stephen colbert has to be weird about that.for you the fact that you babysat for him -- >> we were guest stars on spin city forever ago. i had maybe six lines and he had four. we had all of this time to hang out together so it's not like they said we're done with those fools let's let them go. they forgot about us. we were hanging out and he was like you seem normal. [laughter] would you babysit? my roommate and i baby sat for little madeleine. >> jon: you raised that kid right. the other ones, too smart as whips. when you were over there did you peg stephen for greatness? was there something within him or do you think to yourself sure, $10 an hour, fine. >> i was not making $10 an hour i'm sure of it. >> jon: really? >> he is so cheap, right. >> jon: boom! boom! yes. i love it. >> i'm sure he still owes me. i don't think he ever tipped me. no, i don't ever remember. >> jon: this is truly one of greatest days of my life. >> you -- it seemed to me that my roommate and i we talked about. this he was cobbling it together. a little

why stephen colbert?ame in town came up, calls from managers, but the one that stood out amongst all of them was stephen colbert. i think he brings an originality. he brings a great deal of intelligence. so versatile. >> turn now to our senior viral analyst, dr. stephen colbert. >> reporter: colbert was a correspondent for eight years on "the daily show with jon stewart." he got his own comedy central show in 2005. the colbert report, as he calls it, has won four emmys and two peabodies by skewering politicians and america. >> this is america, we don't need to know where they are to send troops there. >> reporter: he won fame pretending to be somebody else. in 2006, morly saver asked him about his character and alter ego. >> is he smart or proud to be stupid? >> i think of him as well-intentioned, poorly-informed, high-status idiot. >> reporter: nearly 50, he is now part of a generational sea change in late night. >> jimmy fallon. >> reporter: 39-year-old fallon took the reins of nbc's "tonight kn know" i

that love stephen colbert the character would like to watch stephen colbert the personality. he's a smart guy. when i have seen him out of character, he is gregarious. if he's going the show that letterman's been doing, that jimmy fallon and others have been doing, the novelty will go away. the young critics were gunning for stephen colbert when he did the n.b.c. few weeks. >> it's things like jimmy fallon, and others, they are softer. stephen colbert makes no bones that he's left of center. rush limburg says c.b.s. has declared war on the america. >> yes, when you take a catholic boy and put him on tv, sl destroy the heart of america. >> this is a guy who is clearly hollywood liberal type. letterman is a hollywood liberal type. >> might there not be reaction and people that might not want to watch. >> there might be a reaction, but host of these are assumed to be lib errol and the guy being replaced - i don't think c.b.s. is bringing him in to do the show. i don't think he'll interview labour relations people about the north western players unionizing. he'll have stars tying

>> the one that stood out was stephen colbert. >> reporter: moonves says the colbert deal got done inwe made it happen quickly. >> reporter: when you make a phone call to a guy like stephen colbert and say, i want you to be our guy, what does he say to you? >> he kept thanking me for this opportunity and telling me he wouldn't let me down. it was a great conversation and, you know, i'm feeling very good about it. >> tonight, did the cia go too far to fight terrorism? if you answered yes, the drones are on the way. >> reporter: "the late show" will likely stay in new york. colbert lives on the east coast. but moonves says they still have time to decide. >> we're being wined and dined by new york, l.a., skon cconnec new jersey. it's nice to be the prettiest girl at the dance. >> reporter: you mate as well ride that game for another year. >> exactly. it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: a lot of fun is exactly what the network is banking on with colbert. >> who will show up in our celebrity ball pit? >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >>> we like stephen colbert. tha

i'm a huge fan of stephen colbert.that stuff you see on the colbarrett report. i'm talking about him offstage when he's stephen colbert the person. there are, i learned the hard way, all kinds of people in show business and the news business and political commentary. there are who are as stuffed shirt off air as they are on. who have the biggest possible impression of themselves as they are on air. there are also people who big on stage and shy in person. david letterman strikes me that way. you don't really see him if you do the show, before or after the show. he lives for the hour itself. if you're part of that, you're part of him. there are people like jay leno who are pretty much what you would think, as regular and kind actually off camera as they are on. well, as zero said in the movie the front, it's nice when nice happens to a nice person. and in the case of stephen colbert, that could not be more true. he's a good guy who just got the promotion of his life, and i'm glad for him. i really am. and as he put it i

