an anthem for "a" listers. ♪ orchestrated by "the late show's" paul schaefer. >> mr. paul schaefer! based it on these bands that i heard in toronto that wore these sleazy topless lounges. the music was the hippest. >> who are you? >> you remember me. >> david letterman's band leader and friend for more than three decades has composed quite a career. >> what a dream job i have had working for really a dream boss who encouraged me to do whatever i wanted literally on this show. >> reporter: schaefer became a true sidekick with skits and unscripted jokes of his own. >> i've watched johnny carson. and you are no johnny carson. improviseing with a guy on the level of david letterman is really an honor, nobody gets to do that. >> reporter: the seasoned musician is also famous for his musical puns. >> it's paul "just play along" schaefer. >> reporter: like playing a spin doctor song for former white house press secretary jay carney or nirvana's qul all "all apologies" for mitt romney. >> i had a repertoire of songs in common with our audience. so when i picked a song to make a point, peopl

. >> ladies and gentlemen, paul schaefer! >> reporter: paul schaefer rocked the house night after night. so much more than a sidekick. letterman was an acquired taste. you either got him or you didn't. >> joaquin, i'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and letterman being letterman, he wouldn't sell out to get a bigger audience. a rare thing, especially in show business. so on this last night, many of his fans have but one thought -- don't go. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. good night. it smells like gasoline. it's really intense. you can smell it from miles away and when you look out to the ocean you can understand why there are clumps of black sludge out there. the most heartbreaking part is when you see birds diving for fish in the water. crews have been out here cleaning but a long way to go. >> heard the news and went here we go again. >> reporter: what is normally a scenic

. >> ladies and gentlemen, paul schaefer! much more than a sidekick. letterman was an acquired taste. you either got him or you didn't. >> joaquin, i'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and letterman being letterman, he wouldn't sell out to get a bigger audience. a rare thing, especially in show business. so on this last night, many of his fans have but one thought -- don't go. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching. good night. watching, and good night. narrator: puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support, putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story... woman: "unfair treatment from washington." man: "thousands without medications." woman: "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole eco

. >> ladies and gentlemen, paul schaefer -- >> reporter: paul schaefer rocked the house night after nightou either got him, or you didn't. >> walk even-- joaquin, i'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight. >> reporter: and he wouldn't sell out to get a bigger audience. a rare thing especially in show business. on this night, many have but one thought -- don't go. harry smith, nbc news new york. >>> that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching, and good night. >>> inside "dancing's" all-night after party as yiy as rumer willis wins the mirror ball. >> now on "extra." >> dancing's new king and queen, val and rumer. >> yes! >> bruce and demi cheering on their daughter. >> that's the most excitement we're going to get out of you. >> the dancing couple hitting the after-party, julianne hough's 2:00 a.m. wardrobe malfunction. and -- >> is bruce jenner signing on for next season? >>> plus, kendall jenner's naughty night. >> i hate to admit it but we had sex. >> caitlin's shock confection which guy did she sleep with and does she r

paul schaefer and david letterman are signing off later this month. their final shows right here on cbs-3 after "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> paul can jam with the best of them on that show and in studios, he was a great musician. >> coming up next on "eyewitness news" this morning, concerns about layoffs in atlantic city and whether they are a safety risk for the shore town. the justin? >> reporter: ukee, armed and dangerous and on the loose i'm just tip finch with the latest on a search for sexual predator in fishtown, nicole. >>> justin rutgers students want to revamp the scarlet knight but mascot make over has some seeing red, we are live with that story up next. >>> also variety tore why and katie return with your traffic and weather together on the three's. we are back in just two minutes, good morning. ♪ norwegians are free to do everything under the sun. free to cruise at their own speed... free to explore their own way... free to discover a new world of taste... free to smile wider... applaud louder... free to live fuller, deeper, and closer.

even paul schaefer who he's worked with forever, finds out minutes before the announcement. >> he isis everybody's tv best friend. but there is so little we know about him, it's one of the reasons why when there have been these moments where he showed a little bit of himself, either after his heart surgery or after 9/11 during his sex scandal, it's almost as if a reminder like oh, my gosh this is actually a real human being. >> it's interesting, i've been on his show a couple of times, and unlike a lot of late-night hosts, he doesn't see you before you go out. like jay leno used to stop by all of them real stopped by before. the only time you see him is when you're out there and when you're gone you're gone. it's not like he's hanging out with the guests. >> no. and he hates the phoneyness of show business is how he views it. and he can be a tough toast. less so now than the '80s or the '90s, but that was part of the electricity, if he didn't like somebody -- and i know he liked you, anderson -- but if he didn't like somebody like cher or shirley maclaine, somebody who didn't come ja

