>> and the pivotal point was hugh grant coming on in 1995. he had been busted for solicitation. >> and everybody was watching and anxious about what was going to happen. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> jay delivered that night, and it disarmed everybody, and it felt like, oh, we can be relaxed to this guy, and talking to a person who got busted with a prostitute, and feel relaxed with jay asking the questions. >> although i have never been one to blame my own compass as they say -- >> that hugh grant booking did turn the tide. >> and everybody said that jay was good, and so it was a crucial thing for him, and not that he had hugh grant, but that he paid it off, and he had monster audience that night, jay. >> and that night, leno seizes nu number one, and pretty much never looks back. as the years go by, memorable moments keep on coming, and one with the future governator. >> and this is why he needs to be recalled.

. >> when hugh grant came on in 1995. so hugh grant had been busted for solicitation. >> everybody was watching, anxious about what was going to happen. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> and he delivered that night. and i think it disarmed everybody. it felt like, oh, we can be relaxed with this guy. talking to a person that got busted with prostitutes, we can rely on jay to ask the questions. >> i've never been one to blow my own trumpet, as they say. >> that hugh grant booking really did start to turn the tide. >> no doubt. everybody said, jay's good. it was a very crucial thing for him. not just that he had hugh grant but that he played it off. he had a monstrous audience that night, jay. >> that night, leno seizes number one and pretty much never looks back. as the years go by, memorable moments keep on coming. one with the future governator. >> this is why he needs to be recalled. >> it rocked everybody, including, i think, leno. >> this is why i'm going to run for governor of the state of california. [ applause

. >> when hugh grant came on in 1995, hugh grant had been busted for solicitation. >> everybody was watching, anxious about what was going to happen. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> he delivered the night and i think it disarmed everybody and it felt like, we can be relaxed with this guy, talking to a person that's been busted for being with a prostitute. >> i've never been one to blow my own trumpet, as they say. >> that hugh grant booking really did start to turn the tide. >> everybody said, jay's good. it was a very crucial thing for him. not just that he had hugh grant but he played it off. >> that night, leno seizes number one and pretty much never looks back. as the years go by, memorable moments keep on coming. one with the future governator. >> this is why he needs to be recalled. >> it rocked everybody, including i think leno. >> this is why i'm going to run for governor of the state of california. [ applause ] >> it's just like one of those great live tv moments that, you know, don't happen all that often. >> jay welcomes the president of the united states, barack obama. >>

. >> and the pivotal point was hugh grant coming on in 1995. he had been busted for solicitation. >> and everybody was watching and anxious about what was going to happen. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> jay delivered that night, and it disarmed everybody, and it felt like, oh, we can be relaxed to this guy, and talking to a person who got busted with a prostitute, and feel relaxed with jay asking the questions. >> although i have never been one to blame my own compass as they say -- >> that hugh grant booking did turn the tide. >> and everybody said that jay was good, and so it was a crucial thing for him, and not that he had hugh grant, but that he paid it off, and he had monster audience that night, jay. >> and that night, leno seizes nu number one, and pretty much never looks back. as the years go by, memorable moments keep on coming, and one with the future governator. >> and this is why he needs to be recalled. >> and it shocked everybody, including leno. >> and that is why i am going to run for the governor of the state of califor

. >> when hugh grant came on in 1995, and he had been busted with solicitation. >> and everybody was watching and anxious about what would happen. >> and what the hell were you thinkin thinking? >> he delivered that night, and it disarmed everybody, and it felt like, we can be relaxed with this guy, and the person who got busted with a prostitute, and relaxed with jay asking the questions. >> and although, have never been one to blow my own trumpet so to say, i think that it is -- >> and that hugh grant booking really did turn the tide? >> yes, everybody said, well, jay is good, and so it was very crucial thing for him, and not that he had hugh grant, but he paid it off. he had a monstrous audience that night, jay. >> reporter: and that night, leno seizes number one, and pretty much, never looks back. as the years go by, memorable moments keep on coming. and one with the future governator. >> and this is why he needs to be recalled. >> it knocked everybody, including leno. >> and this is why i'm going to run for the governor of california. >> it was like one of the really great live