so you can. >>> earlier in the show we asked if stephen colbert was the best choice to replace lettermant character is going to be going away. >> so news boy says, joan rivers, finally. >> after she had her beef with them. i like that one. >> she's been back on fallon. that's been squashed. >> colbert needs to have her on. robert made a good point. it will be interesting to see who colbert is when e he isn't pretending to be somebody else. >> he is epically funny. he was on that show "strangers with candy." he's a great actor. but i think the genuine guy is going to be great. we get this from he said maybe rush since we have rush limbaugh. rush may be feeling slighted he wasn't considered. get him a onesie. >> i think everybody would be better with a onesie. that is the end of "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ >>> there was some big news last week that slipped through my news crack, and it concerns someone i've admired for years and yet surprisingly is not me. i'm talking about david letterman who last thursday night announced his retirement. and i am going to miss this

stephen colbert dropped by the ed sullivan theater. it since being named david letterman's replacement. and as alison harmelin tells us, colbert almost worked for letterman before, not once but twice. >> reporter: comedian stephen colbert flashed his signature smile on the way into the "late show," his soon-to-be new gig. >> i think he's the smartest choice as a replacement for letterman. >> i'm sad that letterman is leaving, but colbert is hysterical. love him. >> reporter: he made his first appearance on the show. he was accepted into his internship program back in the '80s. >> i did not take the intern ship. >> why is that? >> it did not pay people. the next job -- >> reporter: he applied for a writing job in the '90s. >> the number one cocktail for santa, silent night train. >> reporter: this is a chance for the audience to get to know the real stephen colbert, not the character he plays on his current show, the colbert report. >> i have my show for the rest of the year and -- when are you leaving? i don't know. i should have asked.

ap tea and stephen colbert is a funny guy and i'm sure he can reach a very wide audience. >> i totally agree. on thursday, media matters tweeted out colbert has taped shows from iraq, how many times has rush limbaugh traveled to iraq iraq. the question is zero. the guy has created a brand, he has created a market for himself. and no question he's been a patriotic and also very direct in his commentary. we get the point but we do it with a smile on his phase help how unique is that, can that be brought to late night television? >> he'll bring all the stuff america loves. i think he'll reinvent the variety show. i think he feels like stephen colbert is kind of done and he wants to move on. if the republicans and these pundits want to be the enemies of joy, everything makes it sound like they are literally living hell on earth. and how is that autopsy going for you? now you got to poke away at the your humor because they seem to be failing. >> do you think republicans or the con serve difference movement have afraid of colbert? >> rush limbaugh has more money than god. they couldizely inv

he will just be himself. >> the persona of stephen colbert will work so well on late night, original, smart and different than what anybody else has. >> reporter: colbert turns 50 next month. he is married with three children. his salary at comedy central is about $6 million a year. less than half of what letterman gets for hosting "the late show." >> thank you so much for having me today. >> keep up the good work. >> reporter: alison harmelin for cbs news, new york. >> david letterman also gave his stamp of approval with the following statement. "stephen has always been a real friend to me. i'm very exited for him and i'm flattered that cbs chose him. i also happen to know they wanted another guy with glasses." >>> well, colbert has a built- in social media following that he will bring with him. he has 6.2 million followers. david letterman on the other hand has 286,000. >>> with most big announcements commentators and media personalities took to twitter. jimmy kimmel said, congratulations to stephen colbert a finer or funnier man i do not know. jimmy fallon said, i like to welcome t

first up, the big announcement about david letterman's successor. >> comedian stephen colbert will be. he'll be moving to cbs from comedy central. on "the colbert report," he pretends to be a conservative talk show host. and last night, he didn't break character in praising letterman. >> this man has influenced every host who came after him. and even a few that came before him. he's that good. and i got to tell you, i do not envy whoever they try to put in that chair. >> funny stuff. the move has been praised by jimmy kimmel and jimmy fallon. here's what colbert's friend, "daily show" host, jon stewart, said about the move. >> here's the exciting thing for me. i think stephen colbert is up for the challenge. while we wish dave the absolute best for a well-earned retirement, there's no greater joy than seeing a genuinely good man who works as hard as he can every day, and deserves all the success in the world, actually get that success. so, for stephen, we're just thrilled. >> that's pretty heartfelt there. >> it's going to be really fun to watch him actually be stephen colbert, the ma

