did you see "letterman" last night? part of it >> reporter: as a talk show, it was conventional, only in that it had a desk and a host and a band often silly, sometimes -- >> we didn't plan today's show that doesn't mean it still can't be fun. >> this is the general electrical building. i thought, let's drop in and -- >> reporter: and always in on its own jokes. >> we need authorization to drop off a fruit basket >> yes, you need authorization. >> this is going to be fun to work with these people, isn't it >> reporter: letterman's head writer for ten years bring me to the day to day you become head writer on the show it's monday morning, you're in the writers room what's it like in there? >> the experience was like simultaneously putting out a small town newspaper and organizing every single day a small town parade. >> reporter: while david letterman didn't invent irony, he and his writers desired to make it a kind of comedy we couldn't get enough of >> two of them toasted. >> there was a freedom to experiment in one wa

we are here with david letterman.hear live music. it's so great to be this close to live music every night. >> seth: i probably take it for granted. [ cheers and applause >> it's something that i truly missed when i first left the old show this is lovely >> seth: it's great to have them back it's great to be in a room with them, absolutely >> because what i've learned - and this probably doesn't happen in your case even when the show that i did blew, the audience would get great live music [ laughter ] free >> seth: yeah, not a bad trade-off. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause >> seth: now, elevator races, the representational clip available. >> yeah, the representational clip how about bob costas there >> seth: bob costas. there's a new youtube channel that launched today that basically has the full archives of your time on the show and it is -- you can spend a lot of time on it. i was watching world's largest vase >> oh, the world's largest vase. >> seth: yeah. >> first of all, thank you for mentioning the youtube thing

the person who deserved to get it was david letterman.tlefield, still has a bruised ego about 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? [ 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 that it has 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, that you will be as gracious inviting me into your home as you have bee

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david letterman is gonna be here tomorrow night [ cheers and applause >> seth: there we go finally poppedne. and i asked if i could be on the show again shoemaker shut that down >> seth: yeah. >> so i was wondering -- i have a little gift, if you could give it to dave >> seth: a gift? because again, it's the 40th anniversary of his show. >> yeah, and i want him to feel like you're not the only fan of his here so i have a nice headshot right there. if we can get a tight shot of that it says, "to dave, thanks for all the laughs best, ike barinholtz." >> seth: that's great. >> if you could give that to dave tomorrow -- >> seth: that's beautiful, because that definitely just came right off a printer [ laughter ] >> no, i carry these in my carry-on [ laughter ] you ever see me on a flight, folks, feel free to ask for one. [ laughter ] free of charge mention promo code "late night with seth meyers." [ laughter ] >> seth: you guys, that's ike barinholtz [ cheers and applause new episodes of "the after party" are available fridays on apple tv plus we'll be right back with bridget everett. >> righ

i didn't watch that stuff i and not even letterman letterman early on with a jerry> springer. oh , johnny carson. yes. carson was funny. yeah. yeah. but then we went to potato chips. but those first five years of letterman were insane. the guy was under the stairs.ir he had the legendary chris elliott. he had stupid patrick stupid animal trick, stupid human trick. the first two years of everything is always better than the rest. every idol serious enough about everything on that yellowstone rid.got you know, she's yeah. no watch okay. she only watched the year. yes. fernwood tonight though, another great talk show host. there you go. frenchie asks if you could eliminate one weakness in your lifee , what would it be?le all right, let's go this way. martha, you don't have any weaknesses but pretend to do. i would say yeah. talk sugar chocolate. that's a that's i think i like to get rid of it every morning i wake up to say today's the day. i'm not going to have any cigarets. that's a universal human complaint. jesse , we're talking about wokeness. i know this is my jerry. y we th

willie. >> josh letterman at the white house. thanks so much. chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." it's good to see you. this is all diplomatic hand on deck. you've got vice president harris in munich with president zelensky of ukraine, president biden meeting with the security council and secretary of state antony blinken made that emergency speech to the u.n. security council in new york this week. does diplomacy have a chance? does america hold out hope that it might work? >> well, it appears one of the strategies we're using by constantly trying to turn on the light switch of time putin moves. we see you moving there, moving your military there that every time turning on the lights so that everybody in europe, everybody in ukraine can see every single second of what he's doing militarily that that will spook him and that will get him to the negotiating table and get him to take one of these exit ramps. i was talking to one expert, we are in this intense game of chicken. we do believe he's done everything

