. >> a rating challenge for the nbc affiliates, too, because the nbc newscasts take a hit from the lead-innd they were in a panic, and by october, they were ready to remove jay if nbc didn't. >> and ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the "tonight show" with conan o'brien. >> and meanwhile, conan's ratings are not meeting the expectations. >> it was a huge transition from jay leno to conan o'brien, and stylistic cl stylistically, they were different, and jay was macaroni and cheese, and you knew what you would get. >> and they had lost the number one spot. >> and then to stop the ending, they asked o'brien to do a show at 11:30, and push it up, and jay agrees burk conan declines. >> then it was the jay camp and the conan camp. >> and the back scenes had become front scenes, and it was just a di ssaster, and when the curtain of reality and perception is torn, everybody is uncomfortable. and that is a real problem for the host. ? and the uncomfortable situation resolves when nbc pays conan and the staff $45 million to step aside. jay resumes his role as host of "tonight show" in march of 2010.

. >> a ratings challenge for the nbc affiliates, too. their 11:00 p.m. tart taking hits. >> they were in a panic. so by october, they were ready to remove jay if nbc didn't. >> welcome to "the tonight show" with conan o'brien. >> meanwhile, conan's ratings respect meeting expectations. >> it was a huge transition. they're very different, their personalities are very different. jay was comfort food, you know what you were going to get. >> lured in way more viewers. so they had lost the number one spot. >> in an effort to stop "the tonight show" viewership dropoff, they wanted to push conan's show to midnight. jay agrees, conan declines. >> then it became these camps. the jay camp, the conan camp. >> it just was a disaster. when that curtain between reality and perception is torn, everybody feels uncomfortable. that's a real problem for a host. >> the uncomfortable situation resolves when nbc pays conan and his staff $45 million to step aside. jay resumes his role as host of "the tonight show" in march of 2010. when we came back, was he number one almost au

. >> a ratings challenge for the nbc affiliates, too. their 11:00 p.m. ing hits from the weak lead-in. >> they were in a panic. so by october, they were ready to remove jay if nbc didn't. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the tonight show" with conan o'brien. thank you. >> meantime, conan's ratings aren't meeting expectations. >> it was a huge transition from jay leno to conan o'brien. they're very -- stylistically they're very different. personalities are very different. jay was comfort food. macaroni and cheese. new exactly what you were going to get. >> lured in way more viewers. so they had lost the number one spot. >> in an effort to stop "the tonight show" viewer dropoff, nbc asked leno if he'd be willing to do a half hour show at 11:30, pushing conan's "tonight show" to midnight. jay agrees. conan declines. >> then it became these camps. the jay camp, the conan camp. >> the backseat, the front seat. it just was a disaster. when that curtain between reality and perception is torn, everybody feels uncomfortable. that's a real problem for a host. >

. >>> this morning, one of our nbc affiliates isn't just covering the winter storm, they are the story. reporters, producers and the crew at wgal in lancaster, pennsylvania, had to get out of the building because part of the station's roof collapsed. nobody was hurt and no one knows yet when staffers will be allowed to go back inside. but you know the saying, the show must go on. the station went on the air from their parking lot to deliver the latest news. >> news never stops, right? >> guess not. >> it's sochi, russia, the tough competition happening early this morning that will have much of the d.c. region cheering on team usa. >> it is 6:11 on this saturday morning. here's chuck. >> good morning once again, rain drops and snowflakes await you on your saturday morning. how much if any accumulation should be expected today? we'll let you know when i see you next. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents -- awesome. but now you can use them to make pizza night awesome, too. unroll, separate, add sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and fold. behold: weeknight crescent pizza pockets party. pillsbur