desk. sk >>> nation, no one more qualified than me to talk about stephen colbert. i appeared when hillary clinton was appearing against barack obama. >> when people said hillary clinton was inevitable. >> she was not inevitable. she was unkillable. you cannot stop her. you can chop off her head and she will crawl toward you. >> when colbert takes over cbs's "late show." he won't be appearing as his character but as the real stephen. here he is outof character explaining to tim russert how he puts together his comedy show. >> we show up exasperated or angry about something and we try to turn that into jokes six hours later. >> can he succeed without the stick. haven't interviewed him, i can tell you he is a democrat. he says he has no political axe to grind. he didn't know when launching his show whether it would last below an eight-week tryout and he sat next to michelle obama at the state dinner. >> a couple weeks ago, "saturday night live" started making fun of us, us, journalists, said we were in the tank for obama. >> do you really think that late night comedy

stephen: oh, yeah, of course. sure. bye! this is still the colbert report! >> hi. captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you, ladies and gentlemen! good to have you with us. (audience chanting) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: folks, i know this is not the first time you've heard me say this-- folks, i know this is not the first time you've heard me say this, but what the hell is happening to this country? everyday, we lose a little bit more. this morning, i looked at the sole of my shoe and it said: "made in vietnam." (laughter) c'mon, this is america. it should say "made in china"!! (laughter) well, now, the forces of cultural corrosion are targeting the precious little miracles we hold most dear. our phones. (laughter) jim? >> you know the smiley face icons called emogi all over your text and tweets? they're working with unicode consortium to come up with new ones! >> stephen: ugh! this makes me so angryface that i could punch a snowman into a circumstanc

stephen colbert. >> reporter: colbert was a correspondent for eight years on "the daily show" with joneport has won four emmys and two peabody awards by skewering politicians, the media and hollywood. >> this is america, and we don't need to know where a country is to send troops there. >> reporter: the comedian made his name by pretending to be someone else. on "60 minutes" in 2006, morley safer asked him about his know- it-all alter ego. >> that character that you play, is he smart or is he proud to be stupid? >> i think of him as well intentioned, poorly informed, high status idiot. >> reporter: nearly 50, he is now part of a generational sea change in late night. >> jimmy... fallon! >> reporter: 39-year-old fallon took the reins of the tonight show, and 46-year-old jimmy kimmel has a show on abc. cbs said colbert will take over the "late show" some time in 2015. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us for cbs news all around the world, good night. and have a look at the cherry blossoms at their peak in washington. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned

and stephen colbert. alison harmelin has reaction from his soon-to-be competition. >> reporter: stephen colbert says thursday just being a guest on david letterman's show has been a highlight of his career. but next year, he is filling letterman's chair on the late show. >> this man has influenced every host who came after him and even a few who came before him, he's that good. [ laughter ] >> i got to tell you, i do not envy whoever they try to put in that chair! >> reporter: cbs made the announcement one week after letterman said he was calling it a career. >> taking a hike. >> reporter: colbert has won emmys and a grammy jokingly portraying an out-of-touch conservative talk show host on his hit show for comedy central. fellow late night hosts reacted to the news. >> i no longer need a cable subscription for the privilege of watching stephen colbert. >> there's not going to be any war. [ laughter ] >> it will be a dance-off. [ laughter ] >> reporter: cbs president and ceo leslie moonves was quick to ann

>> stephen colbert will soon have a lot more influence in "david letterman's" chair. he can beat jimmy fallon and jimmy kimmel, that's another story. >>> up next, our video buzz. stay tuned. ing. >>> time now for our video verdict. mika brzezinski was at the white house to moderate a roundtable on the equal pay act, an issue the anchor has enthusiastically embraced. >> how do women speak out? i could say something it's easy. >> sure. >> my boss is behind me. my boss is progressive. i can get in their face. i have a powerful job. >> this is the concern that the president has is that there are so many women who are afraid of retaliation, who cannot afford to lose a job. >> what transparency does in my opinion, and everybody knows where i stand on this, but what it does is it gets people from being in amanda's situation or lily's situation where they probably had misgivings about coming forward. >> i like mika but for her to moderate an event set up by the white house and ask no skeptical questions and make a pitch for an equal pay bill makes it look like the administrat