nbc news corners scombrosh josh letterman is in brussels. cam, let's start with you on this latest assault on kiev and also the report we are getting in there are russian saboteurs disguising themselves as ukrainian police? >> reporter: yeah. this situation really deteriorating here, i am 350 miles from the capital of kiev. we are starting to see activity here. in the last sort of 30 minutes, we heard from the mayor of lviv that was russian paratroopers on three helicopters. 60 troops were put on the ground. they were quigley repelled, this according to ukrainian government. they say they took off running into the nearby woods. it's one more indication how this defensive seems to be widening across the country. lviv is supposed to be the safe city where there was no activity. as you said, we are seeing checkpoints across this city. there is a real paranoia they are donning ukrainian army uniforms to carry out deep inside ukraine. it is likely disinformation. but it is all a part of this information war and confusion. as for the capital, itse

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. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided toe 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 support, dave letterman. >> he was anti-establishment a

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josh letterman, thank you for starting us off. carol, i want to turn to you now. you've been working your sources all night, all morning long. there's an urgency to this process. what are people telling you about that? >> there is. and part of that is just democratic jitters, right? you have members of the party who are like, look, we have this opportunity here, let's not slow roll it. who knows what could happen. we live in this world of covid and let's just get this done. and what we've seen from the white house is nothing really forces you to do something other than a deadline, right? the president has set by the end of the month. he has the state of the union, a huge audience. he would get to talk about this, it's an historic nomination and something they would unite the party and the country would get behind and feel proud about from the white house's perspective. they don't want this to drag on. in some sense you have the nervous democrats who are like we want to get this done, the white house who is looking at march 1st, the end of february, saying this is

but you know the first five years of letterman were insane.cks, stupid human tricks. >> martha: the first few years of everything is always the best. >> jesse: marriage. >> martha: gets better all the time, you know! she only watched the first few years. >> greg: another great talk show host. frenchy asks, if you could eliminate one weakness in your life, what would it be? let's get this way, martha, you don't have any weaknesses but pretend you do. >> martha: i would say sugar, chocolate. i would like to get rid of it. every morning i wake up and say today is the day i'm not going to have any sugar. >> greg: that is a universal human complaint. >> jesse: we are talking about weakness? >> greg: you can't even think of one. >> martha: yes, that is a weakness. >> jesse: come back to me. come back to me! >> richard: a weakness, i don't know. >> greg: your statistics. >> richard: no, my statistics are strong. >> greg: anxious? i am anxious bear that was less anxious too. we sure something in common. >> richard: one thing. [laughter] >> judge jeani

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joining me now from the white house is nbc's josh letterman, in the last hour, josh, good to see you again. in the last hour, we've been talking about, obviously, the read-out from president biden, what took place in that hour long phone call with vladimir zelensky, also getting a perspective, a read-out from ukrainian president. talk us through what we're hearing. >> reporter: yeah we're getting a lot more detail, frankly, from the ukrainians than we did from the americans about the content of today's call. the ukrainians really emphasizing in their deception of what zelensky said to biden, how appreciatetive zelensky was for the fact that the u.s. has really been sticking with ukraine in the last number of weeks saying we feel it and noting that the role the u.s. has played in consolidating international support for ukraine, and if you think about the sheer amount of time that taught u.s. officials, the president, secretary of state, defense secretary and others, have spent in the last month or so trying to rally all these other nations to do stuff that is going to be painful there

to talk about it i bring in josh letterman.e doing on the president's messaging on the economic front critical as we head into the midterm year. >> reporter: one of the thing that is democrats are on the ballot can't control is president biden's approval rating. out there out and about talking any way they would prefer him focusing on the things he and congressional democrats have accomplished with covid relief and bipartisan infrastructure instead of the promises that democrats made in the last campaign that so far they have been unable to deliver and don't want their party to be seen as out of touch with the real economic pain that folks feel right now and why according to our new reporting the president and the team planning as they gear up for the state of the union to refresh the message to around empathy. a greatest political strength of the president to understand that people really are suffering with the high prices and democrats not appearing with president biden, democrats are split this cycle whether having biden aro