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at the end he thank his staff he thank his ban leader paul schaefer and most of all his family, and friends for 33 great years. you can see most of dave's last late night hoe on our web site just faux to cbs philly.com/entertainment. it was a great night all the way around. >> we will miss him. >> the unofficial kick off to summer is just about to get underway, in memorial will day holiday means big big business down the shore but atlantic city is reeling from the loss of three major casino, still ahead at 6:00 what the resort town is doing now you to attract tourist this summer. >>> construction on the parkway we will tell but the never before seen global exhibit that is going up near the art museum. kathy? >>> in the wake of these showers what happens next, details have of your holiday weekend forecast coming up with the seven day. beasley. >>> phillies started out slow but kept fighting now they have won seven of the last eight, did they keep it going to day in results ahead in sports. we work weekends here. because it works for our patients. here, at cancer treatment centers of america

. >> he talked about what is medication for him and paul schaefer. >> we are going to continue in show biz. next month it will be june in las vegas which by the the way is the time to go to last veg as paul and i will be debuting our new act at caesars palace with our white there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or get $300 back and free dvr service for 1 year, with a 2 year agreement. hurry, offer ends june 8th. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> the patriot act is in limbo after senator rand paul protested plans to renew it. >> i want to thank the senate staff for coming in and staying, i know you don't get much choice but thank you for staying and in the throw

. >> band leader and sidekick, paul schaefer. >> you are giving me the one-name treatment. > i didn't have anything to say. i instructed myself. one day i started talking. dave got a kick out of it. >> i used to do weather on? >> you did? i used to be a swimsuit model. >> he said hey, that was great. do more of that. >> i watched johnny carson. and you are no johnny carson. >> sometimes we had a bigger audience than "the tonight show." >> here started a routine with you where he would talk to you during the show. >> hal! hal! >> hilarious and innovative. everyone was along for the ride. there was guest camp and monkey camp. >> they had a 360 degree camp where the show slowly over the course of the hour rotated. that was ridiculous. >> we achieved 180 degrees. >> they did a show on a plane and i felt like it was somehow for me. the heavens had opened up. >> letterman fan boy, jimmy kimmel. >> there was a picture from your 18th birthday? what was the cake? >> late night. my mom had a letterman jacket made for me like ones they had on the show. i played no sports and i wore a l

paul schaefer, letterman's long time band leader, told us what it was like to work with dave for the>> david letterman has been the best boss who left this so loose such that every day you never knew what would happen and what he would do. your job was to react to it. i don't know, it doesn't get any better than that. >> tom hanks and musician eddie vetter are the guests for tonight. surprises are promised. >> mr. schaefer would not tell me either. >>> dance moms and dads, take note. a study finds dance classes don't give children enough physical activity. students spent nearly half the class standing, listening or stretching, far less than the 30 minutes of after school activity recommended by the cdc. >>> it is 6:52. more to come. severe weather hitting parts of the u.s. where the wind was so strong it blew a train completely off its tracks. . >> i am lisa chan live in berkeley where officers searched this neighborhood for hours after a suspect crashed a stolen car in you've tried to forget your hepatitis c. but you shouldn't forget this. hep c is a serious disease. left untreated

. >> band leader and sidekick paul schaefer. >> you're giving me the one hitch name treatment? >> first shows i didn't have anything to say so i inserted myself, you know, and just one day started talking. and dave got a kick out of it. >> you know, paul, i used to do weather on tv. >> you did? that's funny because i used to be a swimsuit model. >> he said, hey, that was great. after the show he said, do more of that. >> i've watched johnny carson, and you are no johnny carson. >> sometimes we had a bigger audience than "the tonight show." then he started a routine with you where he would talk to you during the show. >> yeah. >> hal? hal? good lord, hal. hal? >> hilarious and innovativinnov. everyone was along for the ride. there was guest cams and monkey c cam. >> they had a 360-degree show once where the show slowly over the course of the hour rotated. that was ridiculous. >> we had achieved 180 degrees. >> they did a show on a plane. i felt almost like it was somehow for me, like the heavens had opened up. >> letterman fan boy yijimmy kimmel. >> there's a picture of your 18t

