it was so legendary, it was comedy gold for david letterman. >> you have your tool belt on? an electric sander, manicure kit. you are ready. >> the performance enhancing cheaters. and those widely thought to have used drugs but deny it including sammy sosa and barry bonds. >> this record is not tainted at all, at all, period. you can say whatever you want. >> reporter: if cheating is trying, it doesn't always work. jason kidd was fined $50,000 for spilling the drink and his team still lost the game. mike tomlin and the steelers, they also lost. cnn,dallas. >>> now we take a look at headlines after this short commercial break. ...as though he had never left. the end. lovely read susan. but isn't it time to turn the page on your cup of joe? gevalia, or a cup of johan, is like losing yourself in a great book. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. net weight 340 grams. [ sighs ] [ chuckles ] [ announcer ] always rich, never bitter. gevalia. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card f

it made for fodder for letterman. >> you have an electric sander and manicure hit. >> reporter: there are others like lance armstrong and alex rodriguez to name a few. and those who used drug, but deny it like sammy sosa and barry bonds. >> this record is not tainted at all. period. you guys can say whatever you want. >> reporter: if cheating is trying, it doesn't always work. jason kidd was fined $50,000 for spilling his drink and his team lost the game. mike tomlin and the steelers, they also lost. ed lavendera, cnn, dallas. >> it is obvious and unfortunate. >> there's our role models for our kids. all right. >>> doctors were shocked when one woman's cancer suddenly began to disappear. >> that's right. hear about her brush with death and what may have been a visit to heaven. le givinlly.matche i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in logistics. there's more to walmart than you think. vo:

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david letterman handled it differently. anyone who's seen miley cyrus' bizarre feline inspired performance at the american music awards will get the joke. >> we got a big deal, nuclear deal with iran. they say it's some kind of an agreement. they will give up their enrichment program, but something's not right at the white house. did you see the president? i think it's the wear and tear of the office. president obama is announcing the big nuclear agreement with iran, something is not right. take a look at this. then we'll talk about it. >> diplomacy opened up a new path. the future in which we can verify that iron's nuclear program -- >> see, he's got a giant cat there. >> finally it's the time of year the white house used to make a life of death decision. choosing which turkey will receive an official presidential pardon. while the sermon itself goes back to harry truman's presidency, george h.w. bush was the first to pardon one. this year the white house are allowing voters which will get the special privilege in an onlin

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but as david letterman revealed friday, there was a reason for the sudden dash in the chamber. >> then something happened during the council meeting yesterday and people were saying what was that. suddenly he started running through the council chambers. well, now we have a better understanding of what happened yesterday up in toronto, canada. we have it on videotape here. i want you to watch this. >> attention, ladies and gentlemen, complimentary crack is now being served in the lobby. >> next up, realtime's bill maher marked last week's anniversary of president kennedy's assassination by comparing jfk to most conservatives' favorite ronald reagan. here's how he weighed in. >> historians will argue forever about whether kennedy and reagan were good presidents and never settle it. but can we on this day at least agree that kennedy was cooler? i mean, sorry, but our liberal icon was a smart, sexy war hero who said he wanted to go to the moon. yours was an old fudy duddy that wanted to rock denim. everything jfk wore is still cool today. look at him. he looks like a j. crew model. when h

david letterman. jimmy fallon. jimmy kimmem. and stephen colbert. that's right! i'm nominated for a people's choice award. i have always wanted to win a people's choice award ever since i heard they still existed. and now folks, my dream may come true. i may finally take home the coveted-- i want to say crystal vagina? i'm not sure what that is, nice, nice, whatever it is. folks, i love it. because this is the only award chosen by the people. finally a show that celebrates america's life of liking things. of course "the colbert report" is a team effort so really this nomination is for everyone on my staff who hosts the show. (laughter) and, and i've got some stiff competition. i respect all of these guys. may the best man win but as a journalist, i would be remiss not to tell you about their sordid past. for starters the jimmies are a personal friends of mine. but did you know that neither of them is really named jimmy? both of them were born james, uh-huh. what else are they lying to you about? and there is no greater fan of david letterman that yours truly but