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as a result, they have letterman and mineral deficiencies, which makes them vulnerable to diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. worldwide, one in 5 deaths is associated with poor diet. ready it's an acute problem in many parts of the southern hemisphere. plenty of fruit and vegetables aground there, but the bulk of production is exported to day we consider the case of blueberries in peru. ah, for a long time, raina espinosa was unemployed. but these days, her family often has to manage without her. she leaves for work at 6 o'clock every morning. none of the little to playing it at all. the blueberry fields are the best place to work that on them and not, and then the see glass in mind. they need workers every week is and it's not so strenuous and sadly, and they pay well to, oh, honey good. now that when the on the on the vain espinosa ends the equivalent of 360 year as a month. she says that's a pretty good incoming period. the blue berries are cultivated on the hill side looks of the desert. they're not native to groom, but europe has an insatiable appetite for blueberries, and pe

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as result, they have letterman and mineral deficiencies which makes them vulnerable to diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. worldwide, one in 5 deaths is associated with poor diet. ready it's an acute problem in many parts of the southern hemisphere, plenty of fruit and vegetables, a grown bear, but the bulk of production is exported. to day we consider the case of blueberries in peru. ah, for a long time, rayna espinosa was unemployed. but these days, her family often has to manage without her. she leaves for work at 6 o'clock every morning. no, no dahlia, a little to fling it is all about the blueberry fields of the best place to work on them and not. and then the see glass in mind. they need workers every week is, and it's not so strenuous and saw the lee and they pay well to where you know, how to get know that when the quantity on the rain espinosa and the equivalent of 3 $160.00 euros a month, she says that's a pretty good incoming peru. the blue berries are cultivated on the hillside slopes of the desert. they're not native to per room, but europe has an insatiable appeti

this is about letterman putin's desire for his own personal and national -- at the expense of his neighbor. it is about his fear of a successful democracy providing a example to his own countrymen. i was encouraged by what we saw in munich. i was there with the speaker two years ago and the theme of the conference two years ago was whether the west was a coherent, a whole. whether the west was relevant as a coherent body of nations. there was no question about that this year. putin brought nato together in a way i do not think we have seen in quite some time. it was heartening to see this result of our administrations diplomatic efforts, countries had come together to agree on a brutal package of sanctions, some of which have already been applied, more of which i fear will be necessary to apply among the most significant of steps. it was to step announced by the german chancellor. we were all very impressed by our conversation with them. a decision to essentially cancel a process of moving forward with the pipeline, i think it is a very strong indication of the solidarity of nato and our o

full general and kelly recruiting court and i renewed my financial issue with london q to our loan, letterman for she gave us times to i must be happy. i am a fat mother. you know, if that i'm looking for a federal pesky asking you myakea protection for human procedure. martha, the one that i can live with . it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in arm conflicts. world wide. u. s. government doesn't track the number of contractors it uses in places iraq or afghanistan, the united states army and the military and general is so reliance on the private sector. i would call the dependency, but we don't know who is the on the ground presence of these companies overseas. they just don't out west and private military companies can in their turn, views. so cool subcontractors from countries with trouble pass. the chances are quite good that they had also been child diligence processes. i was a child as a, as i drove profession, our job is, is with the whole 141. if i said that with, with no flaw, minimum own wall, which i mean to be merciless killing machines, n

the head of the russian delegation, letterman means he's going to report to president important about the outcome of tonight talks shortly. this is what mr. medina said right after these meetings, social workers are going should have to go with negotiations with the ukranian side . have concluded they lasted around 5 hours. during the talks, we went through all the details on the agenda, found some points on which common positions can be foreseen, and most importantly agreed to continue the negotiation process. the next meeting will take place in the coming days on the poland bella. ruth border. one of the members of the delegate schnells who made a statement saying that the 2 sides have found areas where some progress is possible without given any specific details. ukrainian or russian sites conducted the 1st round of talks to day. the main reason was to discuss the ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities on ukrainian soil. besides determined a number of main questions on which certain decisions have been outlined, the sides are heading to their capitals for further consultations.