>> hugh grant. >> that is an old story. >> o.j. simpson. has been doingo it since 1993. >> he broke the news on that one. >> he apologized in everything. michael jackson is basically chump change when you compare it to hugh grant. hugh grant is like, are you committing -- are you kidding me ? martha stewart, lindsay lohan, and tonya harding. >> i bring that up because figure skating is not as popular as it once was and people say that the sport needs another tonya harding. >> that is what we need. >> george mason university students. is this the best or the worst grad school assignment ever? having to watch through all of these jay leno shows? through marion barry in there as an insult. he is up there. >> not in the top 20. >> thank you very much. a great off the charts addition. >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "market makers." manager cliff robbins is an activist investor, but he does it his way. he is here for an exclusive interview. >> crisis in the cockpit. airlines are slammed with a shortage of pilots. we will

when hugh grant had this scandal. this was in the mid '90s and leno got him on the air and said what the hell were you thinking? i think that showed that leno could actually be a hard-hitting interviewer when he wanted to be. and again, to just go back to president obama, i think a lot of political figures look at the tonight show and think hey, we can go on here, it's going to be a lot of softball questions. but leno has evolved, and he has managed to break some news in the questions that he asks. when he talked to obama in august, he asked about edward snowden. he asked about gay rights in russia. all of these made headlines the next day. >> ted, thank you. >> thank you. >>> folks, there's a lot going on today. here are just a a few of the things we thought you should know about. ray nagan took the witness stand in his own defense today in his federal corruption trial. he has been denying any wrong doing. nagin is charged with awarding lucrative contracts in exchange for more than $200,000 in kardashian and othcashe

grant. >> she plays fiona, an over the top mom, also a strict vegan and sets some ground rules for her neighbor when he hangs without her son marcus. take a look. >> if you could stay off screens that would be good. tv, computer, video games. oh, also, if you could make sure that he doesn't eat meat, fish, fowl, gluten, sugar or dairy. >> what can he eat? >> everything else. if he eats a nut, he's dead. >> that's a great clip because that's how we fell in love with the show, the writing is terrific. you're so well cast. kept 76%. >> yeah, we hit 76% of our audience. >> at olympics. >> which is really difficult to do. >> i didn't know that meant if that meant -- >> it's good. >> that's fantastic. >> you kept your british accent in this. tell us why. >> well, i think there is an enormous amount of comedy to be mined from a british accent anyway, and a different culture and more of a fish out of water thing for fiona, who is already -- she makes things harder than they need to be. >> why doesn't marcus speak with an english accent? >> well, my son has an american accent. i think because -

i don't know if that is my favorite or hugh grant "what the hell were you thinking" was another great moment. a lot of time on the air. i think he'll be back. that is all the time left this evening. don't go anywhere. now time to set your dvr to record "hannity" every week night. why? so you don't miss a moment. start each weekday morning 5:00 to 9:00 with fox and friends we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >> congressman paul ryan slamming obamacare. is he calling it the poverty trap. >> create the disincentive for people to work. >> the effect will be severe. as if 2.5 million people had stopped working. >> it allows americans to choose to spend more time with their family or pursue their dreams. >> they do have less of an incentive to work. >> translation? washington is making the poverty trap much worse. >> the white house has been forced to spin numbers. >> this creates the opportunity for more entrepreneurship that did not exist prior to the affordable care act. >> subsidy people are better off. they do have less of an incentive to

i don't know if that is my favorite or hugh grant "what the hell were you thinking" was another great moment. a lot of time on the air. i think he'll be back. that is all the time left this evening. don't go anywhere. now time to set your dvr to record "hannity" every week night. why? so you don't miss a moment. start each weekday morning 5:00 to 9:00 with fox and friends we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> as the most powerful man in the free world, sat down with obama. [ laughter ] to cover topics like loose nucleares, middle east peace, trade regulations and the environment. >> jon stewart mocking me again for not covering what he wants. tonight, i'm going to have to educate mr. stuart. >> just [bleep] with it. >> the g.i. bill -- smart ers thing we ever did was make an investment in the american people when those guys came back from war, that's what created our middle class. >> the president and some of his left wing followers seem not to understand military benefits this evening, we will set them straight. >> the best piece of advice

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all of a sudden, i guess the talk show gods favored us because hugh grant was booked on our show and then after he was booked, he had this incident with a hollywood prostitute, divine brown, and he was arrested for lewd behavior. and then he decides, well, maybe i should cancel the show. well, we sort of pumped it up. please don't. it's a good idea. you should probably come on the show. you can apologize for it and right up until the day before, he was thinking about dropping out. well, he stays in. he does the show. >> and he is still a movie star to this day. it was a good choice on his part and a good choice on your part as well. >> game changer indeed. >> we became number one. >> there you go. that's what it's all about. >> we've been celebrating jay leno ever since for sure. jimmy is going to do great. i hear everybody talk being it. what a happened-off there. thank you so much for being with us, sharing that inside story there. we'll all be watching on february 6, i think, to give him a wave good-bye. >> and we'll all be missing jay. it's exactly 30 minutes after the top of the

