former oklahoma student made a threat against her high school. >>> "saturday night live" has fired shane gillisust days after hiring him as a cast member. he had made racist remarks on a podcast as early as next year. the vetting process was not up to their standard. >> gillis said this about his ouster. i'm a comedian that was funny enough to get "snl." that can't get taken away. i was always a "mad tv" guy anyway. democratic presidential candidate, andrew yang, one of many that he targeted in his act. he urged him to give him a second chance. >> forgive people, in particularly in an instance, in my mind, it was in a comedic context or a gray area that i thought would be positive. obviously, it's in nbc's hands. they made the decision. >> yang says he will be sitting down with the comedian in the coming days. >>> the president says he wants to make a deal. but big threats seem to come first. can this work with iran? remarks from the supreme leader suggest the answer is no. when a criminal has your personal information, they can do all sorts of things in your name. criminals can use ransomware,

next year, wins a national title. >>> well, dave, "saturday night live" has fired shane gillis, afteredian was a new cast member. a podcast surfaced where he was making racist and homophobic remarks as soon as last year. gillis in a tweet said this about his ouster, i'm a comedian who was funny nufr to get "snl." that can't be taken away. i'm grateful for the opportunity. i was always a "mad tv" guy anyway. >>> andrew yang, one of many people gillis star getted in his act, had said he took cheap shots. he urged him to give him a second chance. >> forgive people, in particularly in an instance, in my mind, it was in a comedic context or a gray area that i thought would be positive. obviously, it's in nbc's hands. they made the decision. >> yang says he will be sitting down with the comedian in the coming days. >>> the attack on facilities carried out from iran. the trajectory was likely to throw off investigators. cnn is in saudi arabia and iran next. the best network is even better? best, fastest, best. enough. sprint's doing things differently. they're offering a new 100% total satis

. >> shane gillis has been fired after video surfaced of him making racist jokes.e's reigniting the debate over what's comedy and what's offensive. this morning "snl's" new cast member has been fired before the new season even starts. >> live from new york it's saturday night. >> reporter: the show is dropping shane gillis after a controversial video of the stand-up comic surfaced days after he was hired. >> took skoal out of my mouth to come up here and i didn't vote for donald trump. makes me like the nelson mandela of central pennsylvania. >> a 2018 episode of "matt and shane's secret podcast" shows gillis mimicking a chinese accent and using a racist slur to refer to asian people including a joke about andrew yang. he's also under fire for homophobic slurs on his podcast. gillis issued a statement saying, quote, i'm a comedian who pushes boundaries. sometimes i miss. i'm happy to apologize to anyone who's actually offended by anything i said. i am trying to be the best comedian i can be and sometimes that requires risk. but his words did little to slow down the

shane gillis.blem, the comedian's past racist comments specifically about asian americans. >> chinatown's [ bleep ] nuts. >> it's crazy. >> it's full [ bleep ] china. >> i wonder how that started. they just built one [ bleep ] building and everybody's like, no one said anything. >> let's go live there, huh? >> and that was gillis there in the black shirt. asian yang himself an asian american says he doesn't think gillis should be fired from the show, but he did slam the comic for taking what he called cheap shots. speaking earlier with cnn's jake tapper, yang talked about this being a teachable moment. >> you tweeted yesterday about what it feels like to be called these horrific racial slurs. but you also said that you forgive the comedian and you hope others can as well. as one of the most prominent asian american political figures, did you feel any special responsibility to try to reflect what others in the asian american community are feeling or were you just speaking for yourself? >> well, ther

but just hours later, videos emerge showing gillis using racist and homophobic language. in clips from matt and shane'smoved from its youtube channel, gillis speaks in caricature asian accents and uses a racial slur to describe chinese people. he is also heard to use a homophobic slur to describe comedians. >> i am chinese. and i will not reproduce. >> reporter: gillis responding on twitter, i'm a comedian who pushes boundaries. i sometimes miss. adding, i'm happy to apologize to anyone who is actually offended by anything i've said. but it did not stop the backlash. from fellow comedian, jimmy o. yang, i usually side with comedians on sensitive subjects. but this is just plain racist. this morning, no comment from "snl" that appears on nbc, a division of nbc universal, the parent company of nbc news. many are asking, how far is too far in comedy? comedian, dave chappelle, in his special, nit-picking comics in the past. >> i'm going to try to take everything away from you. >> reporter: now, a show known for making people laugh, is facing serious questions. so far, "snl" cast members are keeping quiet a

