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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 doesn't know much about stephen colbert, because he has kept himself in character for so many years. we hear he will be dropping that character. ever since 2005 when he started his show "the colbert report" on comedy central, he has p...

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 toronto's own anthony weiner. the difference being, new york didn't vote for anthony weiner for mayor. how did this guy get into office? what do we know? >> he comes from a canadian political family. they're worth an estimated $100 million in a food labeling company. they have a lot of money. and just earlier this week, the city council up there in canadia voted for a special investigation into him. you can't look away from it....

He could face eight and a half years in jail. it is expected he will get a lighter sentence because he's shown he's 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 didn't 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 data from the swim released. nyad says she's going to address her pieers tomorrow. the dow closed...

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. and number two, we don't know the whole story. i'm seeing a lot of explanations on the internet, a...

>> 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 just how bad this thing will get. and a massive traffic pileup forces many off the roads. how did it h...