>> apparently, even someone as selfishly hopeless as hugh grant's character can find redemption through sort of the ordinary business of being alive. i love that. that's not a big thing that happens, just realizing his humanity. >> people talk about, it's difficult to take a great book and turn into a great movie and now nbc is taking the book to a movie to this sitcom. it's not a traditional sitcom, though, it feels to me. >> no, it's not. i think through "parenthood" and "friday night lights," he's got a handle on how you effortlessly bring characters into the medium that you're working in. and it's story telling at its best. created these amazing characters and used that as a jumping off point. >> fiona is neurotic a little, maybe. >> a lot. >> overprotective maybe a little. >> a lot. >> she's a vegan, what else do i need to know? >> she's -- somehow everyone knows someone a bit like fiona this day and age where there is -- they've embraced their lifestyle to the point of sort of hilarious self-righteousness. when you're wafting someone else's barbecue smoke back into their yard, you

for a lot of people that hugh grant interview in '95 that led jay on the road to number one. >> it's a softness to him, though. that's important. certainly that's the legacy of johnny carson. >> funny, but not offensive. jimmy fallon has that also. >> you think it's a good time? >> absolutely. >> you think it feels right? >> he's a very different comedian. does different things. >> i hate to see leno go, but -- >> he's not going to be gone. >> you're right. exactly. we love you, jay. also jimmy. >>> coming up -- we'll have the good stuff coming up next. >>> welcome back. right now, you are looking at the national prayer breakfast in washington, d.c. we're waiting for president obama to take the podium. while we wait, instead of watching these guys, how about a little bit of "the good stuff." my favorite part of the show. we've been happy to tell you about a lot of big tips in restaurants around the country. recently this one may take the cake. three young waitresses working the saturday breakfast shift in snowy caladonia, illinois, where folding napkins, organizing silverware and jus

. >> the hugh grant moment, then it was news breaking, to lindsay lohan, who was a little girl back then. a lot to look forward to tonight's show. i'm sure they've got a lot planned for him. >> and jimmy fallon will be taking his place. he's a great guy, too. it lwill be a lot of fun. >> let's take a look at the weather with dylan dreyer. >> we finally, finally have rain coming in california. it's been a long time coming. we are so behind in rainfall for california. we have this weather center moving forward, heavier rain through monterey. here is the next system already waiting in the wings to move in. it's coming in and bringing in moisture from the south, the pineapple express because it kind of originates near hawaii. it will bring a plume of moisture over to california. we could end up with 3 inches of rain in california. up to three feet of snow possible in the r ranges >>> this is a weather advisory for nbc bay area news. >>> the most rain we have seen in some time moving across the bay area right now. you see our radar is really lit up. a lot of this activity is outside of our vi

grant aiming at russia direct at russia and why is that because these anglo-american interests know that the economic and financial international system is rich in an end so they have to move to the east to loot more territory to loot more operations so that's a main reason of what happened in ukraine it's steered from abroad inside ukraine you have these disaster these economic disaster the only gods are have been stealing money all the time there has been a kind of permanent complicity between the oligarchs. interests abroad and there is no contrary there is no law in the new constitution is a piece of nothing because it has been imposed by a parliament parking garage only charge your brother for a lot of times you got about ten points go through a few of them there daniel one of the things and reading western media coverage of what's going on in ukraine is something that is mentioned here is that it seems to be very a great hesitation to talk about some of these groups and their backgrounds ok the right sector. these these are these are very anti-semitic protocol fascist i mean s

grant with the bachelor that never wants to grow up. >> now the movie has been made into a tv series on nbc and benjamin stockham plays a charming yet off beat 11-year-old. take a look. >> me and my mom moved to san francisco to improve our lives and discover ourselves. >> as so many do there, marcus. >> marcus -- >> my mom is meditating because it is scientifically proven to help with depression. >> oh, wow. that's like a post partum thing, huh-uh? >> he's 11. >> he's here with us. you know what, we're really excited for you. you know why? >> because -- >> because the pilot is so funny. awesome. >> we think you might have -- >> dare we say it here, a winner. >> yes! yes. >> congratulations. it is perfect casting. the writing is wonderful. you work with two great people, right? >> yeah, they're pretty awesome. >> minnie driver is one. >> tell us about your role. you play an eccentric kid, don't you? >> yeah. i do. but he's a bit of -- i guess you could call him weird. but he's -- he's not just weird, though. he's actually really nice kid. you get to know him, you could be great frien

olson had been taxing before movie reeves claimed it was felt self-defense and that hughes had with some kind of object in the darkness during yesterday's hearing lawyers asked for granted access to surveillance video inside the theater. >> : on see evidence and see how that evidence correlates with what we believe happened in there. >> : those who are watching the theater when the get into that our human olson was shot and later died at the hospital his wife was also injured in the shooting. >> : the store selling into clear skies and a sequel to a bichirs tonight already dropping and the low 50s and bay area wide 53 in san francisco 54 in san jose 52 in livermore and 53 and santa rosa. his was the look like to more warning. 29 in that but 284 flex 0 freezing out in livermore. south bay will see 34 sunnyvale 37 in san jose and oakland 30 degrees to start the day. currency debentures largely in the low 60s and high 50s along the coast. this evening showing snow showers are still continuing over the sea are starting to taper off in the next few hours will see clear skies. it's still clear