TODAY   |  December 03, 2012

Performers honored at Kennedy Center show

Actor Dustin Hoffman, ballerina Natalia Makarova, funnyman David Letterman and rock band Led Zeppelin were among the artists celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors. TODAY’s Natalie Morales reports.

Share This:

This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.

>>> from stairway to heaven to stupid human tricks, the white house saluted the arts last night with the kennedy center honors . honores included actor dustin hoffman and rock band led zeppelin and funny man david letterman and comedian ray romano couldn't resist a little dig at the commander in chief.

>> you want to win the world series , you're down one game to nothing, you keep going, you keep going. do you quit when you're down 1 - 0 in debates? no, no.

>> and because no one can resist a great self-pore tate, past hon honor ee meryl streep cozied up to hillary clinton for a little photo op there. 710:00. back to savannah, matt and al.

>> an eclectic group. thanks very