shane gillis, at issue, the comedian's past bigoted commands about asians.ile yang doesn't believe gillis should be fired, he did slam the comic for taking cheap shots. he told our jake pap ttapper ab why he is willing to forgive. >> there have been a number of reactions to my call for forgiving shane gillis. i've been exposed to anti-asian racism through my life, and i believe anti-asian epithets are not taken as seriously as they are other groups. but our country has become punitive and addictive about remarks people find offensive and racist, and we need to try to move beyond that if we can, particularly in the case where a person is, in this case, to me, like a comedian whose words should be taken in a slightly different light. >> joining me right now to discu discuss, former republican commentator mia love and cnn commentator andrew gillum. good to see you both. >> good to see you. >> yang says his approach is not necessarily that popular with his fellow competitors, but he feels like he's making a profound statement and really demonstrating and showing

lien. . >> there have been a number of reactions to my call for forgiving shane gillis and i've experience a lot of anti asia racism throughout my upbringing. and it hurts. it's something that's very real and i do think anti asian racial epithets are not taken as seriously as slurs against other groups. but at the same time, bigger pick chu, i believe our country has become punitive and vindictive b about remarks that people find offensive or racist and that we need to try and move beyond that. if we can, particularly in a case where the person you know is in this case, to me, like a comedian who's words should be taken in a slightly different light. >> so julie, is yang's message resognating? >> yeah, i think the it's a pretty thoughtful and clearly for him, a personal message. you know he's talking not just about his response to this one inciden incident, but his history as an asian american. having heard slurs and comments like this for quite some time. and i to think he makes an interesting point. we do sort of live in this culture now, this kind of outrage culture where every outrage

shane gillis is his name.king bigoted and homophobic comments came to light. but i want you to listen to these brand-new comments tonight from democratic presidential candidate andrew yang himself, a target of gillis' comedy. >> i thought if i could set an example that we can forgive people. particularly in an instance where in my mind it was in a comedic context or gray area. i thought it would be positive. but, you know, obviously it's in nbc's hands and they made the decision they made. >> he's in the forgiving mood. "snl," was it right to fire gillis? or has the cancel culture gone too far. is it the same thing? let's discuss. former "snl" cast member, dean obeidallah. dean, thank you so much. we have a delay. he's in atlanta. the presidential hopeful you saw him. he didn't want gillis fired. you used to work at "snl" production staff. you say he shouldn't have been fired. how should it have been handled? >> to me, to be clear, first of all, i don't know how he got hired. my friends at "snl," there is this

i think shane gillis will make shows. snl's right. >> thank you very much for the snap critique of sean spicer and shane gill ris. >> and tomorrow yol u'll be in ruffles. >>> cnn is getting new information about the attack on the saudi oil facility, where the missiles came from "new day" continues right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, this is "new day," and we do begin with breaking news. new details about the attack that crippled a saudi oil field, a source tells cnn it was carried out by low altitude cruise missiles, and that there's a very high probability that they were launched from an iranian base near the iraqi border. u.s. weapons experts are on the ground assisting the saudis in tracing the weaponsme. this comes as president trump all of a sudden is toning down the rhetoric on a possible military response and sparking criticism for deference to the saudi royal family. >>> meanwhile, democrats on the house judiciary committee begin their fir

gillis would join the "snl" cast with the first comedian of east asian descent. the spokesperson for creator lorne michaels releasing this statement writing in part we hired shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and impressive audition for "snl." we were not aware of his prior remarks. the language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable 31-year-old gillis who made a name for himself in standup from new york to l.a. responding tonight i'm a comedian funny enough to get "snl." that can't be taken away i understand it would be too much of a distraction. i respect the decision they made i'm honestly grateful for the opportunity. the coveted job on "snl" that appears on nbc networks launched comedians' careers for decades. tonight one comedian had the chance slip through his fingers. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> all right, coming up after a break, she dreamed t an engagement ring but what happened next is something you simply won't believe >>> finally tonight, what one woman's dream led her to do in the middle of the night with her engagement ring. here is gadi schwartz. >> reporter: for a bride to be dreaming of a rock on your finger is pr

