone. we begin with singer r. kelly convicted on all counts of his sex trafficking trial. >> this morning his former bodyguard and childhood friend is responding to the verdict. the allegations go back decades with kelly. he was accused of locking girls inside rooms restricting when they could eat or go to the bathroom. >> after nine hours of deliberations the jury reached its decision. this morning, singer r. kelly once a global superstar now faces the possibility of life in prison. a jury finding him guilty in a federal sex crimes trial where prosecutors said he used his fame to engage in sex trafficking. >> i have pursued many sexual predators who have committed crimes against women and children. of all the predators that i have pursued, however, mr. kelly is the worst. >> reporter: prosecutors accused kelly of recruiting women and girls for sex holding them against their will and threat

i think they were all giving letterman a hard time saying last question. that's it. >> one talented south bay artist is releasing his first book. >> tyler gordon took the world by storm last year when his portrait of kamala harris went viral. he also painted the cover for "time" magazine's athlete of the year issue. his first ever picture book is coming out today called "we can -- portraits of power." includes portraits of many figures who have made a mark on history. >> i'll see him at an event on saturday. can't wait. >>> look at this guy. 10 years old today. this is kj. this is kari's son celebrating his 10th birthday today. kari, do you remember ten years ago? >> my goodness. seems like yesterday, though. that's crazy. >> look at him. and you said he's almost as tall -- not taller than you. >> he's not taller than me but he may be as tall as laura. >> i'm 5'3 1/2". >> 5-foot even. >> you know, we're going to have so much fun today. and the weather is so nice. take a look at these temperatures. we're going to spend a lot of time outside. upper 70s. good

and then letterman said to michelle and letterman of course it's a total suck up vote as you can imagine he says no one recognize you? she said no one recognized me at all. now let's fast-forward two years and things have started to fall apart in many ways. ferguson has happened in 2014. people magazine comes to interview michelle and barack obama together at thete white house, and the reporter for people recorded the interview so wasn't like a were paraphrasing or taking things out of context. and then the subject of the interview was racism in america today. the theme was even the first lady has to deal with racism. so she gets to tell the target story all over again. here she is barely disguised this time and she goes into the store and in the original version, the letterman version we had no idea what the race of the woman who asked her to get something off the upper shelf. but in this time it's implied the woman is white. the woman comes up to obama, to michelle obama and she says to michelle, same thing, could you get that something off the shelf? here's how michelle interprets it

in march of 2012, michelle obama goes on the david letterman show to talk about an incident in which she was involved. it was sort of much celebrated in the news. and what the incident was she went in the guise of a suburban mom to a target in suburban virginia and this is a regular shopper, she was disguised, you know, so no one would know who she was. i guess the secret service detail had to hover in the other aisles, and she's telling this story on david letterman and she goes, i'm paraphrasing, but very close, laughing, it was so much fun i had a great time, a great thing and i go there and no one knows who i am. and then a woman walks up to me and i'm feeling, oh, i say to my assistant, our cover is blown, and then the woman comes up and she goes, ma'am, could you reach up off that shelf and get something, now? and so michelle was very tall, nearly six feet tall and gets it hands it to the woman and she said you didn't have to make it look so easy, says michelle. that's a telling detail. you didn't have to make it look so easy and letterman says at that michelle, in total suckup

she's telling the story on david letterman and i'm paraphrasing. she's laughing at us and it's so much fun i had a great time, great thing. i go there and no one knows who i am. i'm thinking my cover is blown and then a woman comes up and says could you reach off the shelf and get something so she was nearly 6 feet tall and hands it to the woman and she said you didn't have to make it look so easy. you didn't have to make it look so easy. then letterman says michelle, and total as you can imagine the says no one recognized you and she said no one recognized mee t all. let's fast-forward two years. things have started to fall apart in many ways. ferguson is happening. "people" magazine comes to interview michelle and barack obama together at the white house and reported for people recording interviews so it wasn't like they were paraphrasing were taken out of context. the subject of the interview was racism in america today. tand even the first lady has to dealn with racism. so, she gets to tell the story all over again. he or she is barely disguise

