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Three decades. take a look. in 34 years, 5,914 shows and almost 6,000 shows, ladies and gentlemen. reporter: he started off making $1506 a week as a weekend weatherman and booth announcer. but his stand-up comedy help land him his own late night show on nbc working in the shadow of the great johnny carson. and while johnny paraded out the stars, letterman made his name being off-beat. we are going to pull out here for station identification and get the host whoa. reporter: johnny carson throne of the tonight show was passed on to jay leno forcing letterman to cbs and a late night rivalry was born. just how pissed off are you? reporter: letterman carved out his own unique niche. his signature top ten countdowns and spared no one. number nine! what is up, gangsters? ....
Stepien corresponded with david wildstein via e-mail over the lane closings. so far four of those people have resigned, been fire order punished politically. and the investigations are just getting started. joining me now is new jersey assemblyman gordon johnson and star ledger reporter sal rizzo live from the state capitol. thank you both for being here. thank you, reverend sharpton for allowing us to be here today. assemblyman, let me go to you first. did bridget kelly order these lane closings all on her own? i find it hard to believe that ms. kelly, working in the shadow of chris christie, in his office, in his inner circle would initiate an action, this action that would cause this traffic debacle. cal, you know there are a lot of questions remain about ....
Fund that settlement, we re going to continue to make it a priority. with respect to the history of fighting poverty, i got my start in public service as a community organizer, working in the shadow of steel plants that have been closed in some of the poorest neighborhoods on the south side of chicago. that s what led me to want to serve. and so i am constantly thinking about how do we create ladders for communities and individuals to climb into the middle class. now, i think the history of antipoverty efforts is that the most important antipoverty effort is growing the economy and making sure there are enough jobs out there. singlemost important thing we can do. ....
When letterman completes his run he s going to be the longest serving host in late night history. at 19 he was making $150 as a weatherman and booth announcer. his stand-up comedy landed his own show in nbc working in the shadow of carson. carson s throne went on to dave leno. letterman carved out the own nish. sometimes there were the top-ten lists. number nine, what s up gangsters? it s the mi double tizzle. number five, diffused stare. number three, look at this, no number three stolen by o.j. and the number one sign barack obama is over confident been cruising for chicks with john ....