one of the three new cast members for "saturday night live" a guy names shane gillis from meck ansbergnnsylvania, he offers what i think corrects would call a half-heart add apology for having used racial slurs in his act specifically against asian-americans, including specifically against you. and you tweeted yesterday about what it feels like to be called horrific racial slurs and said you forgive the comedian and hope others can as well. as one of the most prominent asian-americans political figures did you feel any responsibility to try to preflect what others in the asian-american community are feeling or just speaking for yourself? >> well there is a number of reactions to my call for forgiving shane gillis and i've experienced a lot of anti-asian racism throughout my upbringing. and it hurts. it is something that is very real. and i do think anti-asian racial epithets are not taken as seriously as slurs against other groups. but at the same time, bigger picture, i believe that our country has become excessively punitive and vindictive about remarks that people find offensive or

here is stephanie gosk >> reporter: tonight, comedian shane gillis is out of a job. his offer to join "saturday night live" rescinded after days of backlash over racist and homophobic slurs he used during a podcast. >> [ bleep ] nuts >> reporter: the video surfaced after it was announced gillis would join the "snl" cast with on f first comedi o creator writing we hired shane on the strength of his talent as a comedian and strength of his talent as a comedian and impressive audition for "snl." we were not aware of his prior remarks. the language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable 31-year-old gillis who made a name for himself in standup from new york to l.a. responding tonight i'm a comedian funny enough to get "snl." that can't be taken away i understand it would be too much of a distraction. i respect the decision they made i'm honestly grateful for the opportunity. the coveted job on "snl" that appears on nbc networks launched comedians' careers for decades. tonight one comedian had the chance slip through his fingers. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york

>> there have been a number of reactions to my call for forgiving shane gillis, and i've experienced of anti-asian racism throughout my upbringing and it hurts. it's something that's very real and i do think anti-asian racial epithets are not taken as seriously as slurs against other groups. at the same time, bigger picture, i believe that our country has become excessively punitive and indicative about remarks that people find offensive or racist and that we need to try and move beyond that if we can, particularly in a case where the person is, in this case to me, like a comedian whose words should be taken in a slightly different light. >> i've heard from asian-americans. i'm sure you have too, who say that some of your joking references to being asian-american on stage, about how you know math, about how you know a lot of doctors, feed into sf stereotypes and they resent that as well. while obviously it's not the same level as what that comedian is accused of doing, what are your feelings on that? >> the asian-american community is very diverse and certainly i would never claim th

shane gillis can be heard using a racial slur against people of chinese descent.'ll play a short clip of the comments. gillis is in the black shirt. >> china town is -- nuts. it is full china -- >> i wonder how that started. they just built one -- looking building and people are like all right. no one said anything. >> let's live there. huh? >> this footage was resurfaced by journalists at simon's and gillis has since responded saying, quote, i am a comedian who pushes boundaries. i sometimes miss if you go through my ten years of comedy most of the bad you'll find a lot of bad misses. i'm happy to apologize to anyone who is actually offended by anything i've said. my intention is never to hurt anyone but i am trying to be the best comedian i can be and sometimes that requires risks. let's bring in our cnn senior media reporter. oliver, we are a couple weeks away from "snl's" new season. is shane gillis going to be there? >> that is unclear. as much as we know he will be on stage. n nbc has not commented at all. this broke on thursday when the videos resurfaced of

word of shane gillis's addition to the show came just last week but the announcement came with backlash making comments about chinese people and homosexuals. following his ouster, gillis tweeted i respect the decision they made. i'm honestly grateful for the opportunity. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," gayle king has an interview with the attorney for former movie memo -- mogul harvey weinstein. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." n keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart'st. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto, for heart failure. where to next? entrust your heart to entresto. rg. cbs cares. >>> our top stories this morning. president trump says

shane gillis is a standup comic.ours after nbc announced the new additions, a 2018 video of gillis using racial slurs about chinese people resurfaced. gillis apologized in a tweet. he said, "i'm happy to apologize to anyoe who's actually offended by anything i've said. my intention is never to hurt anyone, but i am trying to be the best comedian i can be. and sometimes that requires risks." nbc did not immediately respond to a request for comment. >>> and the "washington post" says a florida fourth grader who was bullied for his homemade university of tennessee t-shirt was given a four-year scholarship to the school. the boy had been mocked for drawing his own u.t. logo on a piece of paper and then pinning it to an orange shirt. the university heard about what happened and used his design to a real shirt. it sold more than 50,000. if he attends, the boy would be part of u.t.'s class of 2032. >>> ahead, popeye's chicken sandwich is sold out, but don't worry. the restaurant has a new byob option. we'll explain. . we'll

