in 2009 after a former cbs producer tried to blackmail letterman for $2 million. the then recently married talk show host revealed a string of affairs live on the air. >> having living through that sex scandal. >> just to say sex scandal, you want to get through your whole life and not have the word sex scandal attached to your name. >> you didn't mapke it? >> did not make it. >> letterman who has a child with wife, regina lasco speaks openly of repairing his marriage. >> did you think she would stay with you through the whole thing? >> doesn't know. wasn't certain. >> did you have to sleep on the coach? >> i slept a wide variety of places. >> this is the worst super bowl party ever. >> letterman for years feuded with winfrey herself. >> now, dave, be nice. >> he is just saying that because i'm here. >> also spoke of his long-time rivalry with jay leno. >> i am happy to say, he is the funniest guy i have ever known. just flat out, therefore, the fact that he is also maybe the most insecure person i have ever known, i could never reconcile that. >> a rare glimpse i

it is well known that kimmel idleizes letterman. if you're going to shoot for somebody, why not go after the number one funny guy in late night. it's creating a little buzz, but, also, i like kimmel's act. i didn't watch him that much when he was on later. i watched him the past week and i was very impressed. >> you were sleeping. you were very impressed. >> i'm an old person. >> think he's a young, fresh face that could be seriously competitive for abc in this time slot. remember, what was it, t2002 whn abc caused an uproar to make plans to lure letterman to abc and replace ted koppel. not as much ankest even in the news business of "nightline" being pushed back to the middle of the night. why do you think that is? >> i would say it was a different universe back then. it was a different tv universe. not quite as technologically advance. the universe wasn't as balkanized as it is now. anybody who wants to see "nightline" and doesn't want to stay up that late to watch it can watch it on their computers the next day. it wasn't the sam

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. >> how was it interviewing letterman? >> jimmy: david letterman? >> yes, david letterman. >> it was pretty crazy for me. >> you might know this about us, but i met jimmy over 25 years ago. because his infatuation with letterman is something that he's had forever. he literally would not call me carson. to watch you finally sit there and interview him was one of the greatest things i've seen. you were fantastic. [ applause ] it was great. >> jimmy: we've known each other since you were 12 years old and then you were my intern at a radio station. we worked together in palm springs, california. i met your parents and that's how we met, for those of us who care. carson used to babysit my daughter. >> i think people think you gave >> i think people think you gave me my big break, but it's really been a life of torture. i see all these big hollywood stars and congratulate you on 11:30 and i'm not so happy about it. >> jimmy: why? >> because you've tortured me on a budget so long and now you're going to become probably the most powerful man in television a

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in a minute letterman and lauer calling al gore a hypocrite. did you sigh that up >> back of the book segment tonight. did you see that? juliet huddy off tonight joining us from los angeles the always effervescent leslie marshall. now, leslie, as you know, leslie your guy al gore who you once dated i believe way back, way back, is he getting pounded gore is in the court of public opinion selling phony cable network to al jazeera. >> what country. >> cutter. >> that's -- >> -- gas and oil. >> gas and oil. so you are selling this television network to a gas and oil supported elm rit. it's not elm rit. it's independent country. >> one of the elm rites. it's independent. of the closest ally of the u.s. in the arab world our fleet is there. >> isn't that one of the problems with global warming our dependence on petroleum producing countries? >> yes, it is. >> so you al gore are doing business with this country. [ laughter ] >> that's enabling your ultimate foe, climate change? >> i think i understand what you are getting at. [ laughter ] >> but i di

