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implosion of the titanic bound sub deepening as one man speaks out to tell his story. plus, inside the implosion, well tell you what the catastrophe might have looked like under water. im here with a friend of those on board to talk about the warning signs he heard himself. and tanks on the streets of moscow tonight. russia breaking into state television with an urgent message. now the head of russias private army accused of attempting a coup. lets go out front. good evening. out...

Seater experimental sub that he built down to the ocean floor to see the titanic and it was just -- he has ape different risk -- a different risk appetite than i do. i am a pilot and wouldnt get into an experimental aircraft. >> yeah. shawn, when you think about what happened here and how close you were to being on this i know that you all thought about it. did you ever convey to stockton rush safety concerns? i mean, i know at one point jay you talked about a friend of shawns worried about thin...

Is not going to go forever. >> the only way to really keep both of these guys at nbc was that we were eventually going to have to promise conan that he would take over "the tonight show." but we didnt want that to happen any time soon because we knew jay was on top of the world. >> the suggestion was that we offer jay leno an extension of his "tonight show" contract for five years and that conan obrien would be made the host of "the tonight show." >> this was the ultimate prize. and i think cona...

>> basically what youre doing is offering someone a 2 liter bottle of pepsi just before you offer them a 2 liter bottle of coke. and in this analogy, im the coke because thats the better drink. >> when the nbc said to jay, you know what? conans going to take over your job in five years, thats when you say, okay, fine, no hard feelings. you call abc, you call fox. you try to get my job. you leave. you dont, you dont -- ill be in the lobby if you need me. dont hang around. ing like it. garnier bri...

But i think conan was feeling the pressure, and who wouldnt? >> conan gets three months on the air as the host of "the tonight show" before jay leno gets his prime time show at 10:00 and becomes conans lead-in again. >> late night television is very dependent on lead-in so having jay at 10:00, our hope, my hope is that he would do really well. it didnt work out that way. >> jay was incredibly talented, but the program didnt work. >> nobody wants to see a late night show at 10:00 they found out. ...

Buddy hackett. >> someone said to me hey, conan, describe your comedic philosophy, i would say its a ven diagram. its two circles. one is smart. one is silly. you push them partway together, and its that intersection. >> conan obriens success caused him to start getting feelers from other networks. >> hes still at 12:30. thats considered aaa ball. its time for him to move up to the majors. >> the first approach we had was from fox. and they made a pretty heavy pitch at that time. >> what i remem...

What i was going to say is that he just knew i would do anything to protect him. >> weve been friends for 40 years. and he is about to do his last good-bye. and im sitting there, and -- and he reached over. and -- and grabbed my hand, for a second. and said, im really glad you were here. and thats as emotional as jay gets. >> cool thing. i want to quote journey carson, who was the greatest guy to ever do this job. and he said, i bid you all a heartfelt good night. anybody who takes "the tonight ...

A whole big world to fix. >> lets leave there it. >> no, dont leave it there! why would you leave there it? there is a terrible place to leave it. ♪ harvard didnt have a facebook. now were at 100,000 people. >> the government is now on threat level orange. >> we must find terror wherever it hides. >> this is a time when the country is grappling with a post-9/11 world. >> thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show." >> i think at this point jay likened himself to the troops cheerleader...

Had happened, how i felt about it. and thats when the shit hit the fan. >> conan obrien told nbc and the wider world today he no longer wants to host "the tonight show" if the show is to air in any other time slot. >> in the end conan was just too hurt and wouldnt do it. so we decided moving jay back into 11:30 was the right call. >> heres jimmy kimmel! >> you know, i came from a background in radio of fighting with your competition. at that time it seemed ripe to fight with jay. so i did the sh...

>> cool. >> hi, conan. >> hey. >> you probably want your privacy right now. i just havent had time to clean out my dressing room. >> will you be taking jays old dressing room when you go to l.a.? >> jay isnt leaving. >> i read that. >> when we started, we were a little under the radar because everyone was talking about this conan to leno transition. >> i mean, i look back now. we did so many bad ideas and things, but it was so much fun. >> we got a little game were going to try on the first nigh...