if occasion of you grade, this is the official word used by both letterman and their criminal rescue. a secretary admitted bischoff, or furthermore, the history of when a ferris press secretary, mighty as how do i said that this is not the beginning of the war, but actually our attempt to prevent the war and the end of the war they've been going on there in ukraine for 8 years. this is what the official position on this, on the russian televisions. it's interesting that the word defensive is used in advance as defensive advances. how are the russian media actually portraying this whole scenario? so to lou, to talk about the russian media will have to an actual look a little bit back. this has been a narrative that has been there for a month. and maybe even years of narrative is about the russian being the cause of the attacked by the west, by the later and or the russia in that sense, according to the official position is causing the defending itself rather than later advances. and this latest escalation in ukraine is the last step that which and said that he has had no other option.

i think it's important to point out that following nearly 3, our phone conversation between letterman and the french president, emanuel micron, very late last night here, the russian president made it very clear that he's always been open to the idea of meeting his us counterpart. us president joe biden, but i think the important point is that flattery wants to talk about specific security guarantees that he's looking for from the american iran president is on his 1st official visit to a golf state. abraham, where he is just find a number of agreements with counselors, a mere shake to mean ben. how much connie, why he's also attending a regional gas conference that he hopes will boost political and trade relations. i've got no harm, at least probably look, i need to move. our talks have dealt with bilateral, important matters. this includes economy, investment, energy, and tourism, which will help boost relations between the 2 countries. it's my pleasure to sign a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding with iran. this is quite important and we need to follow up the implem

this is the official word used by both letterman and the climate rescue secretary admitted miss cough or furthermore, the mystery of or nefarious spread. secretary money has, however, said that this is not the beginning of the war, but actually our attempt to prevent the war and the end of the war. there's been going on there and you claim for 8 years. this is what the official position on this, on the russian televisions. it's interesting that the word defensive is used in advance as defensive advances. how are the russian media actually portraying this whole scenario? so to lou, to talk about the russian media will have to an actual look a little bit back. this has been a narrative that has been there for a month. and maybe even years of the narrative is about the russian being the cause of the attacked by the west, by the nato. and so the russia, in that sense, according to the official position, is causing the defending itself from the nature advances. and this latest escalation in ukraine is the last step that which in said that he has had no other option. how to defend russian r

. >> yeah, josh letterman, your headquarter in brussels. any idea of what could come out of the meeting that's you aren't way there? >> reporter: we heard from the secretary general stottenberg at the beginning, saying it is a cold-blooded nation. some of them conducting surveillance above nato countries and more than 120 ships that are at sea. a big question right now is whether and when nato will deploy its response force. this is a combat ready, extremely well-trained force into eastern europe including a very high ready response force intended to move faster to be at the tip of the spear? responding and getting a lot of tension here at nato today. finland and sweden, they're taking part here today. nato country is hoping that's going to send a signal to putin that he may thinks this is about bringing countries like ukraine away from the nato. this is pushing more european countries into the arms of nato and the protections that those countries will have. even the u.s. and other countries start to move in into the european nation, both n

back in 1992, i had the honor of presenting him a letterman's jacket on behalf of our graduating class. and in the decades since, he's racked up more honors, recognitions, hall of fame entries than you can possibly count. and now 30 years later, i'm honored to recognize scooter chapman from the floor of the united states house of representatives as he prepares to sign off from konp and hang up his microphone after 70 years at the station. scooter chapman has touched so many lives. he has made our community stronger. and, mr. speaker, he's, in a word, legendary. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. let me make one thing clear. israel has never been and will never be an apartheid state. amnesty international's latest report that labels israel as an