i mean, i remember when i watched your interview on the letterman show you which suggests that there was a time in which are dead, i forget, it was like $100 billion the world was crazy. >> i was there. it was in the presidency of lyndon dennis johnson. i was a congressman and it was the first federal budget in her history that it $100 billion. and everyone just aghast at the thought. >> but now doesn't seem like -- >> now we have trillion dollar deficits. >> and it doesn't look like the republicans are helping us any, so will you write a book for them? >> let me say something about that. i think the republicans, you know, the people all across the spectrum in both parties, but i was asked, i was speaking about my of the book, known and unknown, at fort leavenworth, the military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were 1490 majors from molson our country but from around the world to the big school there. and someone asked me come what's the biggest problem that i worry about when i go to bed at night. and the answer was, american weakness. why do i say that? i think a signal t

david letterman would do thigh master jokes. we sold over ten million at last count. we got into this whole entrepreneursh entrepreneurship. when i was doing three's company i got branding and nobody was doing thatç back then. i said chrissy snow has a distinct look and we should sell ponyta ponytails and head bands. they said this is about the show. now i get to do it on my own terms. she was a bankable, brandable character that never really had an opportunity to be so. i now brand suzanne somers. suzanne somers has a point of view, and that is we're living on a polluted planet and my niche is organic toxic free. i have toxic free makeup. toxic free skin care. toxic free household cleaners and beauty products. >> tell me about your jobs. >> i got fired on three's company for asking to be paid commence rate with the men. i had the number one show and the highest demographics. >> you were the star. let's face it. >> there were two important characters. after i got over the depression of being fired at the height of my success, i decided i would neverç work for anyb

bud selig should have faced the music and confronted the person that he accuses, rather than do it on letterman, on national television, pronouncing the verdict and not telling everyone that 11 random tests during the time period where alex rodriguez is accused of using peds, 11est its, negative. selig doesn't say that. he doesn't show up to confront to answer that, and instead he allows $125,000 in cash as if he's a character in boardwalk empire. that's why he doesn't want to show up, because he doesn't want to answer those questions. >> joe, let me bring you in to this. you've been covering this a long time, and the fact that he did storm out leaves a lot of questions, but how is that being interpreted, and is that superseding any or all of what lanny davis is saying? >> i have to agree with lanny in the sense certainly bud selig and major league baseball, no saints in this process. alex rodriguez, the last couple of years, always proclaimed innocence. we don't have a smoking gun, don't have a positive drug test. all negative. here's a guy who said he's fighting for his life, fighting for his

. >> david letterman. >> "hunger games" part two. you excited about the big -- of course. [ applause ] the full title of the movie is "hunger games" part 2, what's for dinner? it's about shopping for thanksgiving with chris christie. fantastic footage. [ laughter ] >> oh, my goodness. >>> hey, look at this scene in los angeles. not a movie scene. something quite serious. take a look at this. >> everybody get down! >> this is l.a.x., yeah, the same airport where that tragic shooting happened. we'll tell you about this incident from overnight. >>> you want to be on a flight to albuquerque sitting next to a chatty kathy? >> no. >> now about you? >> i'm allegation saexandra fie on cell phones on airplanes. we'll talk about that coming up. designed for men's health concerns as we age. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over