snl hired shane gillis four days ago. soon after a video of him using an asian slur went viral.s also went on social media complaining about a homophobic joke gillis made in a podcast. gillis apologized on twitter, however, snl says he's no longer part of the cast. we're back in a moment. >>> the maker of oxycontin is filing for bankruptcy. with this bankruptcy filing, lawsuits against drug maker purdue pharma will be put on hold. the sackler family which owns purdue has been in talks for weeks to settle those cases. days ago purdue pharma reached a tentative settlement with many of the state and local governments suing over the toll of opioids. that deal could be worth up to $12 million. >> it is an upgrade, the fairmont hotel in san jose getting a make over. the lobby, front desk, will be relocated and redone. the fairmont sold last year for $223 million. the new owners want to make the south bay staple more modern. renovations, they say, will take about four months. >> okay. how about this. barack obama boulevard. it might be happening in the south bay. milpitas is considerin

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"saturday night live" fired its new cast member, shane gillis, for his past remarks. >> tonight, shaneillis is out of a job. his offer to join "saturday night live" rescinded, after days of backlash over racist and homophobic slurs he used in a podcast. >> chinatown is nuts. >>> a group of workers helped strand eed orcas on a beach. >> they managed to pull the massive whales back to safety. one orca did not make it. local officials say they're not sure why the orcas beached themselves. >>> a baseball legend offered up a special moment for baseball fans at boston's fenway park. 80-year-old karl yastrzemski asked to throw out the first pitch before the red sox/giants game. and who was behind the plate? you got it, his grandson, of course. the pitch, right down the middle. >>> finally this week, a san diego woman dreamed of f swallowing her engagement ring, only to find out she had. >> when i woke up in the morning, there was -- there's no ring on my finger. >> a quick trip to the e.r., x-ray and, yep, diamonds in the stomach. she says doctors recommended not letting nature take its cours

>> reporter: shane gillis was supposed to be one of the three new faces joining the 45th season later this month, but within hours of c's announcement last thursday, clips from a podcast he co-hosted began to surface featuring homophobic and racist remarks. in one he had a name for chinese and mocked asian accents. >> it shows a certain attitude he had toward minorities. >> reporter: matthew belinelli is the ""hollywood reporter's"" editor. >> all of those things were there for "snl" to find that would draw red flags. but how did they miss all this. >> reporter: lorne michaels said we were not aware of his remarks that occurred of over the last few days. following his firing gillis tweeted i understand it would boo too much of a distraction. i respect the decision they made. >> the thing to know about "snl," they have been criticized in the past for the lack of diversity. they should be extra sensitive to these kinds of concerns when they go about doing their hiring because because they know they're a tar get and they know they're under the microscope. >> gillis also made a remark reg

clips from a podcast turned up showing shane gillis making racist and homophobic remarks within the pastr. they called his remarks offensive and hurtful. gillis said he respected the decision. >>> the new york city medical examiner said today the cars lead singer ric ocasek died from heart disease. ♪ dance all night with anyone >> ocasek was found in his home yesterday by his estranged wife, paulina porizkova. she said he recently had surgery. they met in 1984 while making the video for the song "drive." ric ocasek was 75 years old. >>> up next, college football fans stand up to breast cancer. >> this ortion is >>> you can say it wasn't much of a game in athens, georgia. the bulldogs clobbered arkansas state 55-0. but it is the sportsmanship in the stands that was truly remarkable. here is jim axelrod. >> reporter: forget black and red. the university of georgia's school colors. saturday when georgia hosted arkansas state, the stadium was awash in pink. as fans followed instructions and wore pink for wendy, which meant the world to the coach of the visiting team, blake anderson. >> you s

declaring in a statement on monday it is dropping one of its new hires, 31-year-old stand-up comic shane gillis took skoal out of my mouth to come up here. and i didn't vote for donald trump. it makes me like the nelson mandela of central pennsylvania. >> reporter: but a video of gillis from about a year ago surfaced from "matt and shane's secret podcast" in which he mocked and mimicked a chinese accent and referred to asian people in chinatown with a slur. reaction immediate and unfavorable. gillis issued an initial statement saying, i'm happy to apologize to anyone who's actually offended by anything i said. i am trying to be the best comedian i can be, and sometimes that requires risks. pablo s. torre of espn's "high noon" tweeting it was only a risk because you and your hack friend are dumb enough to record it. enter democratic presidential candidate andrew yang. in a series of tweets on saturday, yang excoriated anti-asian racism and slurs but after going through gillis' work yang says he does not strike me as malignant or evil. i do not think he should lose his job. we would benefit from

