CNN The Story of Late Night May 30, 2021 02:55:00
Late night at first struggled with how to confront 9/11. david letterman's a new yorker. his show is in new york. and so for him it felt very personal. >> by 9/11 he had all this respect because you had these younger late-night hosts who grew up with him. he was this father figure. >> and dave said i think we'll come back monday, september 17th. on that day he said to me how much time do i have for this? and i remember saying as much as you want. >> it's terribly sad here in new york city. we've lost 5,000 fellow new