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Out his future wife. Today the nfl star learned hes no longer facing Domestic Violence charges. So is he getting special treatment . Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. Horrifying news in the world lead today. They are everywhere. And an eyewitness in syria pleads innocence cannot escape isis. Undeterred in its bloody quest to take over syria and iraq the terrorist group is conquering more cities adding to its evergrowing list of territory it controls. Today, a crossro...

A family found murdered in their mansion in the Nations Capital could turn himself in. Sources tell cnn the suspect told his girlfriend that he does plan to surrender. When will that happen . No one knows. The girlfriend also says the suspect took the bus to her home in brooklyn last night. So he would have spent the night there. His name daron dylon wint. He may have been so money hungry that he tortured a child to get his way. It was a pizza that he ordered in the midst of all this that led th...

Retired Naperville North teacher and "David Letterman Show" celebrity Lee Marek presented highlights of his amazing career to his fellow residents at Monarch Landing senior living community in Naperville.

Moment and no surprise. this was the highest audience for letterman in 20 years. even leno the first time he signs off, did not have that big an audience. >> lee, tell me about the t-shirt youre wearing. >> t-shirt comes from the first show when he was on nbc. the first show that i was on on nbc. each time you went you got a t-shirt. thats part of your salary package, you negotiate. >> i remember i went to letterman once and i was in college here in new york and waited in line forever to be able...

Louis-dreyfus and chris rock up there. a moment with a-list stars but the rest of the show was really all about letterman and funny moments with the kids and other ordinary people over the years. it was really as ordinary as a fally as possible given the extraordinary moment and to your point. so many people cannot remember a time where he wasnt on the 11:35. maybe people will some day say that about fallon and kimmel and colbert and all the comedians influenced by letterman. >> before i let you...

Im not going to tell you how old i was then but it was a long time ago, and you made over 30 appearances on "letterman." when you think about dave letterman what do you think about? >> well i think, it was just a fun time. it was a fun time for me. it was hectic. i was a high school teacher. so that was kind of cool and i didnt get too nervous, because i still had a job, if it didnt work. so that was good. and we brought a lot of kids on there over the years, and a lot of them had a really good ...

[ laughter ] so we would be remiss not to talk to you about the guy behind that segment and behind those kids. the kids scientists got their start on letterman thanks to a science teacher who showed dave his secret to helping children learn. >> our next guest is a chemistry teacher from naperville illinois who believes that teaching is most effective when it involve as few explosions. >> okay. here we go. >> what do you mean well okay? >> this is is a -- >> well gave you have to hold it in the...