. >> tracy: david letterman i david letterman column d nice or delo. i called jimmy and jimbo. got me, right? >> kelly: y'all, k wizzy is in the house! [cheers and applause] >> tracy: i have to tell you, i gave you the handle, your ghetto card is platinum stamped. you can be in harlem and walk freely. >> kelly: thank you. love animals like me, i heard about this, so what animals do you own right now? >> tracy: they are my daughter's animals, but she has a shark tank, a 15,000-gallon shark tank, and has a cone snail, a 7c on t

conan, letterman, stewart.w burn joke better than norm. he would wind it up for two or three minutes and because it was him you knew it would land somewhere bizarre and hilarious eventually. whether it was stand-up, a talk show, whether doing "weekend update" or burt reynolds on "snl" there's nobody funnier than norm macdonald. the comedians said the same yesterday. norm macdonald, he made them laugh the hardest. i put myself in that camp. he really leaves a hole bringing so much joy to so many people. fearless and most of the jokes as you know the bits we can't deliver this morning on tv because from the mouths of anybody else you would be run out of show business. >> indeed. we're of course showing pictures of his burt reynolds. which on "jeopardy" is a classic and our kids will be laughing at that 30, 40 years from now. >> much more on his legacy coming up. >>> california's democratic governor newsom survives an attempt to remove him from office prevailing in the state's recall election nbc news projects. th

. >> david letterman took on the role of a reporter, and he threw some balls at kevin durant. >> whykd? can i call you kd? >> yeah. my first name is kevin. >> right. >> my last name is durant, with a "d." >> it seems like he did not know it was letterman. >> no, he could not have known. or if durant was in on the joke, but it's something to talk about and laugh about, for sure. fun times there. >>> let's toss it over to kh. >> and it's my son's kj's birthday. yeah, let's get started this morning. a beautiful sunshine as we look at the golden gate bridge camera. we have clouds rolling by and moving off to the east, and this is part of the cold front that brought us a chance of showers yesterday and it's connecting up high winds and now waves. we have a beach hazard statement in effect until 11:00 this evening. if you are going to be at the beach today never turn your back to the water because we could see some of the sneaker waves and rip currents making it dangerous to be out there today. for the inland areas it's going to be very comfortable. our natural air-conditioning kicking up,

good trolling kevin durant from david letterman. >> why do people call you k.d.?about the pelicans? play the pelicans kind of make you giggle? [laughter] >> yeah. let anybody in here. [laughter] >> jessica: i was generally excited it was media day but it was great to see david letterman. >> dana: who your team? >> jessica: the na it s player centric person and i loved kevin durant. >> jesse: you grew up in the city you should be a knicks fan. so typical of you. switching teams. >> jessica: i didn't switch. >> jesse: that's it for us. "special report" is up next with bret. >> bret: hey, jesse. thanks, try washington teams. they are good. lafayette ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the nation's top military and defense officials say they recommended keeping a small number of troops in afghanistan prior to complete u.s. withdrawal to stiffen the spine of afghan forces to hold off the taliban to effectively evacuate american cities and allies first. president biden made a different choice. and the way that withdrawal unf

letterman from at tahoe really appreciate your time this afternoon.as the first i ever to a went on ski trip, would risky ski back when was 12 old, so some memories and hoping a quick or good recovery and good season as well. it's hard to think about eventually. completely about it. but still talking some heat in the bay, and even possibility a few thunderstorms, not the short. but as we head thursday, that could be the case. we're going to take a quick glance here of the updated for models. you can see this is wednesday. and into thursday he's some moisture in from the south. then look, look this. that activity to reading. that is thursday, and that is kind the area we're with, up in the north with a slight of a, so that have to keep eye on the potential some dry lightning, of, some huge fire, so will be closely. a lot confidence the forecast yet, at least timing now could thursday into night early friday. we can't temperature has happened, as you know very hot and letting. the stretch conquered to 100, and that'll the case again your wednesday. what