. >> this morning, one of our nbc affiliates isn't just covering the winter storm, they're actually becoming part of the story. reporters, producers and the crew had to quickly get out of the building last night because part of the station's roof caved in. nobody was hurt and no one knows yet when staffers will be allowed to go back inside. but you know the saying, the show must go on. and the station went on the air from their parking lot to deliver the latest news. >> there's always a way, right? >> yeah. >>> a messy morning with rain and snow falling on top of the mounds of snow already on the ground, we are out in the streets talking to people like you about all this winter weather. >>> how long is it going to last? >> good morning, everybody, your weekend's off to a gray and sloppy start. it's not going to be like this all weekend. so i'll tell you how long the snowflake and rain drop chances will last and >>> welcome back. we want to give you a split look at weather conditions right now on the left of your screen. that is a live picture of where the snow was coming down earlier in char

affiliates and basically what happened last time four years ago is all the cbs -- consume all the nbc affiliatesically revolted about the ratings that conan o'brien got. here we are four years later and we'll see if fallon can keep them happy. >> leno is going out on top. he was on top for most of his tenure there. but late night, is not just on the broadcast networks but cable, dvr, streaming, digital entertainment. the ratings are nothing compared to whatson had in his prime. do late night ratings matter like they used to? >> they don't really, matter. in the middle of the country, i don't think they matter. the big change of course has been social media, fallon, kimmel, how they buzz around in people's immediate. david letterman is still in his saddle, but when david letterman leaves it will definitely be the end of late night. as you said, these guys i don't think everyone we're talking about together gets ratings equalling half of what carson did. a viewer audience that's very small. >> when carson made some comments, it went viral. big picture, do you see significant leno legacy or a man w

i mean, i think if the ad got the pinocchios and i know some nbc affiliate in d.c.r it, he's a true believer in this phenomenon, and he plans on putting a bunch of money. the quote was on that 100 million, why not more? he said, i think that would be a really cheap price to answer the generational challenge of the world. it's going to be perhaps more than 100 million, which is perfectly legal. thanks to citizens united he can do that, the koch brothers can do their thing. he seems to only channel it to candidates who back him on climate change. is that how it goes? >> that's right. the question is, how effective will it be. there was a poll last year, and americans were asked to rank the top 20 issues, global warming was 250 out of 20. it's not clear how effective it's going to be in the midterms when voters don't care about the issue. >> he may be going after democrats as well. they took a poll of who they should go after, marco rubio was one, mary landrieu from louisiana was another one. it's basically, you're with him on climate change or you're going to get it.

. >> reporter: well, i actually worked here for five years at the nbc affiliate. i'm right off 385.ably still in elementary school. but right here on 385 and haywood road near the hay wood mall, if you remember that. >> oh, yeah, remember it well. >> reporter: what college were you at? >> wallford college. >> oh, yeah. i love that campus. >> mike, thank you. be safe. >>> missouri's attorney general is suing the state of california essentially over chickens and eggs. in 2010, california passed a law barring eggs from being sold there that come from thens in cages that don't comply with new size standards.hens in cages that don't comply with new size standards. farmers will have to make the coops larger if they want to sell their eggs in california. >> california has every right in the world to decide what type of housing they have for their chickens. but to close off the california market to the missouri based producers unless we expand our chicken houses is a breach of the u.s. commerce clause. >> joining me now, jared huffman of california. he actually wrote the legislation while h

and our nbc affiliate is live near that train derailment. dave what can you tell us? >> reporter: tyler, this is a big derailment. over 20 cars derailed. all of them except two were carrying propane. i want to show you right now exactly the scene, at what we're looking at. you can see the redetailment right back there. the cars on the side of the hill. it's really bad. one car actually went into that building right over there. thankfully, and believe it or not, no one was hurt. i want our photographer to pan down. you can see, it's hard to see through the trees but the workers are working on one of the cars, the tank we believe is leaking the oil. two other tanks are being looked at that have propane. i want to roll video of what we got when first here earlier. the propane obviously, a big concern. all of these cars will have to be looked over by the local and emergency people. naturally the ntsb, homeland security, they're also here. they don't know exactly what caused this accident and don't believe speed was a factor, but 1,000 to 2,000 gallons of crude oil is leak

