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Legendary comedian and talk show host david letterman says he is retiring from the "late show." >> and a lot of people are wondering what this means for stephen colbert. how is he going to change things up? is it going to be the right thing? >> a lot of people are questioning it. alexander field joins us. what are you hearing? >> reporter: the truth is most of us doesnt know much about stephen colbert, because he has kept himself in character for so many years. we hear he will be dropping that c...

Do so. it remains to see a clear-cut strategy when democrats in his party are questioning it, too. i want to turn to our favorite mayor to the north. rob ford is like torontos own anthony weiner. the difference being, new york didnt vote for anthony weiner for mayor. how did this guy get into office? what do we know? >> he comes from a canadian political family. theyre worth an estimated $100 million in a food labeling company. they have a lot of money. and just earlier this week, the city cou...

He could face eight and a half years in jail. it is expected he will get a lighter sentence because hes shown hes accepting responsibility for his actions. diana nyad, the woman who completed that swim from cuba to florida in about 53 hours, some long-distance swimmers are questioning it. some have been raising questions, one is a stretch in which nyad didnt eat for 7.5 hours. there was another period in which she swam about double her average spied. swimmers are saying they want to see the da...

Died never actually existed. we do know, though, that once he told college officials, notre dame officials about it, he continued to lie about it. let me play this. >> you mentioned the tragedy, you lose your girlfriend and grandma in the same week. >> same day. >> what does he do now, howard? >> well, first of all, what we have to understand is the truth is going to come out. and i believe two things very strongly. i believe, number one, that at some level he was complicit in spreading this lie...

>> merry christmas to you and your family as well, and megyn. megyn: the first time in decades that a black republican from the south has sat in the u.s. senate. some are praising the move come others are questioning it. some are questioning if this is a token appointment for republicans. michelle malcolm joins us next. plus, the national weather service and a blizzard warning in effect for much of the midwest. folks rushing to get home for christmas. the timing is not ideal. we will tell you ju...

School whatsoever. this doesnt surprise you, i take it? >> no, it doesnt. after columbine, i guess it was about two and a half days after, we had the whole thing figured out. everybody in the country knew why it happened. it was two loaner out cast goths from the trench coat mafia who went on a revenge rampage to get revenge on behalf of the trench coat mafia. and everybody understood that the media was everywhere. it was on the front page of the "new york times," everything else, without questi...

You want to take on ted kennedy in massachusetts as your first political task. and he was very committed, very engaged. >> in fact the 1994 massachusetts senate race would be a fascinating precursor to the 2012 presidential election. with many of the same issues and campaign tactics put in play by both sides. romney, playing up his business success. his opponent, questioning it. and questions about romneys religion. the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. but in 1994 it was ted kennedy,...

Self-deportation doesnt make any sense. people can always leave. i guess you could self-deport, but it makes no sense. i think it was an unforced error. >> great to see you this morning. thanks. newt gingrich backed down last night in his attacks on mitt romney and also attacking the media. this morning though the newt-ron bomb -- is this right, guys? this is right. back in effect. take a listen. hes blasting mitt romney. >> we discovered last night that mitt romney has picked up charlie crist...

Looks unstable. if he looks unstable, cain looks unstable. conservatives are -- >> dana: let me ask you. >> andrea: it will go to gingrich. >> dana: im going to try to save this segment. he was giving a speech on the flat tax proposal and some economists are questioning it. one thing i want your take on is some people say that the campaign has optimistic projection of how much revenue a flat tax would bring in. it will end up costing the middle class more because the higher rates would go down t...

Looks unstable. if he looks unstable, cain looks unstable. conservatives are -- >> dana: let me ask you. >> andrea: it will go to gingrich. >> dana: im going to try to save this segment. he was giving a speech on the flat tax proposal and some economists are questioning it. one thing i want your take on is some people say that the campaign has optimistic projection of how much revenue a flat tax would bring in. it will end up costing the middle class more because the higher rates would go down t...