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girl, got a great family that has definitely supported her, she was just with her brother at "david letterman" the other night and seems like a very grounded girl. >> there's two ways you can go when you strap on that rocket, you can go right to the top and your personal lives falls apart and be yourself and make a lot of money and enjoy it. >> she's doing okay. >> i've seen the movie twice by the way, guys, it's good. >> is it? >> very good. >> nischelle turner, thank you. >>> all right, so moving on now, it has been locked up and hidden from the public, how the pink suit that jackie kennedy wore the day that john f. kennedy was assassinated how it won't be made public for 100 years. >> this as we remember jfk's life 50 years since his assassination on cnn today. ya know, with new fedex one rate you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. i didn't know the coal thing was real. it's very real... david rivera. rivera, david. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. his day of coaching begins with knee pain, when... [ man ] hey, brad, want to

he helped more than 96% of his letterman graduate, and in an air of deep division, he topless to overcome bigotry with courage and compassion. he will forever stand as one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history. [applause] >> gloria steinem. [applause] >> a trailblazing writer and feminist organizer, gloria steinem has been at the forefront of the fight for equality and social justice for more than four decades. instrumental to a broad range of initiatives and issues from establishing ms. magazine and take our daughters to work day, to pushing her women's self empowerment and an end to sex trafficking. she has promoted lasting political and social change in america and abroad. through her reporting in speaking, she has shaped a base on the intersection of sex and race, brought critical problems to national attention, and forged new opportunities for women in media. gloria steinem continues to move us all to take up the cause of reaching for a more just tomorrow. [applause] >> reverend c.t. vivian. [applause] >> equipped only with courage and an overwhelming commitment to so

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jenniferawrence on "letterman" st night. >> weove to death. >> she went into deep detail when de asked her about her recent mical problem. watch is. >> i thought iad an ulcer. it turns out it s a er. rrr. yeah. >> what were the symptoms? >> i went to the energies ro. i had this bad pain for three weeks. you can onlylank your pants so many times a day before you two to the emergency room, before you are like i mode to go to the hospital. but i just did this thing yestday an indiscusa-somethg, they put me to slp. it's clear when you first meet me, i a freaking head case, i'm crazy, i'm in there, what are these what does that mean? they were putting manyeto sleep. i can see this stu cing towards me, tnk of some place like an island the last thing i said was i'm ralyzed. >> wow. >> she shares something in common >> yes, shedoes. >> you ask, she is going to give you the answer. >> lov her. >> in its entirety. she loves you, al roker. e made that clear on the red carpet not t long ago. >> is the karaoke machine finally working? . >> i finally got it worked out. >> thankfully we have taken it

but david letterman says he's not sure who he'll support. >> bill clinton said he thought it was time for a woman to become president of the united states. we have his entire statement regarding being time for a president to be a woman here in the united states. here is the whole statement. it's fascinating. watch this. >> i hope we have a woman president in my lifetime and i think it would be a good thing for the world as well as for america. as far as possible candidates goes, i suggest jessica alba, scarlett johansson, beyonce, kate upton, shakira or my wife. in no particular order. a message from -- >> can't argue with the president. now, finally ron burgundy visited conan last night to promote his new book. and there were more than a few revelations including one that really turned some heads. >> it says in the book that you slept with bruce lee. >> i did. >> i slept with bruce lee? >> i did. it wasn't a homosexual thing. the height of being manly. nothing against homosexuals. but it was just two men and it was fast and furious. much the way he fights. he's like two wolverines go

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i used to watch you on letterman back in the early ages. >> and you heard me say certain things. >> absolutely. >> but i want to tell you what has changed. what has changed is the questions really have not changed. the vocabulary has changed. nobody says, she's with child. the say she's pregnant. the speak much more openly about erection and orgasm. >> do you think it's changed for the good? >> absolutely. so that part has changed. but what's has changed, the women have heard people like me -- i'm not the only one -- say that a woman has to take the responsibility for her sexual satisfaction, even the best lover, i don't know one of you, even the best lover can't just guess what she needs. >> you can look at andrew for this one. >> so that has changed because there are less women who don't have orgasms. it's late at night. we can talk about this. i can talk about this. so there have been things that have changed. the other thing that we need in this country, we have hit masters and johnson, kinsey. we now need a really serious research study in terms of how to teach sex education. so woe need