if you look at all those old daily shows, before he was the stephen colbert character. bob, do you agree with me? >> i do agree with you. letterman has been accused of being a liberal from the beginning of time he took that seat. >> i think letterman used to be conservative. i think he turned in george w. bush. he didn't like him and he flipped. >> whatever he did, he is still perceived to be a liberal. i don't know what rush is talking about. >> i love watching colbert because i agree with the colbert character half the time. sometimes when he's in character, he makes good points. >> he is very funny. i think he's very witty, very funny. it's a big gamble though because he does have a personality that can be perceived in the heartland of america maybe as aloof, sarcastic. sometimes he comes across as mean. we can laugh it. maybe other people won't like it. i think colbert is a little overtly liberal and i was jimmy fall lon, i would be very shrewd and i would moderate and emulate jay leno. >> i think colbert is going to play more to the center in politics. he's good. >

stephen colbert will take over for david letterman. ." i've been honored to be on his show. >> you education in your streets and your church, why can't we just give that to children and forget about the books? isn't there a sort of tyranny? isn't there a tyranny in country that everything has got to be out of the book and you have to do what the teachers say. why not just let these kids fly, be free? >> see, this is exhibit a why we need education for kids. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> it's always good time whens stephen colbert is around. jimmy kimmel said a finer or funnier man, i do not know. and nbc's own jimmy fallon tweeted, i would like to welcome the great stephen colbert to network late night, and also congratulate him on his new name, jimmy colbert. but not everyone had such kind words for mr. colbert today. right wing blog breitbart called him a divisive and rabid left winger and it's all about the left holding on to the culture. and then the gop boss showed his sense of humor. >> cbs just declared war on the hear la

truck hit a bus full of teenagers head on in glenn county and burst into flames. >> comedian stephen colbert flashed his signature smile on the way into the late show, his soon-to-be new gig. >> i'm sad letterman is leaving but colbert, hysterical, love him. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." >> he scores! >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning to you, i'm juliette goodrich in for michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00 on your wednesday. and we begin with some breaking news this morning in marin county where crews are on the scene of a two-alarm fire. this is live pictures out of novato. it began just after 3:00 this morning in the garage of a home on chase street. the novato fire district says it's already starting to release some crew members from the scene so they are getting a handle on the garage fire. >>> let's check traffic and weather. let's start with lawrence. >> nice day around the bay area more sunshine coming

it's this guy. >> my name is stephen colbert.onight it is my privilege to celebrate this president. i stand by this man because he stands for things, not only for things, he stands on things. things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. and that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to america, she'll always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world. >> by the way, the guy he was talking about was sitting a few feet away. stephen colbert the most gifted satirist of our age will be taking over cbs' "late show." some conservatives are ticked off. ben shapiro compared colbert's act to black face, bluster photo provided. rush limbaugh had this to say. >> you care what i think of colbert getting letterman's gig? i'll give you the short version. cbs has just declared war on the heartland of america. no longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional american values, now it's wide out in the open. >> now here is the point in the segment i'm supposed to say rus

which can only be fully addressed in my long running segment, stephen colbert's [bleep] serious. >> hear me out. >> stephen: where i explore conspiracy theories and pose the hard questions like in nine years why have i only done this segment once before? (laughter) what do they not want you to know? and if i'm in charge of my show, are they me? (laughter) now we may know the footwear but we're still trying to figure out the foot-why. rush? >> i don't know why anybody would be throwing a shoe at hillary unless, and maybe it's an attempt to make the benghazi people look like nuts and lunatics and wackos even if it had anything to do with that which i don't know. >> stephen: yes, yes. yes. (applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yes, it's all part of hillary's plan to make the benghazi people look like wackos even if it even had anything to do with that which rush and i don't know because if it didn't then we look like wackos for bringing up benghazi now for no reason. oh, you're good! and folks, there are other-- (applause) there are other-- (laughter) she clearly planned it. no, no,

stephen colbert show to be canceled... canceled! (audience sighs) (laughter) (applause) (laughter) >> ahhh! don't worry, stephen. you were just having a nightmare. >> stephen: what's happening? recent stressful events in your life have caused an implosion, combined with your narcissistic persecution complex combined themselves for destruction. >> stephen: i know that stuff. what are you still doing here? >> you're still dreaming, stephen. >> stephen: and i'm dreaming about b.d. wong because -- >> you fell asleep watching law and order, special victims unit. >> stephen: thanks for stopping by. >> my pleasure, stephen. (laughter) >> stephen: so... could you leave? >> i can't leave until you wake up. >> stephen: oh. and b.d. wong has some ( bleep ) to do. >> stephen: oh, yeah, of course. sure. bye! this is still the colbert report! >> hi. captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you, ladies and gentlemen! good to have you with us. (audience chanting) >> stephen: welcome to the