. >> josh letterman for us, thank you. i'm going to let you get back to your reporting. we appreciate it for now. congressman, let's talk through some of this. i know you're in munich for that security conference. i just saw andrea mitchell walking behind you. the president spoke a couple of hours ago. i want to play that for you before we get started. >> we remain desirous of diplomacy as it relates to the dialogue and discussions we have had with russia, but we are also committed if russia takes aggressive action to ensuring there will be severe consequence in terms of the economic sanctions we have discussed. >> i know, congressman, it's pretty hard to hear the vice president there speaking. but talking about the fact that the united states is committed to diplomacy but if russia decides to invade ukraine, there are going to be severe sanctions against moscow. i know you're going to be speaking with the secretary of state in just a couple of minutes we appreciate you taking the time. what do you want to communicate to blinken? >> so we're actually speaking with the se

and i want to read a little bit from more reporting that we got from our own josh letterman about thesehis is from a senior biden administration official who has briefed reporters. this person is describing the moves as applying, quote, the iran model to russia by kicking some banks off s.w.i.f.t. as was done when iran was kicked off s.w.i.f.t. in 2018 which banks will be kicked off, those already under u.s. and eu sanctions will be the first considered. but it is ultimately up to the eu brass because s.w.i.f.t. is based in belgium. the ones that are kicked off will have to use a telephone or fax machine to send money internationally. it will help turn russia into a global and economic financial pariah. u.s. allies will hunt down the yachts, jets, fancy cars and luxury homes of sanctioned russian companies and oligarchs. again, going after their lifestyle, which so many people have said is necessary. the problem is it is hard to figure out who owns what. it will be interesting to see how governments try to sort through it all. that is going to do it for me today. thank you so much for b

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nbc's josh letterman is traveling with president biden today. he is in wilmington.h, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. he was former president trump's loyal deputy four years, even as supporters chanted hang mike pence on january 6th. now, those agreements are coming out in the open. this morning, the republican party in a political battle against itself. after a split-screen moment laid bear growing division among republicans about former president trump's role, past and future. >> former president trump was wrong. >> reporter: he was insisting that mr. pence could have rejected the 2020 election results. >> i had no right to overturn the election. there's no idea un-american, than the notion that one person can choose the american president. >> reporter: that rebuke coming after mr. trump blamed his former vice president for not interveing on january 6th. overnight, the former president lashing out, releasing a statement arguing pence could have acted. writing, i was right and everyone knows it. the friendly fire breaking out, as the republican natio

josh letterman is in brussels. keir simmons is at his post in moscow and cal perry will join us from western ukraine. >> josh, we are waiting for president biden's call with allies. it will start here at the white house in about 15 minutes the u.s. just slapped even more sanctions on russia this morning. what are the specifics on the new sanctions and give us the latest on the ground there. >> reporter: well, this is the latest move by the u.s. to really try to ramp up this economic pressure on ukraine, as well as to punish moscow for this invasion. we learned part of what the u.s. and allies planned to do was target russia's central bank but we didn't exactly know how. today we have learned that the u.s. working in coordination with its allies plans to put a freeze on any assets that russia's central bank has in the u.s. but is also taking the step of barring any americans from doing any kind of business with the central bank, aiming to really further isolate russia and also to make it impossible for president put

. >>> joining me now is nbc news correspondent, josh letterman, and erin mclaughlin in kyiv. read off what could happen if russia decides to invade, it's scary. what are you hearing and feeling inside the capital right now? is anything changing despite the reports and all of the intelligence we keep getting snippets of here in the united states? >> hey, katy. top ukrainian officials continue to down play the threat with the foreign minister, telling people to ignore, quote, such aapocalyptic predictions. that being said it is difficult to ignore some 30,000 russian troops that are currently amassing in belarus, just hours away from the capital of kyiv. people are extremely concerned. for example, gun sales here in ukraine have skyrocketed, and an average gun costs $1,900, that's three times some peoples' salaries in this country. they are participating in military training on the weekend, we were there on sunday watching as ordinary men and women learned how to administer first aid, learned how to evacuate the wounded and how to handle a weapon. it was startling to see regula

. >> let's go now to josh letterman in wilmington, delaware with the president before he heads back to the white house. josh, another welcome to you on this sunday. how's the white house preparing for any potential russian invasion of ukraine? by the way, they say it could happen any day now. >> reporter: they do. they say it could happen during the olympics. it could happen after the olympics. the ground is now getting close to frozen enough for russia to be able to move its tanks into ukraine without too much fear of getting stuck in the mud. when it comes to deterring a russian invasion, at this point in time, alex, the u.s. has largely exhausted its options short of putting u.s. troops in ukraine to fight russia which is something president biden says is not going to happen, and so now while the u.s. has made clear what the economic consequences through sanctions would be for our russian incursion, the focus right now is really trying to make sure that if russia attempts some type of misdirection which is a critical part of the russian playbook, that the u.s. will be able to head t

