sure a lot more than their followers were watching last night. and again, those tapes will be there all the way through the general election. and if you are on that stage and didn t object, it may come back to haunt you. victoria defrancesco soto and dorian warren, thank you both for your time. and have a great weekend. thank you, reverend al, you too. thank you, reverend. coming up, ferguson one year later. i ll talk to michael brown s father on the progress he s seen and what still needs to change. and jon stewart signs off. the stars come out for an emotional farewell. i hate cleaning the gutters. have you touched the stuff? it s evil. and ladders. sfx: [screams] they have all those warnings on em. might as well say. you re gonna die, jeff. you hired someone to clean the gutters. not just someone.
it s a good thing or a bad thing that jon stewart s last show airs on the same night as the first gop debate. reporter: it s a very good point. if you think about it for liberals who tend to make up the core of stewart s audience they have two hours of ecstasy during the debate. they can laugh at the gop candidates and then an hour of agony as jon stewart signs off. maybe for conservatives it s the opposite because a lot of folks on the right are happy to see stewart going. they feel he s unfair. they think he skews very far to the left, but to the young people out here in this line, they say he s genuine source for context and perspective. we ll see if that s still true when trevor noah takes over in september. but let me play a part of the program from last night. i think it s notable that jon stewart has always said he s just a comedian. he s always encouraged people not to take him seriously, and last night he was downplaying his effect on the world. here is what he said. what
on president obama s plans to fight the terrorists. our team coverage of the big story ahead. breaking overnight. rand paul protests the patriot act. the candidate speaking for nearly 11 hours on senate floor. also the end of an era for late night television. david letterman signs off. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. isis seizing another city. a key historic city called pal myra myrapalmyra. isis took over ramadi in iraq over the last five days. the focus now securing the province west of baghdad. republican leaders are laying the blame for the rise of isis
it s the end of an era in late night tv. tonight, after 33 years on tv david letterman signs off. letterman broke new ground. he was innovative and always unpredictable. theoretically, i ll i ll hit the wall and stay there, right? yes. theoretically. okay. go high. as high as i can go. okay. could you? [ drum roll ] [ applause ] . it s time now for another installment of stupid human tricks. the list tonight, top ten signs your kid is batman. we have him right here.
cbs to take over the tonight show. we ll meet again don t know where don t know when we know we ll meet again sometime someday we ll meet again don t know where don t know when but i know we ll meet again some sunny day eric, were you there? no, but, look, epic sendoff, one of the best i have ever seen, kolber did a great job. everyone s wondering is he going to die or kill his character