stars havel of the aligned at just the right time for stephen colbert.ract will be coming an end within the next year. he's one of the most popular comedians in america. he is a best-selling author. what can this gentleman not do? the marketing machine at cbs must be cranked up. one of the big questions initially was, when the announcement came out, would he be bringing the persona to cbs? they have confirmed he won't be. will see a big dialog surrounding, what is he like when he is not playing the character he plays? we will have to see on that front. cbo spoke today about the next part of this or a. there is no other show that follows the late show. it was suggested that we might be seeing a change there at some point soon. people toa lot of consider for a position like that. still a lot of moving parts on this story. it is a fun one and a big one. jon erlichman, thank you. the secret to becoming an arm wrestling champ. hot shots is next. ♪ we're at the lows of the session. you see nasdaq is down nearly three percent. to hundredial down 205 points. as

instead, he is just going to "play" himself. >> the persona of stephen colbert will work so well lateight, it's going to be original and smart and different than what anybody else has. >> colbert turns 50 next month. his salary at comedy comedy is reported to be around $6 million, less than half of what letterman makes right now. >> what do you think? i think the real colbert will do. >> we'll see. i imagine some of that ultra conservative colbert will come out, too,. >> i don't know. we'll see. stephen colbert trending this morning. also trending, google glass. google is making the special glass available to consumers come april 15. rock and roll hall of fame. kiss, peter gabriel, nirvana, cat stevens and bruce springsteen's e street band were inducted. girl meets world. the disney channel's boy meets world spinoff has a trailer. and truck crash. a charter bus with students and a fedex truck crashed in orland last night. the smoke is still billowing from the bus and firefighters on scene trying to put out that fire. remember, you can follow us on twitter at #cbssf. >>> traffic up by

and stephen colbert takes the baton from david letterman. it is friday, april 11th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm frances rivera. we start with tragedy in northern california. dramatic cell phone video shows the fiery moments of a horrific and deadly crash. a fedex truck slammed in a bus full of high school students on thursday. we know at least ten people are dead including two truck drivers, three chaperones and five students. francis coe filed this late report. >> reporter: police tape around the charred remains following a fiery commission between a tour bus, fedex truck and a passenger car in california. the california highway patrol says the truck crossed the freeway, slamming into the bus and car. chp reports at least nine were killed. more than 30 others were injured in the crash. several were airlifted to local hospitals. glen county sheriff's dispatch told the associated press there were 46 passengers on the bus. high school seniors on a trip to visit the campus of humboldt state university in northern california. the school released

many only know stephen colbert who hosts "the the colbert report."will drop the protective force field of irony for the new gig and be himself. i sat down with that stephen colbert, the real one, sometime ago and reminded him i was actually with him the last time he got this career redefining news. good thing he didn't thereon me then. >> you were my date to the white house correspondents dinner. >> in 2005. >> in 2005. in the spring of 2005. >> here's my memory thoof. you get up in the middle of the dinner. you were a lovely date. >> thank you very much. >> i'm a cheap date. >> and quick drunk. >> and quick drunk. >> speaking of which we're in a bar. can i get a cocktail? >> is that not vodka? >> this is not but pure sky triple filtered. >> you can have whatever you want. >> my impression is you are a religious, devout man. >> i only drink during lent. >> go ahead. >> so you are my date and this is -- if you meet tom brady, you, me and tom brady and the guy who got kicked off of 0 "gray's anatomy" for calling one of the gay guys a bad name. >> i thi