hypocrisy because he went on national tv, he went on the david letterman show and joked about it in the summer prior to handing down the suspension, had no problem talking about it then but he won't come into alex's proceeding where he wants to destroy this guy's career and take an oath and answer very tough questions. it's unbelievable to me. >> well, let's take a listen to what alex rodriguez said today on the radio. >> my only message to the commissioner is, i know you don't like new york, but come to new york and face the music. >> what about you? does he like you? >> he hates my guts. 100% it's personal and it's about his legacy and my legacy and he's trying to destroy me. he's retiring in 2014 and to put me on his mantle on his way out is his accomplishment. >> why do so many think he's another lance armstrong in the making? >> well, i honestly have no idea. i've come to know him and he's a spectacular human being. he gives of himself, the charitable deeds he does that no one knows about. he's someone who doesn't gripe and complain. today he lost it for a good reason. he sat throu

stand up twice and was my dream at that time to be a panel guest you know like richard lewis was with letterman and you know i did all right for conan and i was in town and i was there at the beginning and he started to have me on his panel and i became the guy that if another guest fell out and they couldn't book in you know they call me on and on and on a note and it's short notice and i usually have at least a half bit half baked story of some kind so i did a lot of filling in that just stayed that way and then he was on your podcast like yeah years later you know after after doing a show for a decade or more you know i'd never really talked to him you are probably most probably interviews with old comics well i mean i think some of that the most i think so i've been interviewing musicians now as well and some filmmakers i like talking to anybody who's interesting and has a good story really. comedians you've got a kindred spirit thing it's like i know with comics we sacrificed a lot to pursue the life that we haven't and i find it to be a pretty noble profession and i just and there's a com

hypocrisy because he went on national tv, he went on the david letterman show and joked about it in the summer prior to handing down the suspension, had no problem talking about it then but he won't come into alex' proceeding where he wants to destroy this guy's career and take an oath and answer very tough questions. it's unbelievable to me. >> well, let's take a listen to what alex rodriguez said today on the radio. >> my only message to the commissioner is, i know you don't like new york, but come to new york and face the music. >> what about you? does he like you? >> he hates my guts. 100% it's personal and it's about his legacy and my legacy and he's trying to destroy me. he's retiring in 2014 and to put me on his pamantle on his way o is his accomplishment. >> why do so many think he's another lance armstrong in the making? >> well, i honestly have no idea. i've come to know him and he's a spectacular human being. he gives of himself, the charitable deeds he does that no one knows about. he's someone who doesn't gripe and complain. today he lost it for a good reason. he sat throug

stand up twice and was my dream at that time to be a panel guest you know like richard lewis was with letterman and you know i did all right for conan and i was in town and i was there at the beginning and he started to have me on his panel and i became the guy that if another guest fell out of they couldn't book in you know they call me on a note and it's short notice and i usually have at least a half bit half baked story of some kind so i did a lot of filling in that just stayed that way and then he was on your podcast yeah years later you know after after doing a show for a decade or more you know i'd never really talked to him you are probably most probably interviews with old comics what i mean i think it's all about the most i think so i've been interviewing musicians now as well and some filmmakers i like talking to anybody who's interesting and has a good story really but comedians you've got a kindred spirit thing you know it's like i know with comics we sacrificed a lot to pursue the life that we haven't and i find it to be a pretty noble profession and i and i just and there's a com

. >> david letterman. >> i take responsibility as well. i just don't learn from them. i keep repeating them over and over again. thank you, david, appreciate that. >> good morning. i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker and natalie morales. >> florida congressman trey radel appears in court today after being charged with cocaine possession. he calls it extremely irresponsible choice and promised to get help. >>> at least two people died and two others are missing after a jet crashed into the ocean last night off the coast of fort lauderdale florida. >>> and nbc news obtained a draft of a new u.s.-afghan security deal that would have the united states pay for afghan security forces and be there longer. >>> it's official, adam levine has been crowned people's sexiest man alive. what the people on the voice did to mark the occasion. blake shelton is a little jealous. >> congratulations adam. let's bring in this hour with a big scare for the u.s. olympic team. lindsey vonn being evaluated today after a training crash less than three months fwfr opening ceremo