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let's bring in josh letterman who is jefferson parish. a distribution point, what's the scene there? i see some workers bind you and what's the need? what do folks need the most? jeff, it is going on day eight here there is really clean water because it is still on a boil advisory. no working refrigerators for most folks. the needs are basic. it is things like ice. they are unloaded it into trucks. they are calling out numbers because you get a certain allotment of supplies based on how many people are in your household. they are handing out water and food. we're talking meals ready to eat like what we have in a war zone. vegetable crumbles with pasta. this is chicken chunks. this is life in jefferson parish for the moment. i spoke to the president of the parish who said look, for now, if they can, they're it is very difficult to live here right now. again everybody has to make a personal choice. i know it is hard to stay away. we're trying to get out information about what our systems are like. >> one of the ironic things is the equalizi

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided tove 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 is the first show and i think this guy needs a little

>> that was the last one. >> that was david letterman pulling investment.g it. he was not laughing. that looks like a stunt that you would pull in "impractical jokers." >> and he killed it. mike everything he said was what percentage? 90%? i wish we had that option quick i just need 90% from you. i don't need 110%. just give me 90. >> what part of you is zane, why did i think of that? to go to the a press conference, that is your next thing. >> i have been giving it 10% on "impractical jokers." that is what they have been saying. >> russia. >> yes. >> the media needs to stop rushing to judgment. commercial. >> president has responded to rumors of being covid-positive. hunting and fishing in the plant in that with meg. i'm sorry. at least he kept his shirt on this time. comments? >> only, to can pull this off. when his health is in question, just take -- that does not work in real-life. i have been in eight fight with my wife. when i tried to look marsha cooke this is what it turned out to be. this is when they shaved off my eyebrows. module. >> that was a s

and josh letterman is in la el paso, seems s in la el paso, seem la place. they can't get a break there. so talk to us about two simultaneous events. the clean upefforts and any view of preparations and possibility of this thing becoming a hurricane? >> reporter: yeah, talk about a perfect storm. you have this new tropical disturbance brewing in the gulf of mexico, you've got still all this damage from ida, an oil spill now reported off the coast. it is raining today, so anyone who didn't get a tarp over their damaged roof is now getting more water coming in. and add on top of that you still have this going on, you have workers all across the city trying to put up power lines that are down. more than half a million people still without power in louisiana even as about a third of new orleans residents have gotten their power back. so those are the lucky ones. but in the meantime, it is hot. it is 105 degree heat index today. a lot of these folks have been out of power now for a week, no ac, maybe they had preparations, they had supplies for three, four days,

letterman still got it one more to check out on this monday night.t, baltimore kicker justin tucker lined up for a 66 yard game winning field goal on the final play of the game. 60 the crossbar. yes it bounced up in the air, then went across for the longest field goal. nfl history 20. those games were more people than were there will say that they were there. or you could have it inked onto your body. like this ravens fan, you might notice you also as last week's win over the chief's on his leg. i wonder if he knows that the ravens have a whole season left the place still. that's crazy. all right, still. that's crazy. all right, hey. hi, how was the screening? oh, sheldon invoked rosa parks to make somebody who cut the line feel bad, but only the white people felt bad. ugh, i should've never bought him that coloring book that explains black history month. how'd it go with my mother? uh, you know, it started a little rocky, but i think we got to a good place. wow. well done. (chuckles) yeah, and when i dropped her off at the hotel, she even gave me a