we have josh letterman, courtney kuby and erin mcclock lyn and barry mccaffrey. courtney, i understand you got breaking news at the pentagon. let's start with you. what's going on with american deployments around the world? >> we're getting word that another 3,000 u.s. soldiers attached to the 82nd airborne will be deploying to poland in the coming days. so these are part of the units, some of the units that were notified to be put on what is a heightened state of alert with military calls to deploy order. they've been on the orders for some time. now according to defense officials, they will move forward into poland in the coming days. this is a reflection of where the u.s. government sees the situation in ukraine heading. there is more and more concern that putin is closer to an invasion every single day he sends in more troops and importantly, more capabilities that get him closer to the ability for a large scale invasion of that country. now why are these troops going? it's not because they would move into ukraine. it's not because the u.s. is looking for fig

. >> i want to bring in msnbc's josh letterman at the white house, erin mclaughlin inside ukraine, also with me the former supreme allied commander for nato and retired four-star general barry mccaffrey. good to have all of you. jack, we just spoke about what happened over the weekend. how bad is this looking to you? >> well i think with the public acknowledgment by the russian foreign minister talking to putin about diplomacy taking a front seat, there's been a wave-off in tension. in the longer run, if putin backs down, it's a sizable military force. it makes no sense for him to conduct an all-out ground invasion. it's 250,000 ukrainian troops that will fight. it's a giant country the size of texas. he will horrify the rest of europe. so he's got to look for a way out or come up with a destabilizing technique to make up for the lack of military power. i don't have a clue how it's going to come out. putin's in a very bad situation. >> how bad do you see it, admiral? and help the american people understand why this is something frankly with inflation here, with everything else that cont

. >> i have josh letterman and colonel jack jacobs, msnbc military analyst. thank you for joining us on this. josh, let me start with you. tell us what else we know about the intelligence provided to the president and the timing of this intelligence. >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, there was a whole lot of question and interest in what gave president biden the confidence on friday to go in front of cameras at the white house and make that eyebrow-raising declaration that he believes president putin has already decided to invade. now we are learning some of what led into president biden's confidence. two sources telling us that by the time president biden made those comments, you can see him right there as he was speaking from the west wing, that the u.s. had picked up intelligence showing that russian military troops had already been given an order to start rolling out their invasion plan and moving ahead with an invasion. and then the u.s. was able to see on the ground a russian military units taking the exact kind of steps that would follow such an order. so, se

barinholtz and our friend was here on monday, and he left a signed headshot he wanted me to give david lettermanng >> it's plain paper on the back though, yeah >> seth: oh, yeah, i could use it for notes >> yeah, use that for notes. [ light laughter ] >> seth: thank you >> of course >> seth: you're really good at this >> i'm good at problem solving >> seth: i was like, this is just going to be garbage, but now it's useful. [ light laughter ] you know, the premise of this is people getting together, old high school people have you gone to old high school reunions of your own >> i haven't this year would have been my 20th reunion >> seth: that's a good one >> yeah. i figured that would be a really great one, but i've always missed, and this year i would have liked to have gone, because i think i would want to go and be a full, like, movie star. >> seth: yeah, this is the year. >> and wear sunglasses throughout back in detroit, like, "what's going on?" >> seth: i can't imagine detroit would treat you very kindly if you behaved that way >> no, no. it's a real humbling place like, "what are you doing

tracking the latest josh letterman at the white house and matt bradley in kyiv.'re starting with you. where do things stand with the phone call of the ukrainian president. >> the russians insisting it is troops in belarus will go back to russia after these exercises are over. we heard this morning from the pentagon. trying to cast some doubt on that. saying, look, the russians have added military capability that they did not have before in belarus to carry out these exercises, as well as the black sea where these naval exercises according to the pentagon have been involving the same types of ships that you would use to rapidly put troops on shore. such as if you were invading a ukraine by sea. and this the latest example, alex, about the strategy you're talking about with your next guest that the biden administration has been using over and over to try to publicly expose what they believe russia is doing behind the scenes to try to muddy the waters and blow up their spot as the kids would say and make it difficult for the russians to try to cast this as some type