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. >> that was the thing according to paul schaefer you know letterman, this was a job.e job was entertaining people. come to the table with stories to tell and entertaining things and if you didn't then he was going to make it entertaining one way or another. >> i think what i'll miss most about david letterman is his cynicism. he made you think even with his opening monologue. it wasn't all tea and flowers. >> he was dark. especially in the early couple decades. he had a very dark view of the world. in fact steve o'donnell, one of his head writers, talks about letterman sitting at a table during breaks writing i hate myself. he's since gotten more content especially with the birth of his son, harry, but also with meditation and medication and therapy but that edge that you saw in the first if you decades, that was legit. >> i read an article about his retirement and he said he's afraid. he doesn't know what to do with himself. the dark days are to come for david letterman still. >> he was only happy one hour a day during the taping of his show. now he's said to be a ha

. >> reporter: details of the final show are kept under wraps but long time band leader paul schaefer expects it to be heart felt. >> there is so much pressure on these last shows, so many people have have them, this one is i think is going going to be quite sincere. >> reporter: letterman admits he is nerve bus retiring. >> any enormous up rooting change in my life has scared me. really has. but once i have come through the other side, the the reward has been unimaginable. >> and he is in for one more rewarding night n new york, susan marquez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> bill murray jumping out of the cake if you have not seen that get on line. hash tag letterman has been receiving up to 400 posts per minute this afternoon this afternoon people paid tribute sharing their memories of dave as he wraps up his career, you can join that conversation on line as well and we invite to you add hash tag cbs-3 chat. >>> still to come here on the broadcast imagine never needing your glasses or contact lenses ever again. we will tell you how one optometrist says that a new procedure can provi

. >> paul schaefer is dave's long time music director and an unstoppable joker of course.has been with dave since the first show in 1928 and he says it will be surreal not every day. >> i always knew where i would be at the 4:00 p.m. it will be a big change, yes but certainly nothing but gratitude for such a wonderful long run. >> no question when dave walks out for the final team i will leave behind a legacy that changed late night television and comedy forever. >> his impact will be felt the most by the comedians, he helped to launch. cbs news correspondent susan marquez reports from new york. >> i thought i was getting glasses because i could not tell what my parents look like when i asked my matter for money she said what do i look like a bank. >> reporter: from big celebrities to working stand ups. >> twenty-eight years i have been coming on, your show. >> yeah.. >> yes. >> it turns out to be my longest relationship. >> reporter: letterman was the big league for comedians. >> after johnny left, that was the spot you wanted to get. >> reporter: showcasing other comedia

. >> top ten reasons we will miss dave, number three paul schaefer and world's most dangerous ban. >>y can rock. >> yes. >> yes. >> number two that signature smile with the trademark gap. >> got that right. >> got that right. >> he is a character. finally top ten reasons we will miss dave number one counting backwards becomes just a new years thing. >> no more top ten list. >> tonight will be very special. >> tonight will be very, very special. >> yes. >> very special in dave's head in the studio. >> going to miss him. >> nicole, thank you see you on the cw. >> one more top ten list to go tonight. >> who did this can i have this. >> sure. >> we have big surprises as nicole mentioned and those memorable moment where dave's big finally again we don't know what will happen? watch it right here on cbs-3 after "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> fun rolls on in honor of dave's last show we are having big time fun of our own inspired by his late show antics. >> check out r are ufuss the skateboarding pull dog. he would have been perfect for dave aid stupid pet segments. he is in our studio. we

dave thanked everybody involved with the show including staff, crew, the band, paul schaefer he callednd. his most heartfelt thank you went to his family, wife regina, son harry, audience giving them a standing ovation. >> finally he thanked the audience saying "there's nothing i can doing ever to ever repay you what you've given me everything." >> he introduced his favorite band foo fighters with a montage of all the incredible memories he's given us over the past three decades. >> i had no idea that foo fighters was -- you should know it watching the show. i had forgotten that. big impact on his life. >> it's hard to get these shows right and get a finale right, a series ender like this. but by all accounts, they got this one right. everybody came back. we knew this would be a who's who. it's unbelievable to think he's gone. leno is gone. we have a new era of late night coming in. you still have the new face with our guy jimmy kimmel. you've got, of course fallon on nbc and then colbert coming into cbs. a whole new era. >> we know what letterman will be doing next. he announced today