josh letterman is in harvey, louisiana with more. reporter: on a normal day, this would be lunch hour at helen cox high school. instead, students are gone. it is still busy here. instead, folks that are here are lining up for basic supplies. they're here looking for food, water, tarps, as they get their lives put back together. meantime, those students will be out of school for the indefinite future. schools are not planning to open anytime this week, possibly not even next week either. that's obviously creating all kinds of additional challenges for parents who many of them are starting to have to go back to work. we are now upwards of 50% power restored. you have businesses back up and running, people going back into work. students not in school and they're not like they're back on zoom classes like they were doing during covid. it is no learning at all now because frankly, the internet infrastructure isn't ready to handle that now. you can see it is starting to rain hard here. the national guard guys are doing their work, handing

journalist felt that they could not ask critical questions. cbs anchor, dan, rather who went on the letterman show and who said george bush, the president, he makes the decisions. and you know, there's just one american wherever you want me to line up, just tell me where. and he'll make the call. talk about media that have completely given up their autonomy, fox news, and rupert murdoch's empire with consistently in favor of the war on iraq. in fact, all his editors about a 180 of them took a pro war. busy line in the lead up to the iraq war one, oregon saddam begins. we expect every american to support our military. and if they can't do that, to shut on color or audiences were led to believe the iraq war would be over in months if not weeks. and months our patients will be one of our strengths that american troops would not end up meyer there. or in afghanistan, which the us invaded to hunt down to summer. been loudon and al qaeda. and where a decade after bin laden's, assassination, american forces remained when the biden administration finally, and the afghan establishing last month, ameri

the gcc letterman long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing and prototyping words, main sources of income. in this film we go back over the last 500 years, a whole 90 history of tribes born rebellion and colonization, and explore how and why man still plays an important regional role today. ah, ah, hello and barbara sarah london, you're watching al jazeera, somber ceremonies have been held in the us to mark 20 years since the september 11th attacks, the deadliest on american soil. nearly 3000 people were killed. 14 passenger jets were hijacked crashing into the world trade center. the pentagon and the field in pennsylvania, presidents, past and present, joined the families of those who died at the memorial at ground 0, where the twin towers one stood george w bush, who was president at the time of the attacks delivered a message of unity at the memorial in.

letterman put in is going to continue. he's working meetings, but ah, online, he's going to take part in the session of the c s t o council. this is a military alliance between russia and 6 former soviet republics, as well as he's go to take part in the meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization c as o, again via video link. now it is worth mentioning that lever improvement has taken 2 jobs of sputnik we, if you months ago. he publicly said that during q and a session in july. and as he put it, that went smoothly for him. now, in general, the situation with cove it in rush remains not that severe as it used to be, say, during the summer or the city that register is the most covert cases. it's still moscow. we're talking about 2000 new infections daily, but it seems that more likely the health care officials have managed to curb the situation. according to the official data. there are over 40000000 russians who have had at least one dose of anti corona virus. maxine at this moment, back to you, kevin. yeah, i think he

letterman putting a go into continue his work meetings online. it said that he will take part in a session of the c s. d o counsel, a military, a lines of russia and 6 former soviet republics, as well as the meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization. but all of that will be via video link. it is worth mentioning that the president of 2 jobs have spoken vaccine a few months ago. and according to him that when rather smoothly he mentioned only mild side effects. in general, the situation regarding cov, it remains relatively stable in russia, especially compared to the uptake and new cases back in june and july. house official seemed to have managed to get the surge under control in part because authorities pushed nationwide vaccination campaign. we saw over $40000000.00 rushing a little less than a 3rd, receive at least one dose of the vaccine. shortly before his decision to isolate goodman fujen hosted the ser, related by sharla sad unannounced visit to the russian capital. monday's meeting was the 1st between the 2 sins putin's visit to da