so i would like to contribute a few examples of the adventures before us and unlike david letterman, i'm not going to try to put them in any kind of order because each one is crucial. and anyway, they're all just reminders for people in this room. one, women's issues aren't separate from economic issues or vice versa. paying women equally for comparable work done by men would be the biggest economic stimulus this country would possibly have. the institute for women's policy research tells us that paying women of all races equally to white men would put $200 billion more into the economy every year and would be way more effective than propping up banks and wall street because this money would get spent, not put into swiss bank accounts. it would create jobs and help the poorest kids who are those who depend on a mother's income. but do we hear economic stimulus and equal pay in the same sentence? no. i don't think so. and after we do that, we also need to value caregiving work, caregiving work, which is a third of the productive work in this nation at replacement value and make that s

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i'm sure you all have your own but here's my best attempt at david letterman. number three, if we wanted tarp to be popular, we shouldn't have made it a four-letter word. number two goes to barney frank. things would have been a lot worse without me. and number one has to go to larry summers. anyone who speaks with complete confidence about things is a complete fool. so there have been no shortage of people speaking their minds today. hank, i wanted to start with you. what did you hear that made your blood boil? or what would you like to add to? >> right. because you know, my blood doesn't boil. that happened, you know, three or four years ago and five years ago. but the one thing i'd like to add to were a couple comments made about capital that were related. larry summers saying it was obvious the banks were undercapitalized, they should have raised more capital or the regulators should have forced them to raise more capital, and then people saying there should have been tougher compensation restrictions on the banks going along with t.a.r.p. because those two

. >> ford was actually the target of david letterman's top ten list on the "late show." >> number ten used to describe mayor ford, here we know, number 10, cracknadian. [ laughter ] >> number 9, torontoker. [ laughter ] number 2, chin-fo tainment. and the number one word used to describe toronto mayor rob ford -- large and no longer in charge. >> it almost writes itself, right? >>> oxford university press takes selfie as its word for 2013. selfie is a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. now, they don't always have to be taken by yourself. first lady michelle obama with the first dog bo there. you can take one with a loved one like hillary and chelsea clinton did. and sometimes, they're a little ill-advised. just ask geraldo rivera. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll talk stocks with warren buffett. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." [ male announcer ] step one, prepare for triumph. step two, baconated cheese for awesome. step three, get ready to wow. step four... mmmmm.

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mare,explained to david letterman that was tough for her. >> i actually came very close to quitting the campaign in 2004 over this issue. my issue was as a campaign staffer. quite frankly, i think it's inappropriate for campaign staffers to be issuing their own public policy statements. >> reporter: though parent not tough enough. >> the important thing in 2004, the important issue was national security. >> reporter: i reached out to liz cheney, and she said i love my sister and her family and have always tried to be compassionate. i believe that's the christian way to behave. >> the former vice president and mrs. cheney released the family statement -- this is an issue we have dealt with privately for many years and we are pained to see it become public. since it has, one thing should be clear. liz has always believe, and always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect. compassion is called for even when there's disagreement. liz' many kindnesses should not be used to distort her position. >>> up heard t. toronto's mayor stripped of power amid increasingly errat

mary explained to david letterman in 2006 that was tough for her. >> i actually came very close to quitting the campaign in 2004 over this very issue. my position was as a campaign staffer, and quite frankly, i think it's inappropriate for campaign staffers to be issuing their own public policy statements. >> though apparently not tough enough. >> the important thing in 2004, the important issue, was national security. >> i reached out to liz cheney this morning and she told me quote, i love my sister and her family and have always tried to be compassionate toward them. i believe that is the christian way to behave. the former vice president and mrs. cheney released the following statement on the family rift this afternoon. this is an issue we have dealt with privately for many years and we are pained to see it become public. since it has one thing should be clear. liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage. she has also always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect, exactly as she should have done. compassion is called for even when there is