week after david letterman announced his retirement, cbs is declaring his replacement. >> it's stephen colbert. we have reaction from the funny man's soon to be competition. >> come on, up high buddy. >> in a way, colbert, will be an all-new talent. he will drop the conservative character he has played nine years on the colbert report and play as himself. the 49-year-old has been shifting away from the act in recent years, especially in on air interviews. lit be interesting. >> we don't know what the real stephen. >> it was pretty sudden. >> and they have a whole year to promote it. >> oh yes. there is that, too. it will be fun. >> i welcome the change. >> lit be interesting. who is the real stephen colbert? >> we will find out next year. what does the weekend look like? a peek outside, changes coming. we had the fog rolling in this evening. it is now enveloping much of the city of san francisco. we have the fog in the east bay. bottom line on shore flow is increasing and temperatures will be decreasing. temperatures going down. san jose, a live look. you will get cloud cover tomorrow as will

and the big moments from stephen colbert's visit to david letterman last night. p to watch? colbert unveiled an old top ten list that he wrote while applying for a job many years ago at the letterman show. he didn't get the job then. the news is back in the morning. see you at 7:00. back to you guys. >> that was on the dvr last night. we'll have to take a peek but we have seen snippets. >> mine into. >> okay, thank you. "cbs this morning" starts at 7:00. >>> 6:45 now. just like the sharks, the stock market is on a bit of a winning streak, too,. >> kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks has more on that and announcements today from a couple of silicon valley giants. >> reporter: certainly fun watching the sharks win and the stock market also fairly pleasant. it's working on a six-session winning streak. that's its longest since last september after some heavy selling in recent weeks, as well. corporate earnings the big driver there. yesterday the market was propelled by the likes of netflix, comcast and harley- davidson all topping results. got a lot of bay a

his replacement, stephen colbert on the late show. >> ly do what you have done. >> no, no, no, no. >> i will do what you have done. >> this is the first time since it was announced colbert was taking over next year that he is on the show. he tried to get an internship on the show a while ago, but was turned down. you can catch more on the late show in just a few minutes. >> revenge is sweet. >> it is. >> you never know what will happen. madison bumgarner pitches his third career complete game for the giant. the lack of run support hand him when he has gone the distance. we have all the highlights and reactions as the sharks stun la next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> this was a big game for the sharks. >> it was. and the fact they got the win was huge. they look to be the first western conference team in the nhl to win a play

stephen colbert got the nod.t break character in reporting the news sort of. >> this man has influenced every host who came after him and even a few who came before him, he's that good. and i got to tell you, i do not envy whoever they try to put in that chair. >> here's the exciting thing for me. i think stephen colbert is up for the challenge. while we wish dave the absolute best for a well-earned retirement, there is no greater joy than seeing a genuinely good man who works as hard as he can every day and deserves all the success in the world actually get that success so for stephen, we're just thrilled. >> it will be -- >> people are excited. it will come sometime next year? i'm kind of excited too. >>> moving on to in. boy meets world and grows up. disney our parent company has released a 30-second preview of the sequel to that tv -- 1990 tv series hit. it's called "girl meets world." it's coming out this summer. >> and from the teaser we find out cory matthews played by ben savage is grown up struggling wit

stephen colbert will be stepping into letterman's big shoes. the announcement came with all kinds of well wishes. jimmy kimmel tweeted, a finer or funnier man i do not know. and jimmy fallon quipping colbert, will now have to change his name to jimmy. don't expect colbert to continue his conservative pundit. he has no plans on switching back to the pronunciation of his name. >>> let's switch over to sports. good morning, francis. >> happy friday to you. let's get started with golf's first major teed off and without tiger woods. history is not on his side. only one opening round leader has won the masters in the last 30 years. three golfers including adam scott and bubba watson trail haas one shot. >>> san francisco's quarterback former fiance was hospitalized. police want answers. the 49ers are also investigating. >>> a lawsuit against lance armstrong forces the cycle iist name names. court documents reveal his entourage knew of his doping. names include his trainer, doctors, bike mechanic and also masseuse. >>> here come the gophers. can they m

he will retire stephen colbert, the character. anyone can read the news to you. i promise to feel the news at you. there is no bigger fan of bill o'reilly than bill himself. but i am a close second. >> reporter: the routine has won him plenty of fans and, yes, some critics, including real life conservative rush limbaugh. >> cbs declared war on the heart of america. >> colbert has been mocking conservatives for a decade. i'm not surprised rush limbaugh is not happy with the choice. i think a lot of other people will. >> reporter: that is what cbs is counting on, but who is the real stephen colbert? >> we're about to see a great reinvention take place. someone we know has played a character for a decade. >> reporter: we caught rare moments of stephen colbert in 2010 when he was called to testify. >> migrant workers suffer and have no rights. >> reporter: his heartfelt words stemming from made-for-tv moments in the segment on his show, colbert spent the day in the life of a migrant worker. >> truly while to maintain composure while s