>> i don't correct people, myself because it's like get creative with it, it doesn't bother me, lettermanhow so many times, never said it right, he told him what it was. >> trevor: but in everyone's defense it is isbell. >> it looks like is-bell trk really does. >> trevor: how did it become is-bull. >> probably because we're from alabama and sometimes we mispronounce some things. i mean the town where i grew up, the closest city was muscle shoals and they spelled it like muscle even though they meant it like a mussel, and it is in north alabama so it is nowhere near the coast so everybody is always, okay, okay. >> trevor: that makes-- so covers album, isbull, bell. >> yes. >> trevor: getting to know each other, this is good. >> we are. >> trevor: you were one of the first artists who came out and put pressure on not just the fans but the venues to say we can do the show but let's do it in the safest way possible, we have to get people vaccinated and people at least have to get tested before they come to the shows and at first you got some pushback but then now venues have jumped on board.

because of kimmel, late-night or colbert or seth myers will never be confused with carson orlando or letterman that is why you see gutfeld have the success because those shows you see on abc and cbs and nbc is watching an extension of cnn with more comedy writers doing political comedy anyway. jillian: have a great day. todd: go eagles. 17 after the hour, 20 days later. families of 9/11 victims getting some closure. >> darcy worked in the north tower thanks to dna testing who now have answers, they have been waiting two decades 4. her daughter joins us live next. so many people are overweight now, and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why they don't work. now there's release from golo. it naturally helps reverse insulin resistance, stops sugar cravings, and releases stubborn fat all while controlling stress and emotional eating. at last, a diet pill that actually works. go to golo.com to get yours. look, this isn't my first rodeo

so we've gone from carson karnak to letterman's stupid tricks to these sad sacks of pandering bleat beachsion happening in front of their seaside estates. i wasn't asked to participate. it's okay. i understand. they don't want the profession's top talent outshine anyone but mike everyone and make them all look bad. besides, i already had plans. i will be pulling an suv with my upside down. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ now that is alternative energy sourcing. when asked why he is participating, jimmy kimmel stated i don't want to die. despite doing it every night during his opening monologue. i don't want to die. it's the exact opposite thing people say while watching his show. but it's all about urgency. he doesn't want to die. but from what exactly? lack of laughter? choking on your own tears? lacks of oxygen to the brain from huffing too many of howard stern's parts? colbert noted it should be more than one night that he is too busy taking salsa lessons with chuck schumer at the arthur murray school of dance in brooklyn. if you really care, why would he be dancing? kids are dying. meanwhile, what is america

. >>> josh letterman is in louisiana. josh, welcome to you. how do things look like they are now?st around the efforts to try to get power to the folks there? >> reporter: power is coming back but very slow. about a third of residents have gotten their power back. the recovery mission enters a new phase. we spent the morning in the home of ja flrks ice homes here who is without power. tlth damage over the house. i asked when these things are happening year after year, do you think about moving somewhere else. this is what she had to say. >> where do you go? every we, this storm here hit from here to baton rouge and further. this is the worst area, to me. this is the only place i've been. where do you go? fires in california and earthquakes. whatever part of the united states you go to, it's something. >> reporter: these folks behind me, they are the ones doing that critical work in the home of janice homes and others here in louisiana. they are called the minutemen disaster response. they rolled in with their own trailers full of cots for their own workers to sleep in. these are t

morgan chesky and josh letterman, thank you for your reporting. >>> back now to preparations for a potentialdown. the white house is now telling government agencies to get ready for what could be the first shutdown of the u.s. government since the pandemic began. if a new spending bill isn't passed. its future tied to the debt limit increase something republicans say democrats need to pass without gop votes. joining me now is democratic senator patty murray. thank you for your time. the "washington post" reports democrats are privately beginning to acknowledge they're unlikely to prevail in the face of a gop blockade. is there a plan b and does it mean the government shuts down and defaults? >> this is an unbelievable made-up crisis that the republicans have put on us. we pay our bills, just like every family should. we have a process that we do that, that we have a vote in the senate. we have always worked this out to make sure that our economy doesn't collapse, and we aren't known as the country who doesn't pay their bills, to our businesses or to anyone else. we need to do this job and ge

