♪ >> johnny carson wasn't just the host of "the tonight show." johnny carson was the man that america said good night to. for 30 years. and on my watch johnny decided that 30 years was a great time to take a bow and say thank you and good night. >> 30 years is enough. it's a good time to get out while you're still on top of your game plan. >> johnny had told no one what he planned to do, and we weren't prepared. and that set off a game of musical chairs for who would get the throne, and there only was one late-night throne. >> hi, you guys! >> jay leno had been pretty much carson's regular substitute host when he went on vacation. >> you know what's amazing, only six months ago people were talking about donald trump as a presidential candidate. right? that's true. since then he's had an affair, he's left his wife, he's run up a debt of several million dollars. so i guess he's going to be running as a democrat, huh? >> jay leno wanted to essentially just continue doing a johnny carson-type show. and david letterman was the show immediately followi

♪ >> johnny carson wasn't just the host of "the tonight show." johnny carson was the man that america said good night to for 30 years. ♪ >> and on my watch, johnny decided that 30 years was a great time to take a bow and say thank you and good night. >> 30 years is enough. it's a good time to get out while you're still on top of your game plan. >> johnny carson retiring in the early '90s was the great moment where a huge chunk of the ice shelf breaks off. something that has been there for centuries, for thousands of years, suddenly is no longer there. >> a tremendous part of history. and that's lovely to have made your mark on an era like that. >> johnny had told no one what he had planned to do, and we weren't prepared. and that set off a game of musical chairs for who would get the throne, and there only was one late-night throne. >> hi, you guys! >> jay leno had been pretty much carson's regular substitute host when he went on vacation. >> you know what's amazing, only six months ago people were talking about donald trump as a presidential c

he's hosted "the tonight show" practically as often as johnny carson and now he has his very own show, weekday mornings at 10:00 on nbc. >> what you're witnessing here is a good idea gone awry. a fun-filled surprise turning into an incredible screw-up. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided to cancel it. >> today is our last show on the air. monday, las vegas -- [ booing ] have these people been frisked? >> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. >> david, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me, i appreciate it. >> and in spite of all this nonsense that goes around in the background, stay with it, don't give up. and stay with us here in new york. we like having you. >> i like being here. thank you very much. >> dave is back in new york. you're going to host a late-night television program that premieres monday night. what are critics likely to say tuesday morning? >> i don't much care because i found a way to deal with that, pills and w

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>> johnny unitis >> johnny carson >> his pop culture knowledge is weaker than my friend erin burnett's. look, i think warren versus trump is just the dialogue now and there is a debate. >> she's behind biden in the polls. >> biden is still well ahead of her in the polls >> is he >> yes >> not kidding >> warren is -- i don't know warren is front and center on all the issues that we talk about. >> she retweeted us for a second straight day i think the lead at drudge was wall street: she must be stopped. >> that's what they say to me over and over again. there are people who say, how can you put her on how can you put her on sheegs a senator of the united states of america. >> she's a serious, rigorous person >> you bet she is. smart as a whip. >> strong characteristic for people who achieve things. >> and you will say she is rigorous she tweets and sends you position papers. she's not calling anyone a bone head, by the way >> despite the fact that you brought this line to the conversation that we're looking at right here, you have a spot spot for her, it seems >> yes >> because because i

used to watch them on johnny carson and then david letterman. boasted about his products from china. i'm one for, uh, statistics. and realism. donald trump and his immoral ways have all been televised throughout the years. host: let me share with you from "the new york times sunday review." the real donald trump is a tv character. understand that you understand what he is doing in the white house. there's pages of him in different settings. if you look at that, what is your reaction? caller: well, it is. he is all about, that is what his tv show "the" apprentice" was all about. about donald trump, about big money. donald trump is about big money. donald trump is for corporations. donald trump is for corporate world. as long as he profits, it's a big bonus for him. host: thanks for the call. the trump campaign releasing this new video last month. new jobs created in the month. >> when i look at the way things are, it reminds me how far we have come. >> these numbers, they are depressing. >> the punch to the gut. >> the economy is growing even mor

this is akinto the summer of '74 when johnny carson representing mainstream america said it was time for nixon to step down. that was -- he was very nonpolitical doug mcmillon, he's not, joe is referring to the elitists from "vanity fair" and yale i guess he must be referring to stephen roche or bob shiller. >> don't sell yourself short, jeff. >> this is mainstream america. you know, doug mcmillon is a 52-year-old who spent 35 years inside walmart and the university of arkansas graduate we are looking at similar moves at kroger's with the fred meyers stores that they have done the same thing these are not elitists by any stretch of the imagination and we have seen a huge reaction across the face of other retailers who have already been moving in from the directions from chile's to chipotle to walgreens and walmart. we have seen guns are being banned from stores amc theaters to regal theaters this is -- there are more people in the country who believe that we need to have uniform background checks than believe we landed on the moon. >> bill, let me ask you though in terms of what kind