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jimmy kimmel goes head to head now with david letterman and jay leno. beginning last night, "jimmy kimmel live" was bumped to the 11:35 time spot by abc. nightline will begin an hour later in his opening monologue last night, kimmel explains how the new time slot has improved his career. >> i used to be on at midnight. now we're on at 11:35. i'm now 25 minutes closer to my life-long dream to co-hosting "the view." i do not take this responsibility lightly, especially now with the kanye west and kim kardashian baby is on the way. this is the time i shine bright like a diamond. for those of you tuning in expecting to see "nightline" now, it's this is not it. night line is on after us. because this is not "nightline" that doesn't mean we will not talk about important subjects. did you know honey boo boo's mother was afraid of mayonnaise? >> anybody who knows me knows i'm terrified of mayonnaise. >> i think it's stupid your scared of mayonnaise. seriously. mayonnaise is white, it's mayonnaise. >> i don't see you eating it. >> because i'm a vegetarian. >> wh

that's what they've done in new york city. [ laughter ] >> of course, david letterman talking to josh brolin who was just recently arrested or detained? i don't know. he never made that clear. >> didn't quite get there. i guess they took care of him in new york a few times, huh? >>> 4:44. it would take a fearless thief to challenge the guard of a marijuana stash in a castro valley home. an alligator named mr. t was in a plexiglass tank on top of 34 pounds of marijuana. alameda county sheriff's deputies found the gator and pot when they did a routine probation check on a 32-year- old man. >> they thought it was fake. as they were moving around, it started to move and became a little more aggressive causing great concern. >> i can only imagine. the owner was taken to jail on drug charges. mr. teeth by the way is being treated at the oakland zoo and veterinarians say he is very sick. they are trying to take care of him. >>> california may be getting close to putting the great white shark on a protected species list. groups have specialed the state citing two studies that estimate only 33

of course that doesn't do jane letterman much good. >> limbo. it's a lousy place to be. >> she reports looters have been picking through what's left of her home as she waits for resources to rebuild. there is happy times here. such happy times here. you know. i just want that back. even folks getting paid are running into complications in many instances the checks are made out to both of the homeowners and their mortgage companies. many folks have reported that they have run into problems cashing those checks. there is is breaking news now on fox news channel. it has just happened again. there has been another school shooting and this one has happened in kentucky. remember, there was one in st. louis this afternoon. and another one tonight. two people killed two people have turned themselves into state police. this is a matter for hazard county, kentucky. jonathan hunt, our chief fox report correspondent has gotten the details on this. jonathan, astounding? >> yeah, shep. apparently this latest shooting happened at the hazard community and techn

show -- >> i'm a huge fan of david letterman. >> i love david letterman too. and he loves you. he loves our little reppar taye. so he -- >> he dared you something? >> he dared me to see how close i could come to servicing you -- >> i don't know what you're talking about. i don't know those words. i don't know what you mean. >> and i feel like i let him down. >> you provide aid service for everyone. you've really serviced the country. >> i apologize to david letterman, the rest of america and norway and i feel i did not complete my task. and i had one task tonight. and i don't -- i feel you that -- >> listen, it would have been a first for me. and i'm just not ready to go there. >> i think we should try. >> no. i think -- >> this is the perfect network. this is the most appropriate time. >> so we had an online poll. this is our sixth year co-hosting on new year's eve. i don't know why they allow us to do it every year. >> i love it. >> it feels like a poke in the eye. or a blank in the eye. so many memorable moments. we did an online poll asking viewers to name

. >> who is a better guest, letterman or me? >> more excited about letterman? >> definitely. >> what can i do for you that you haven't been able to do for yourself? >> just live with me for a month. >> how do did you get into show business? >> that is none of your business. >> tell them and i'll listen in. >> meet my fitness guru, jimmy k. >> we're working hard to put food on our tables. >> you're working hard to put food on our family. >> we share a level of nice. >> and there is one andy. >> nice off! >> i can't believe how much weight you lost. i didn't think it was possible for you to be more handsome than you were but i guess i was wrong. >> your eyes are so blue. when i look into them through my normal yucky brownish eyes, it's like really it's like looking into two circles of heaven. and i love that scarf. [ cheers and applause ] >> run! ♪ >> josh groban's the best tweets of kanye west. ♪ can we pizza toast to the [ bleep ] ♪ it started with a whisper. up and at 'em. let's it. >> do they bite? >> no. yeah, a little bit. [ speaking foreign language

