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You can tell he didnt know what they were going to say. >> it was the perfect way to include a lot of a-list celebrities but still make the hour about letterman. it wasnt like colbert where 100 stars came out into the room. they each had their moment but then went through dave. >> he would have those jokes on and they would crack a joke and he really thought it was funny. for 33 years hes still laughing at these jokes. i thought it was wonderful. >> we talked about where letterman was in our liv...

Well be remembering all this and talking abt more this morning because guess whos here? oh yeah bill gert godfried is here and well talk about lettermans legacy and appearing on the show himself a few times. dave is big news. theres no question about it. but theres a lot of news this morning. lets get right to it. isis militants capturing a strategically important city. >> the ancient city of palmyra. >> it is at the mercy of isis. >> new developments in the quadruple murder mystery. >> author...

Reflected his midwestern background. like you said if you were playing your last ball game right? you play the game. you get hits you field, you do what youre supposed to do on the field. thats exactly what dave did. he came out, he did his thing, he had some jokes. it was obviously extraordinary and everybody knew it. he got on base. he got hits he scored. thats what youre supposed to do. >> and there was that huddle kind of thing. >> and it went a little bit over and obviously had all the gues...

Presidents past and present ushering letterman into retirement. >> letterman is retiring. >> youre just kidding, right? >> the late-night legend walking on stage one last time to a fitting three-minute standing ovation from a packed ed sullivan theater. then the final all-star top ten. >> its our friends here at the late show. >> top ten things ive always wanted to say to dave. everyone from jerry seinfeld. >> dave i have no idea what ill do when you go off the air. you know i just thought of so...

Private individual. hes only mentioned hes going to the indy 500 this weekend with his family. hes been able to sign-off on his own terms. i was told by members of the studio audience he was in the theater last night during the commercial breaks looking up around the room soaking it in. he said hell never come back. thats the kind of guy he is. >> lets talk about that top ten list because that was a great moment. so he brought out some of the shows favorite and the biggest stars to each read som...

It was emotional. and i also thought it was more emotional than we might have anticipated. dave style obviously. >> so poignant. always interesting to be a guest at your own funeral. and he got that opportunity to see how much people have appreciated him. >> wouldnt that be nice if we all got that? >> he said save some of this nice stuff for when i actually die. but hes got to figure out what he does now. >> not the face of scientology as he suggested. >> i know. this is in one way the easy part...