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last year letterman was celebrated at the prestigious kennedy center honors. >> david letterman, you are an american treasure like the grand canyon or the chicago skyline or the top two kardashians. >> does it feel like 20 years? >> no as a matter of fact, it doesn't. >> one, two, one, two, three. >> band leader paul shaffer has been letterman's right-hand man from the very beginning. >> certainly, when we were at 12th we were the alternative. we were making fun of talk shows, ourselves included. we are still certainly doing that but we are now the -- we are the top show i think. davis the first to make fun of him self. >> please i'm begging you, don't get your hopes up too high about this show. >> he is the first to say, i'm just this big dork. >> letterman's self-deprecation is contagious. countless celebrities and bold-face names have come on the late show to poke fun at themselves. >> basically, i'm the healthiest fat guy you have ever seen in your life. >> there have been serious moments too. in 2000 letterman left the show for quuchlt bypass surgery. >> it was five weeks ago to

"david letterman." i'm about ready to lose my mind. >> reporter: for golf fans, that means no pga tour this weekend, no "big brother," "the mentalist," not even this, no "60 minutes." the roughly 3 million customers affected also lose access to cbs-owned premium networks, like showtime and the movie channel. why is this happening? the fight is over retransmission fees, the millions cable networks are required to pay broadcasters in exchange for their content. >> i mean, i pay $200 a month. that's, you know, a lot of money, so my thing is, for that kind of money, it better work when i want it to work. >> reporter: the contract between cbs and time warner expired on june 30th. it was extended and extended again, but by 5:00 p.m. eastern friday, time warner had had enough and pulled the plug. cbs says it's the first time in its history the network has been dropped by a cable system. the question is, when will viewers be able to see their favorite shows again? nobody knows. >> just get over it. >> my news,

last night david letterman invited bill murray to help him celebrate his 20th anniversary on the late show and bill murray took it seriously. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the one and only bill murray. bill. ♪ >> i didn't know you had a dog. >> i had to get something that went with this outfit. >> thomas, that was unbelievable. >> that dog was cute. now i'm standing like this because i'm waiting for a rapper to come in behind me. i'm prone to discussion on live television and i don't want that to happen. >> keep your eyes out. just want to make sure. >> i think you'll be okay. >>> for your sweet 16 we'll get you one of those cars, lewis. >> i need one of those cars. i need you to be generous. >> will. >> buy me up with of those things i'll be your best friend forever. >> that's all it takes? i'm on it. still ahead on "way too early" your best and creative captions for this picture of the pope saking a selfie. [ whispering ] shhh. it's only a dream. and we have home insurance. but if we made a claim, our rate would go up... [ whispering ] shhh. you did it right. you have all

letterman poked a little fun at himself as he celebrates his 20th anniversary with the late show. bill murray showed up dressed as liberace. arsenio. that goes back a few days. >>> paul mccartney is working on a new album that will be released in october. james spader, star of "the black list" has been cast to play the superbad guy in the sequel to "the avengers." the flamboyant donald trump went against the grain with words of encouragement for miley cyrus. >> miley, don't let them get you down. they're all jealous. >> all right. finally, nothing blurry about the line robin thicke crossed while taking this photo with a fan. the mirror behind them shows him putting his hand where, well, maybe it shouldn't be. the picture was later tweeted to thicke's wife, actress paula patton. >> not a good idea. >> this keeps on happening. >> yes. and it's just a bad idea. >> but going back to arsenio. he has a new show coming up. in september. i saw a billboard for it. september 9th. >> i always found him funny. >>> i'm richard lu i. this is "early today." we hope just your first stop of the da

david letterman joked about it being 40 years late. >> wondering, waiting, not getting a call. trying to think, it might be nice to go to the white house. you know, we'll just hillary clinton what that's like. honestly. and that is your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> the city of detroit can't catch a break. firefighters from 20 different companies came together to try and fight a blaze. the entire industrial yard has been destroyed by the fire and it still has not been contained as of late last night. for more on weather conditions around the country i'm joined by meteorologist bill karins. >> that town has been very dry. it's been warm, but not hot. and we're starting to get the fires and this is the peak of the fire season. and it's interesting, we've only had about half as much acreage burn this year as last year. as bad as the pictures have been. so let's show what you we're dealing with. this is a quiet period of weather across the country.you dealing with. this is a quiet period of weather across the country. usually we have about 1200 tornados year to date by