say sharing passwords in the digital era is a sign of trust and affection akin to the gift about letterman jacket or an exchange of school locker combinations for young people, but the gesture can pose serious risk of personal privacy when the relationship ends, and for that reason digital safety professionals warn against it. it is february in the bay area, but today seem more like a mild summer day. we're seeing unusually high temperatures for this time of year. this is what it looked like today in alameda , many areas saw temperatures well into the seventies. but are we seeing any record set? and how long will this warm weather last for more on that? let's go to our meteorologist mark tamayo with an update, mark. hi there, julie. yet this could be a long stretch of record breaking heat here in the bay area, and today being a day one. yeah, widespread seventies and tomorrow a few spots could be right around the 80 degree. mark. just amazing here for february, 9th. take a look at some of the records from today, richmond tying a record 75 degrees, tying a record set back on this day in 198

raf sanchez in moscow, josh letterman in brussels. we've been in and out of this live rolling coverage all day and all night where you are of what is happening in not just kyiv but in kharkiv, to a degree where you are in lviv with the tensions really coming to a boiling point here. bring us up to speed on the latest in the last 60 minutes or so. >> so kyiv, kharkiv, fierce fighting. russian forces are moving closer and closer to kyiv. they are on the pout outskirts. where i am in the west you have a growing humanitarian crisis. i spent part of the day at the central train station here in lviv. what we saw was truly dramatic. coming one direction from kyiv, you have civilians. they can't bring much with them. maybe one bag. most chose to bring their pets instead of luggage. you can only get so much on that train. as they got off the train, the looks on people's faces. people are stunned. emotional. they are drained. and then going the other direction you have ukrainian soldiers. some of them 18, 19 years old. these are kids. and many

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let's bring in nbc news correspondent josh letterman who covers the white house.it between putin and the white house. the white house said we have agreed in principle and it is contingent, of course, on putin not going into ukraine so let's wait and see what happens there. this morning, putin himself saying, well, not so fast. we will see if we're going to have the summit. what is the white house saying this morning? >> reporter: this was a remarkable bit of shadow diplomacy by the french president with president macron speaking to putin for what we believe was a conversation that lasted nearly two hours, then speaking to president biden for about 15 minutes, and then once again talking to president putin for a conversation that took place in the wee hours of the night in moscow. then after that the french coming out and saying they have this agreement in principle. as you point out, no one is, you know, putting a date on the calendar yet. i spoke to a white house official late last night who said, let's not put the cart before the horse, we don't have a date, we

joining us from nato headquarters in brussels nbc news correspondent josh letterman who covers the whitehed an exclusive interview with nato's secretary general. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, mika, if you think back just a few years, the nato alliance was frayed, there were doubts about its future, and former president trump was openly flirting with the possibility of pulling the u.s. out of nato. but as a result of president putin's invasion as former secretary rice was just alluding to, the nato alliance seems stronger and more united than it has in a whole long time. as i sat down this morning with the second general of nato here at nato headquarters in brussels, he had just gotten off the phone with president zelenskyy and was preparing for a phone call that he will be having today with president biden where he says he wants to speak with biden about dealing with this new normal, this new security reality that's going to be a threat for the u.s. and for europe for some time to come . he also said he thinks russia underestimated the ukrainians and their ability to fight,

that russia feels absolutely the cold wind of isolation, and the russian peoples understand that letterman putin has brought their fate to a pariah state? p.m. johnson: i thank my right honorable friend. she is right. i do indeed believe that will be the result of putin and his cronies. >> we now come to the snp leader. >> let me thank the prime minister. let me also welcome a very close contact here with the ukrainian president, importantly, overnight. i was grateful to meet this afternoon with the ukrainian ambassador to the u.k. and ukrainian mp's. first off, our support is with each and every one of them, as it is with the people of ukraine. mr. speaker, all of last night's events have been predicted for some time. the acts of russian violence, aggression and tyranny are no less shocking. what we are witnessing is a full-scale invasion. this is an act of war. this is first and foremost an unprovoked attack on the peace and innocence of ukraine and of its people, but it is equally an attack on international law, an attack on our european democracy, an attack on the peace that our contin