howie: in new york, marisa guthrie and in washington, carley shimkus. risa, stephen colbert revised his ratings and got himself out of last place by bashing president trump. that ugly joke was beneath him. why couldn't he say, i'm sorry. marisa: he said nothing is off limit when it comes to trump. i think he knew what he was doing and i didn't like that joke either. some of the critics of it have a point. but he raiftsed his ratings and his buzz by bashing trump so he's not going to apologize for it. howie: carly he brought back his own comedy central factor. could he be alienating his audience? carley: the trump bashing is off the chart quite literally. there was a recent study that found the president has been the butt of more jokes during the first 100 days in office than the last three presidents in their first year. letterman said that johnny carson didn't like to talk about the vietnam war during the show. because he saw the distinction between the late night talk shows and the evening news. howie: there is a hashtag fire colbert. marisa: we are at