so i would like to contribute a few examples of the adventures before us and unlike david letterman, i'm not going to try to put them in any kind of order because each one is crucial. and any way, they're all just reminders for people in this room. one, women's issues aren't separate from economic issues or vice versa. paying women equally for comparable work done by men would be the biggest economic stimulus this country would possibly have. the institute for women's policy research tells us that paying women of all races equally to white men would put $200 billion more into the economy every year and would be way more effective than propping up banks and wall street because this money would get spent not put into swiss bank accounts. it would create jobs and help the poorest kids who are those that depend on a mother's income. do we hear economic stimulus and equal pay in the same sentence? no. i don't think so. and after we do that, we also need to value care giving work which is a third of the productive work in this nation at replacement value and make that tax deductible if we

the kaufman, lawler played out on the david letterman show. so the news that he might be alive? the documentary, the death of andy kaufman, a serious study of whether he faked his own death, it is a possibility kept alive since he was buried. so when a woman claiming to be kaufman's daughter, along with his brother made a convincing bid he might be alive, the rumor mill turned again. according to his death certificate, andy kaufman died may 16, 1984 at cedar sinai hospital in west hollywood, california. when asked if there was any chance he faked his own death, the l.a. coroner put it bluntly andy kaufman is dead. his comedy lives on. we'd like to think he does, too. miguel marquez, cnn, hollywood. >> all right. we're going to hear from andy kauffman's brother tomorrow at 3:00 eastern here on cnn. >>> we have much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right now. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield, here are the top stories from the cnn

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reporter josh letterman is here with the very latest. nice to see you, josh. what happened at the meeting? do we have any information coming out of the meeting? >> we have a little bit of information. the president spoke briefly while reporters were allowed in the room. it was interesting he didn't actually mention this new fix at all. instead he talked about wanting to make sure that he worked with the insurance companies to make sure americans have more information about what's available, what their options are we did get word after the meeting from the white house about a little bit more detail about what they talked about and we do know that one of the major topics was this fix how are they going to work it out so that people who already lost their insurance might be able to get it reinstated. obviously a lot of concerns that the insurance agency has about how is this going to work. >> when the executives walked out, did they talk to the press? the white house has obviously spoken, how about the executives, the other side of the table were, they talking? >

his fear played out on "the david letterman" show. the feud, fiction, so the news that kaufman may be alive is not exactly news. the 2011 documentary "the death of andy kaufman" a serious study of whether he faked his death has been a possibility. so the woman who claims to be kaufman's daughter along with his brother made a convincing claim he might be alive. the rumor mill churned again. according to his death certificate, andy kaufman died on may 16, 1984, in west hollywood, california. when asked if there was any chance he faked his own death, the l.a. corp nor put it bluntly, andy kaufman is did. his comedy lives on. we like to think he does, too. >> so joining us now is andy kaufman's brother, michael. thank you for joining us. we just watched this video of what happened. what was going through your mind when the gal walked up >> i was skeptical at the time, and things have happened since that day that more than just skeptical at this point, but there was enough, enough information that she had that had me possibly believing her

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as you saw i was the guest show on "the late show with david letterman." you'll see the interview was off the cuff as they come on late night. here was my conversation about the time in africa with the peace corps. >> i figured i was teaching democracy and capitalism while jake is over in latin america doing the opposite. i felt romantic about it. i hitchhiked through africa like this all alone as a white guy. and i thought it was an experience of a lifetime. everybody who's been in the peace corps say it's the greatest experience of their life. speaking zulu for years. >> do you still speak it? >> yeah, i can still do a little. about halfway through my two years in a bar, i ask fake my way. i got enough of this. it was a tough language. >> and you never know when you're going to have to go into the zulu these days. >> it always comes in handy. very long night, maybe. >> the zulu joking aside, we got to health care. here was that exchange. >> i'm sick of talking about obama care. it's made me physically sick to talk about health care. what happened? what w