. >> jimmy kimmel is ready for the new time slot going head to head against leno and letterman. >> the dow is down 20 points. >> santa rosa, berkeley, san lows and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> meteorologist, leigh glaser here. out the door. bundle up. it is cold in the north bay, 30's widespread from santa rosa, napa for fairfield. san francisco is at 47. 37 with fog in livermore and 45 in mountain view. by lunch time, hazy sunshine and temperatures in the mid-50 on the coast and if you are spending the afternoon elsewhere across the bay area, inland locations warming close to 60 degrees by lunch. enjoy it. eric? >> thank you. death rates from cancer inch down but now the question is, how to keep mortality rates moving in that direction? overall deaths from cancer slowly dropped during the 1990's and that trend is holding but this is a triple threat to the trend, bad diets, lack of physical activity and obesity adding up to deaths. over the neck decade that could surpass tobacco as the leading cause of cancer in the united states. >> a new time for abc late night television

letterman goes -- after he left, letterman goes we don't normally do this. but i want everybody to see this. you can look it up on youtube. a woman he did not know grabbed the hem of her skirt and cleaned his glasses. who does that? >> this was w or senior? >> hal: w. senior would have just barfed on her. w, imagine some guy doing that at a bar or a guy you don't know grabs the hem of your skirt and cleans his glasses with them. >> that's an a-hole move. >> i'm mortified. i don't even know what to say. >> that's not even the worst thing he did. >> hal: no, not at all. that's stunning. boehner, feeling like he can touch the first lady and they don't hang. they don't go to dinner. >> they don't socialize at all. they don't know each other. >> you don't touch a woman you don't have a relationship with. you just don't. >> especially the first lady. >> next to her husband. >> hal: you certainly don't hand bump her with your arm like you're at a sporting event and they went to the game with you. >> and talk about her like she's not there. someone won't let you do

we were presenting at the kennedy center honors, honoring david letterman. it was a big night i think for both of us. >> surreal night. >> jimmy: we both had -- in our speeches, we both told david letterman how much we loved him. and i think we agreed that it was too much to have two grown men telling another grown man that we loved him. and we're not related to him. >> it's kind of like the relationship with my father. i knew i wasn't going to hear it back. [ laughter ] he was going to sleep with my mother. >> jimmy: that would be weird, too. >> but it was a great night. you know, you're in this great theatre. i don't know how nervous you were, but i was beyond -- >> jimmy: i was pretty nervous. >> i haven't been nervous like that for a long time. i've been doing standup for a long time. this was a situation where you're in front of the president. the most powerful people in politics. and hollywood. you know? yoyo ma and lend led zeppelin a the audience. you do the first joke, and it's weird. it's not tried and tested material. it's kind of like jumping out

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>> letterman s, or whatever, leno. i start to talk and you have another joke already. how many times already have i done this? >> jon: exactly. let me tell you why. don't interrupt me. [ laughter ] stop it. hold on. here is why: here is why: >> yes, i'm listening. >> jon: those other guys prepare. [ laughter ] >> i'm a spoan -- sponsor spontaneous actor jnch right now we're on a j-date. we're feeling each other out. two wovles. two alpha male. one alpha male and one lab door retriever. we're sniffing each other as butts a little bit. this is the first time. next time you get to talk. >> you backed up. >> jon: i did. >> you sought hair on your fingers he said he is more of a man than i am. >> jon: i'm more of an otter than you. you are not a hersuit man? because i would have thought -- >> do you want to see? i'm not. >> jon: no, no, no. >> you asked, brother. sorry? thank you, everyone. good night. >> thank you. >> jon: come back here. i can't believe you got my sixth great chest. [ laughter ] >> i am the next evolutionary level. we kept the knee and dlrks neanderthal b

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