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Embarrassing trial for him. we're talking about sexual affairs and marital indiscretions. he avoid all of that. it's a win-win. halderman, legal experts say, had no choice but to plea out because the evidence was mounting and there wasn't much of a defense. his lawyer was on television basically bashing david letterman which doesn't work in a courtroom. it works in the media. and so it's a win-win. six months of jail time, 4 1/2 years' probation and 1,000 hours of community service. the problem now for joe halderman, his problem from the very beginning, is he didn't have much money. he couldn'...

Show host. letterman told viewers last october while confessing to affairs with female staffers. as for mr. halderman, his storytelling ended today. our correspondent it rehema ellis. >> reporter: robert halderman longtime journalist at cbs told the courts he was remorseful for attempting to blackmail the host about his relationship with stephanie birkitt, letterman's employee. saying this was a thinly veiled threat to ruin mr. letterman if he cannot pay me a lot of money. as part of the plea bargain he was sentenced to six months in jail, five years probation and 1,000 hours of community serv...

Humor at the same time. that said, public sentiment can change in a heartbeat and rate kings go down quickly. now he gets to move on and continue to work on his marriage and battle jay leno in the late-night showdown. >> you have covered him and followed his career. is he a changed man since all of this has come out? >> it seems he's a changed man. sense of humor is still intact. but it seems that with his parnlg and scandal breaking, things are very different with his female staff zblers you point out he got ratings pop when this scandal first broke. we know now jay leno is back and he's ruli...

Order to keep his silence about the affair. again, dave letterman went public with it, of course. the news that robert halderman is expected to plead guilty to the charge of extortion. if you took a look at your retirement portfolio, you probably had a reaction something like from the movie "airplane ii." [ scre screaming ] >> now plunging to their lowest level in many years, many wondering how low the dow jones would go, turns out that was rock bottom. take a look at how far we have come since then. dow jones industrial average has soared by more than 4,000 points, gain of 61%. but a dose o...

O'conn o'connor, says she needs you as an intern. get here as soon as zblos most definitely. >> but it doesn't pay. >> we will bring you some -- >> thank you, guys. we appreciate it. congratulations, tim, fantastic program. one of the greatest snoyts this country. tyler, best of luck to you and we will be rooting for you. thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks. man accused of blackmailing late night host david letterman's just pled guilty. we are going to have a live report on what this plea deal means to be robert halderman and war wash city council person is pushing for an emergency bill to li...