the first person they said was the lead person to replace him was stephen colbert. hat's really quick. >> yeah. >> how does letterman feel about that? >> colbert said one of the issues of taking over for letterman was that he supported it. les moon had his eye on him far long time. that's why it came together so fast. >> i think decisiveness is also really helpful. when you have these long periods of time with who is it, it sets that person up brutally. and secondly it just shows they know what they've got. they know what they've got and they got it. >> yes. we've had this series of announcements. letterman retiring, i think they wanted to act quickly. there were a few leaked candidates out there and they snapped colbert up. >> if you know the answers, say. if you don't, speculate wildly. is he going into the ed sullivan theater? given it's clear he's not going to play the role of stephen colbert, what is the format? traditional or innovative? >> bill carter says yes he's going to stay in new york. >> but in the ed sullivan theater? >> yes. they own it so otherwise t

stephen colbert is joining the two jimmy's.y when stepping out of character to replace david letterman? we will talk about the changing landscape coming up. >>> cbs announced that stephen colbert is going to replace david letterman. he is receiving a lot of support including the daley show that launched his career. >> there is no greater joy seeing man who worked hard every day and deserves all of the success and gets that success. we have trilled for him. >> a tv comedian is here. and i agree with john stuart on that. i know stephen colbert well. he is a fine man. >> did you date? >> no. never dated. but very good friends. not even close. i think he is the perfect person for the job and last time you were here we talked about it. >> what about stephen colbert? a personal favor. >> he does a character and i don't think that buys you on hour on television. he is not being himself. >> maybe it does! >> thank you for setting this up. cbs congrats you just guaranteed yourself third place in nighttime spots. i said he cannot do the

people are going to be introduced to stephen colbert in a whole new way that i'm excited about.eet. for people to see his true talent -- >> i have to sort of bring up the two big meanings out there. there's this other question about the decision to not go with a woman, let's not go with someone of color. >> i think that's always going to be a massive frustration that we live in a very white landscape on late night, white guys. and a lot of white guys who are 50. and, you know, it is disappointing, and also a little bit, you know, like, oh, wow, where are the talented 50-year-old women, 50-year-old women of color, or 50-year-old men of color? we need to start feeder programs of our own. and we need to get money so we can develop the other voices out there in the world doing something. >> luckily we happen to know here at "the reid report" the "daily show." >> i'm saying that he is going to bring this amazing -- i predict variety show, comedy, truth, politics, and overall goodness to the landscape. it's going to be cool. >> thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >>> we're

colbert report", for six years. welcome. >> no, i'm pete. she's stephen, and i don't think you're a fan because the first time you said "the colbert report", you hit the "t." >> i did, now i have it. what do you think of this. were you surprised by the move? >> not at all. >> it is the obvious choice amongst executives who program late-night television. anybody inside comedy knows stephen colbert is by far the most talented and in so many different way, and every metric of comedy and performance. i worked there for years, and during the writer's strike in 2007 and 2008, he had no writers. they weren't allowed to put it in the teleprompter and he performed it without the script and remembered it all. he has a genius of memory that he never forgets anything, which can be a curse. it allows him to do more than so many of the rest of the us. >> he's a brilliant guy. if he's not going to be the colbert report, who will he be. most of the people who watch him over a long period of time get used to the dark ter he plays. >> it's a fair and good question. if you

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stephen colbert is in. the new "late show" shake-up that has his conservative persona laughing all the way toking bank. even when they say it's not it is all about money. melissa: starting off with the big news today, because the man himself is coming up in a bit. activist investor carl icahn withdrawing his campaign to split up and ebay and paypal. we have charlie gasparino and scott martin. fox news contributor. guys, what do we think uncle carl got out of this? he got in at 53 bucks. has he made money? charlie what do you think? >> i think he made a few bucks on this thing. i think he made a broader point. he will take criticism on this he blinked. he is out. he didn't get what he wanted more than a few bucks. carl wanted some fundamental changes with the company including ebay. what i liked about this battle, maybe it is just me, everybody thinks there is inside game in wall street. that you know, the bad guys are running wall street. high frequency traders are screwing everybody, it is an insider's gam