we shouldn't forgive paul schaefer and the extraordinary band. team. the whole cast and crew, saw him in the last couple of nights with bill clinton and julia roberts. just all sorts of special guest. when you mention his intelligence and wit, that made him so different. >> and his irreverance which he was rapped for -- my god, treatment of the oscars on the oscars. if anything deserved slamming, it's that eight-hour sanctified bored show. i was on his side totally with that. >> you were, and you were a great guest. thank you very much. and we're seeing live near the ed sullivan theater, famed for the "ed sullivan show" and beatles and everything else in history. now the end of david letterman's show. we'll all be watching. and that does it for us. we thank you for sharing your memories. this is reports rpt"andrea mitchell reports" reports". tomorrow celebrating david letterman's final appearance with lead writers. and follow us on line. my colleague, thomas roberts, with what's next on msnbc live. thomas? >>> love hearing from dick cavett there.

you can have on television, as good a friend you can have in life absolutely a musical genius paul schaefernd his audience. >> the people who watch this show, there's nothing i can do to ever repay you. thank you for everything. you've given me everything. [ applause ] >> before signing off for good. >> the only thing i have left to do for the last time on television program, thank you, and good night. >> classy way. that was nbc willie geist reporting for us. >>> coming up isis tight inning its grip reportedly controlling more than half of syria. we're asking you today, do you think we need boots on the ground to keep controlling isis? we'll have that when we come back. >>> and we'll break down how one network decides who makes the cut for 2016. i love making sunday dinners. but when my back hurt, cooking all day... forget about it. tylenol was ok, but it was 6 pills a day. but aleve is just 2 pills all day. and now, i'm back! aleve. why pause a spontaneous moment to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinar

i even had a dramatic cameo involving band leader paul schaefer and his cape. beautiful, wolf. >> it was very funny. cnn will look back at letterman's career and his impact on late night tv. my friend and colleague jake tapper is here. he's anchoring a special report later tonight. and i know jake you take a look at some of the funniest moments on the late show let's watch this. watch this for a moment. >> can i speak to you a second? >> will you people leave me alone? this is an experiment. the stuff on the right side is tingling. it's working. that's what that means. >> david letterman could seemingly find humor anywhere. >> there you go. >> oh, gosh. >> look who's there. >> by the late '80s, all the cool kids wanted to hang with dave including jay leno who had come up with letterman doing stand-up in the '70s. >> i'm not the kind of guy to brag. >> leno was a dream guest. whatever else was going on we would say, we got leno next thursday. >> so all right, jake what kind of legacy will david letterman leave behind? >> i think he leaves behind a tremendous leg

absolutely a musical genius paul schaefer. >> thank you so much dave you changed our lives. >> reporter: and his audience. >> the people who watch this show, there is nothing i can ever do to repay you. thank you for everything. you've given me everything. >> reporter: before signing off for good. >> the only thing i have left to do for the last time on a television program. thank you and good night. >> and the show ended with a photo montage as his favorite band played. we talked about doing a rerun. last night conan came on the air live and promptly said hit your dvr button right now and go watch dave. that's the reference those guys have for dave. >> no letterman, no leno. >> you know who is left now. carson daly. only guy left. >> you are in trouble. >> i was going to say jimmy fallon. >> there is a king right there. >> willie thanks, for that. coming up terminal tase down in the middle of lax. >>> from boston to the big apple. matt is finishing the deadline of the tour de red nose. first this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up no longer needed. got good news if you sweat through the

as good a friend you can have in life absolutely a musical genius, paul schaefer. >> thank you so muchdave, you changed our lives. >> reporter: and his audience. >> the people who watch this show, there is nothing i can do to ever repay you. thank you for everything. you've given me everything. >> reporter: before signing off for good. >> the only thing i have left to do for the last time on a television program. thank you and good night. >> and the show ended with a photo montage as his favorite band foo fighters performed his favorite song. we talked about jimmy kimmel in honor of david letterman not running an original show, last night conan came on the air live and promptly said hit your dvr button and watch dave. that's the reverence they have for david letterman. >> no letterman, no leno. >> who is the king of late night now, carson daly. >> you're in trouble. >> jimmy fallon. >> there's your king right there. >> willie thanks for that. coming up, terminal breakdown. what forced police to use a taser on a passenger be in the middle of a crowded l.a.x. >> from boston to the big ap