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excited it was media day but it was great to see david letterman. >> dana: who your team? >> jessica: the na it s player centric person and i loved kevin durant. >> jesse: you grew up in the city you should be a knicks fan. so typical of you. switching teams. >> jessica: i didn't switch. >> jesse: that's it for us. "special report" is up next with bret. >> bret: hey, jesse. thanks, try washington teams. they are good. lafayette ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the nation's top military and defense officials say they recommended keeping a small number of troops in afghanistan prior to complete u.s. withdrawal to stiffen the spine of afghan forces to hold off the taliban to effectively evacuate american cities and allies first. president biden made a different choice. and the way that withdrawal unfolded was chaotic and has been widely criticized across the globe. those statements about the recommendations directly contradict what the president said about the decision. today's testimony before the senate armed services committ

we mentioned gabe gutierrez is in manville, josh letterman is in indiana. tell us what the president has on the agenda the next 24 hours. it will be a busy one. >> reporter: right. he is at his home in wilmington, delaware for the labor day holiday. he was there over the weekend. you mentioned starting tuesday he is going to head to mansville, new jersey and queens, new york to survey damage from this storm. of course, it was just on friday as you alluded to, we saw the president in new orleans doing a similar thing, surveying damage on ground, in the air, meeting with local officials, talking about the federal response to people in the communities. you can probably expect to see something similar on tuesday. i would note two policy things to watch for in this visit tomorrow like we saw friday. the first would be to look for the president to link the devastation, increase in severe weather events to climate change, try and personalize this and humanize the consequences of climate change for people. and secondly would be to look for an opportunity to sell hi

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one of them was david letterman. a few years ago he spoke to barbara walters.days in the 1990s, just going after her every single night, almost, on his show. so many of them, and i can recall, you can recall it at the time, so many late-night talk show hosts just were absolutely relentless on this young lady. and it really was unfortunate. >> it certainly was. all right, thank you very much. important report update from brian todd. >>> to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." you can follow me on twitter and instagram @wolfblitzer. tweet the show at cnnsitroom. "the situation room" is available on a podcast, look for cnn.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts. erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill tonight. as progressives revolt, threat ton vote it down. is the vote and the president's agenda headed for failure? >>> a hospital dealing with violent covid-related attacks is giving each health care work area panic button. how in the world did it come to this? >

josh letterman is with us.hat diplomat had a lot to say in his resignation letter. >> he did, shep. this diplomat's dpeparture the opposite of diplomatic daniel foote writing it remains, quote, deeply flawed and my recommendations have been ignored and dismissed. he says he wants no part of the biden administration's inhumane counterproductive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees the state department firing back at one of its own. wendy short-terming saying foote wanted to send the u.s. military back to haiti and calling that a bad idea but this resignation is putting a spotlight on deep divisions within biden's administration and his own party about this migrant crisis facing uncomfortable questions about whether this is the come kpagset approach to immigration that he come pained on a fellow campaign saying he shares concerns about the biden administration and he wants foote to testify on capitol hill this is really put the biden administration on the defensive over these devastating images we are

his last letterman which was in 2016, was stunned but how we have evolved as a society bird back in theive 35000 pictures of your grandfather here's every moment of his life. i love him and i love norm rip. kennedy: he was amazing going to do a deep dive for some of his best. thank you jim, jimmy failla i love your comment to don't die. before we go a special tickle me tuesday in honor of norm mcdonald, guesses a punchline on twitter using the #ticklemetuesday. do not look it up will be so much fun if you don't, norm was talking about movies and asked conan o'brien, if it is got carrot top and it you know what a good name for it would be? we will have the answer after the trocal storm which is next, stay with us. now it's, "network, network, network." so you need a network that's built right. verizon business unlimited starts with america's most reliable network. then we add the speed of verizon 5g. we provide security that's made for business and offer plans as low as $30 per line. more businesses choose verizon than any other network. we are open and ready for you. derriere discomfort