powerful republican in the senate is open to raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. he has said that in private, but mitch mcconnell has not and won t, it seems, say it in public. it is highly unlikely that it will be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks intensify between democrats and republicans. two weeks ago republican senate cynthia lieu mass of wyoming said she doubted any ideas to curb gun violence would be welcomed in her pro-gun state but now she s signaling an openness to finding legislative solutions because her office has been flooded with calls from con sit stants demanding an end to mass shooting. let s bring in arlette saenz and sunlen serfaty about this. let s talk about why discussions stand. there s optimism from both sides at this moment but they have not brokered a deal, have not had an agreement on some of these issues and that is what today is all about. today they have to sit down as negotiators, narrow their d
love it and we ll give you an award for it. carson: and so it has come to this. fallon: i thought that johnny carson came with the tv set. leno: what the hell were you thinking? ray: dave was the new johnny, for me. letterman: i m not exactly a computer. slow down. meyers: it felt. edgy before i was probably old enough to appreciate what edgy was. man: you better be as good as letterman. o brien: i ll give it a shot. o brien: my heart dropped through my butt. it exited my butt. stewart: holy [beep] [beep]. noah: this is madness. absolute madness. kimmel: it makes every hair on my body stand up. kimmel: we re on! kimmel: but nobody s a late night host until they are one. clinton: tomorrow we will drown out the negative voices that have held us back for too long. reporter: after a night of fires, looting, and violence, five people are dead. katie: the end of an era. after ruling late night television for 30 years, johnny carson steps down tonight. [distant applause]
applause the british entertainer was little known in the us when he moved there eight years ago, but he went on to become a huge hit. the most popular feature on the late late show was of course carpool karaoke which he did with paul mccartney, stevie wonder and even first lady at the time michelle obama. louis waymouth has been working on the late late show with james corden as a writer and actor. here he is describing that final episode and the success of the show. we wrote, along with my friend jared, the final sketch with all the late night hosts. i don t know if you ve seen that with stephen colbert orjimmy fallon, seth meyers, all of them including david letterman, which was great fun, it was a nice one to end on. it letterman, which was great fun, it was a nice one to end on.- letterman, which was great fun, it was a nice one to end on. it must be a stranie was a nice one to end on. it must be a strange moment was a nice one to end on. it must be a strange moment for
sort of dicey like is this a good idea to go on an entertainment show? because clearly if you can do it and do it well it s very advantageous and makes people humanizes you, that s the whole idea of it. you re more yourself than just your political persona. but there are some risks also. i seem to remember when i was covering george w. bush in 2000 when he was a candidate, he had a tough go of it when he went on letterman. i think we have a clip of that. let s play that. yeah. when that happened i said to myself, this is the this is the only honest moment of the campaign when you called that buy an ass. and why not? now, did you ever feel the need to apologize to him for saying that? not really. actually, that was a funny moment there. that whole interview was sort of you were on the edge of