according to an nbc affiliate, she has been unloading a box a minute on average.ere is how a spokesman for the dispensary described her success. quote, it's no secret that cannabis is an appetite stimulant. so it's not shocking that a lot of our patients came and purchased cannabis and then saw the cookies and purchased them. though lee may be enterprising, the girl scouts have expressed their disapproval, tweeting if you are wondering, we don't allow our girl scouts to sell cookies in front of marijuana shops or liquor stores or bars. it's all about location, location, location. >>> up next, buckle your seat belts. the right wing clown car is all gassed up and hot rodding it back into town. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. red lobster's lobsterfest! with the year's largest selection of lobster entrees, you won't find choices like these anywhere else. my favorite is lobster lover's dream! the dueling lobster tails are both winners. [ male announcer ] two maine lobster tails, one crab-stuffed, and one topped with savory garlic shrimp. nobody does

what happened last time is all the nbc affiliates basically revolted with the ratings that conan o'brienosed him and brought leno back and here we are four years later we'll see if fallon can keep them all happen. >> i well, talking about ratings, leno is going out on top. he was on top for most of his tenure there. but these days there is so much competition in late night. not just on broadcast networks on calls, weapon dvrs, streaming other digital entertainment. the ratings are nothing compared to what carson had in his prime. do late night talk shows matter the way they used to? >> they don't people don't talk about them as much as people do in the need ya. i don't think they matter. the big change is social media. fallon, kimmel, they are master of the social media. the viral videos ways to get in to people's -- buzz around in people's head in the morning, right? and but, of course, the ai era s not quiet over, david letterman is in his saddle. he should be there a few more years, when he leaves, it will definitely be the end of late night. and as you said, boy, these guys, i don't

. >> another of the letters obtained by the nbc affiliate in his letters says this case is about a localreatening to kill me because i dare to ask him to turn his -- turn the music down. how would these letters be introduced in court, lisa? >> well, because they can show his frame of mind, that he did not behave reasonably. if you shoot someone in self defense you have to be in reasonable fear of imminent great bodily injury or death. if you pretend that somebody has a gun when they don't, and you really motivated by racial bias that is not reasonable and you are guilty of murder. that's the way the prosecution should argue the case. >> you and i and faith were here with the george zimmerman trial. we know that jurors have since said a number of things including that he was guilty but this issue of reasonable fear and the letter of the law and how it reads, enabled george zimmerman to walk out a free man. >> right. there are two distinctions about this case from the george zimmerman case. one, there were no eyewitnesss with george zimmerman. he killed the only other eyewitness that could

nbc affiliate in indianapolis in april of 2012 reported this. an undocumented worker in southern indiana told channel 13 investigates just how easy it truly is. he said four other illegal immigrants filed tax returns using his address even though none of them actually lives there, and he said this year those four workers filed tax returns claiming 20 children live inside his small trailer home. as a result, the i.r.s. sent the illegal immigrants tax refunds totaling more than $29,000. but none of the 20 children listed as dependents on the tax returns lives in indiana or even in the united states. no, they don't live here, admitted the undocumented work worker. the other kids are in their country of origin, which is mexico. on july of 2012, they further reported about an i.r.s. officer who complained in south caroli carolina. this is what they reported. "for example, howard," the i.r.s. officer, "received a stack of i-10 applications for dozens of children attending the same school in south carolina. when he researched that school, he discovered

editorial input from the nbc properties all across the country, the affiliates at msnbc, nbc news.al meetings which get contentious sometimes, but it's all positive, all celebrating what these people can achieve now and what they've been doing and what they can do in the future. >> okay. we're going to throw up on the screen some of the names of people who have made this list. this extraordinary actress, lupita nyong'o. she's from "12 years a slave." just phenomphenomenal. also the 11-year-old ceo moziah bridges. >> lupita imagine your first job out of school you're now an oscar contender. so that's what she's done. and in this movie, she made you cry. and also on the flip side in these award shows and red carpets, she's making your jaw drop because she's just stunning. she's been so gracious and so beyond her years in terms of the way she talks and carries herself. so she is hollywood's it girl right now. >> and the 11-year-old ceo. >> he's 11 years old out of memphis. had a fascination for bowties at a young age. his greatgrandmother is a seamstress, so she taught him the tricks