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Returning to the fox news channel. and o'reilly saying in part it is tremendously disheartening that we parted ways due to completely unfounded claims. but that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. i will back back on my time at fox with great pride. in the world of media and big business, this is a seismic event and joining tuse talk about it, msnbc host formerly a veteran of the business world and steve batalia who covers television and media for the l.a. times. author of three books on television, including the definitive biography of david susstain....

>> thank you so much. thanks, by the way, steve, thank you for joining us tonight. who's in and who's out, when the republicans hold their first presidential debate? you need to be in the top ten to make the stage, and that means trump could be in, and some elected officials, big-time governors will get yanked out. they won't even make the table. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics.

>> joining us right now, is "los angeles times" television critic, the great steve batalia. what did you make of last night? i had to go to bed, because i had to fly out to this beautiful city. by the way, the picture behind me is not a picture or a mural or some green sheet, that's this beautiful city, the san francisco bay. just wanted to let people know that. go ahead, steve. >> first, i want to say, i'm not the critic for the "los angeles times." i cover media and television. i thought the show was terrific, because it was david letterman as we have loved him over the years. it didn't get ...

>> best line of the night. he offered some of his self-deprecating midwest humor as well. >> people come up to me all the time and they say, dave i've been watching you since your morning show, and i always say, have you thought about a complete psychological workup? >> and he acknowledged his own family. >> i want to thank my own family, my wife regena and my son, harry. thank you. >> joining us right now, is "los angeles times" television critic the great steve batalia. what did you make of last night? i had to go to bed, because i had to fly out to this beautiful city. by the way, the pictu...

>> i agree. conan o'brien, by the way, says he owes a great deal to letterman and last night he encouraged his own audience never saw this before on tbs, to switch over to the "late show." let's watch something unusual. >> if there happen to be a few of you out there, probably stoners, i'm going to let you -- i know my crowd. i'm going to let you know i'm going to let you know the exact moment when dave's show is starting, and i'd like you to switch over. >> thank you so much. thanks by the way, steve, thank you for joining us tonight. who's in and who's out, when the republicans hold their ...