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David letterman, for his part, said he s just happy this is all behind him and it s actually helped him in his ratings as well. but joe halderman, the sentencing date, savannah, is in may and he s heading to jail after all of this. a top producer now a convicted felony for cbs news. wow. all right, nbc s jeff rossen with the story. thanks so much for joining us. reporter: see ya. coming up, president obama and democrats are entering the end game on health care, so they hope, with republicans vowing to use the fight as ammunition in november, how will democrats respond? up next, the daily rundown interview with steve hillebrand, who served as obama s deputy campaign manager in the 2008 campaign. plus, are lawmakers closing in on a bipartisan yep, we said bipartisan deal for regulating wall street? we ll get the latest on the negotiations with senator mark warner. but first, a look ahead at ft. cease schedule today. he s got a meeting with the haitian president here befor ....
Surprise plea deal with prosecutors. robert joe halderman pleaded guilty to try to extort $2 million for the late-show host for not publishing a screenplay for letterman s affairs with female employees. letterman responded on his show last night. now, i never been involved in anything like this in my life, and i was concerned and full of anxiety and nervous and worried, and the people in the district attorney s office said this will be handled professionally, this will be handled skillfully and appropriately. well, the matter was resolved today, and they were exactly right. it was handled professionally, skillfully and appropriately. wow. all right. turning the page on that. looks like there is pain all around. boy, you know that guy? yeah, i worked with him at ....
Affair. halderman is being sentenced to six months in jail, 4 1/2 years probation, a thousand hours of community service. i was trying to brake. i was on the brakes healthy. it wasn t stopping. wasn t doing anything. kept speeding up. kept going. federal investigation is under way following a terrifying incident yesterday in california that is catching the attention of drivers that own a toyota prius. prius hurdles down the highway at 94 miles per hour. whizzing in and out of traffic at 90 miles per hour. he called 911. highway patrolman and used his cruiser to help stop the car. nbc s janet shamlian joins us with more. reporter: toyota say they will recall this model. they have not issued the recall yet because they have not developed a remedy yet. but they are calling it a recall due to preventing floor mats ....
Package. it says i know that you do some terrible, terrible things. and i can prove that you do these terrible things and sure enough contained in the package was stuff to prove that i do terrible things. reporter: the terrible things letterman was referring to even the public and audience didn t know if he was joking at the time, letterman said yes, i have had affairs with female staffers and halderman said one of those staffers was halderman s live-in girlfriend, stephanie burkett at the time who also worked with letterman. certainly today halderman apologizing in court addressing the court saying that he s sorry, very remorseful, apologizing to letterman, burket and their families. sentencing is set for may and is expected to get six months in jail followed by 4 1/2 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service. nbc news correspondent michelle franzen. ....
I m david shuster reporting live from washington. we begin with some breaking news. guilty, that s the plea from the man involved in the david letterman extortion plot. let s get to nbc news correspondent michelle franzen who joins us now from new york. reporter: in the last hour, robert joe halderman pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted larceny charges. stemming from last october when he demanded money from david letterman. $2 million from david letterman to make sure that he was going to give him a screen play, making sure he purchased that screen play to keep quiet about affairs that he said letterman was having with female staffers. you may remember, also, once hallder marn was arrested, letterman used his show on cbs to go public with what that extortion plot turned out to be. there is a letter in the ....