and the "late show's" david letterman commemorated with this video last night. >> let's put together a segment about memorable presidential vacations. and we've got it for you tonight, memorable presidential vacations throughout the year. i hope you enjoy this. ♪ >> wow. now i see why he had the big hat. >> well, the president also introduced the newest member of his family and another portuguese water dog named sonny. almost every president has had a pet. there's only been one first dog who has lived in the white house under two different presidents. spotty and then had the good fortune to return again with george w. bush when he became president in 2001. so two presidents for that dog. however, the most famous by far of all the dogs in the white house is fala, the scottish terrier. mgm even made a movie about him called fala at hyde park in technicolor. it's over near the tidal basin. and that's something for sunny, of course, to aspire to. look at that big dog. that's "hardball" for now. coming up, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. without saying a word... if you have yet to ma

meanwhile, david letterman caught the performance and wants a little bit of help controlling her tung. >> today they're advertising for people to get help if you suffer from this -- it's not funny. i don't know why i'm laughing. well, you are. >> i shouldn't be laughing. >> oh, no. >> nothing funny about it. this little known affliction here. take a look. >> every day is a struggle and every day you pray for things to get easier, but now there's help. if you're one of the millions of americans who suffer from restless tongue syndrome, there's a wide range of treatments that might be right for you. consult your physician today so we never have to see this again. a message from the restless tongue syndrome. >> by the way, the restless tongue looks like it went on the front of an old barnes & noble. mika's here. we're going to talk about it. >>> the government wants to make prostitution safe. in fact, voters in zurich voted to have a drive in sex park. sex workers can meet with customers. they have alarm buttons, security guards, posters promoting safe sex. prostitution has been legal. w

one show which hasn't been impacted by the blackout is the late show with david letterman. letterman had a well timed vacation last week and this week. for nightly business report, i'm julia borsten in los angeles. >>> a small group of companies was hit hard by the crash, the recovery is bringing them back from the brink. investors are taking notice. first, let's take a look at how the international markets faired today. >>> one industry hard hit by the housing crash, private mortgage insurers, two big ones went under, and the rest were left bleeding cash. the housing recovery is breathing new life into this industry, and some new players are worth watching. diana olick has that story. >> reporter: when housing came crumbling down, the private mortgage insurance industry was left holding the bag, four companies lost a combined $20 billion, and they were the survivors. now, these companies just posted their first quarterly profit in 6 years. >> delinquencies are down, which has helped, the companies recapitalized the popular companies. fha is reducing its role in the market.

there was a picture of david letterman on the front? >> that was larry bird. >> it's steen and edwards now. >> a break? on kevin? listen to that local crowd favorite here, boston not far up the road. >> and edwards always played it very cool, but this means a lot to him. last week, forever hooligan defeating red dragon to become the world champion. >> you weren't kidding, were you? i was stunned! but it's fantastic! you never know what's going to happen here at ring of honor. >> and now so much focus on the tag-team division. you have to keep up with all the news, the volatility! he says enough's enough. that chop of edwards, second to none. >> oh, dear! >> he's down on the floor. >> well, every little bit of fun, i'm sure, a whole lot emotionally invested in this one, but he's one of the toughest chops. >> this is not about titles, it's not about anything more than just proving that honor lives. and what a sensational six-man tag-team event. next week's show, episode 100, and what a special, special broadcast that will be. tell everybo

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he's also appeared on late show with david letterman and late night with jimmy fallon. all right. enough of the news. let's hit the cooler. let's start with after the president's appearance with jay leno, he took time to call jimmy fallon to talk about his future. >> i can't believe i'm about to take over "the tonight show." >> yeah, i know. you know, i just don't get it. >> what don't you get? >> i just don't get it. why would nbc do this? jay still number one in the ratings. i mean jimmy fallon taking over for jay leno, that's like biden taking over for me. >> sticking with fallon, brian william recovering from knee surgery. that doesn't mean he's not up for some performance on late night. >> this here is a jam. all that fellows trying to do what those ladies tell us get shot down because you overzealous, play hard to get females get jealous. okay. go to a party. girls, showing body. chick walks by. you're standing on the wall. text her. could care less about the five year glowing. theater gets dark just as start the show and find a woman sitting in your world. she's dressed in

. >>> cory booker met the cute pomeranian named, of course, cory booker and last night david letterman joked about the fingerprint security on the iphone and faplayed a fake commercial. >> introducing the scanner, the most secure way to protect your password, apps and most importantly your texting history. >> that's not your finger, anthony. >> you knew that was coming. i knew it would happen and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> all right, now here's a look at the national weather. we turn, of course, to meteorologist bill karins. you got to follow that act. >> i need a story in between. >> to buffer it. >> yes, that was pretty funny. >> don't text me, all right? >> a beautiful weekend for so many people. millions of people in the great lakes, ohio valley, northeast, humidity will be low, cool, crisp nights but yesterday wasn't the case, interesting weather taking place. especially the colorado area was very interesting. this is hail, not snow, they literally had to have a snowplow to clear the ice out of the road so the guide could get his car. >> that is so wild