. >>> a dream job for many comedians is at a sudden end for shane gillies.red him four days ago. soon after, a video of him using an asian slur went viral. fans were complaining about a homophobic joke gillis made on his own podcast. gillis apologized on twitter. today snl said he's no longer in the cast. snl apologized saying the vetting process wasn't up to the usual standards. >>> is iran to blame? the growing attacks on -- >> week long special series about our climate in crisis. we look at the rising sea levels and how they're already changing the bay area landscape. face buried in your phone. stop! look up. look both ways. let's start looking out for each other again. it's a busy world out there. and we're all in it together. go safely, california. >>> right now at 6:30, gas prices are expected to rise after a major attack on the world's oil supply. evidence points to iran, but the question tonight, president trump planning on doing about t the white house is considering retaliation but the president says he doesn't want to go to war. >> some democrats

presidential candidate andrew yang calling for people to forgive comments made by new "snl" cast member shane gillisxperienced a lot of anti-asian racism throughout my upbringing. and it hurts. and it's something that's very real. and i do think anti-asian racial epithets are not taken as seriously as slurs against other groups. but bigger picture i think our country has become vindictive about remarks people find offensive or racist and that we need to try and move beyond that if we can. >> "snl," of course, announced gillis last week. his podcast makes anti-asian racial comments and uses asian slurs. so as we look at all of this, andrew yang makes an interesting point. there's this knee jerk reaction now. people are so clear to say you said one thing back in the past. perhaps it was taken out of context. not in this case. >> yeah. >> it does call into question what is the balance in 2019 and how do you decide? >> well, it's really an interesting challenge. especially for comedy. comedy can be offensive and very funny. and i think that's acceptable. i've always felt that's acceptable. but intoleran

at 30 rock that has kickstarted the careers of comedy legends this morning that job is gone for shane gillishat he was joining the show >> it's "saturday night live." >> a show known for pushing boundaries >> looks like your ride is here. >> dad, it's just isis. >> reporter: is drawing the line "saturday night live" announcing it's parting ways with its newest cast member, shane gillis, four days after a video showed the comedian referring to asians with a racial slur and making homophobic jokes on his podcast. the videos from the past year quickly spread online, leading to fierce backlash especially given that the show, which has been called out in recent years for its lack of diversity, also announced bowen yang will make snl history as the first asian american cast member a spokesperson for loren michaels addressing gillis departure, saying we were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days we are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier and that our vetting practice was not up to our standard gillis posting, i respect the decision that they made, adding

cheryl: andrew yang says he is going to be sitting down with comedian shane gillis who was fired fromter he had been hired as a brand-new cast member for the show. gillis got the hook after a youtube video surfaced of him using a racial slur against chinese people. gillis also talked defensive words against yang on a podcast. yang extended an olive branch to gillis after he tweeted an apology. lauren: from the briefing room to the ballroom, former white house press secretary sean spicer tries to shimmy his way into america's heart. ♪ shake it to the right. ♪ if you feel fine. ♪ [ laughter ] cheryl: look at him. lauren: he made his "dancing with the stars" debut in neon green are yo ruffles. the judges were unimpressed with his salsa. cheryl: he's posting on instagram, pictures with ice packs and a sling on his arm. lauren: futures could use a little shimmy, if you will, dow is down 19 points, s&p down 1, nasdaq giving up 8. coming up, as the fed begins its two-day meeting today, will the president get the big rate cut he's been pushing for from chair jay powell. and a new report on ho

as far as i'm concerned, shane gillis is totally canceled on behalf of the 17 million asian-americanssians around the world. we can't forgive him. >> hmm. xixi thank you for your opinion. appreciate. >>> stand by. breaking news. let's roll on. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> back with you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. the news, emmy award winning felicity huffman sentencing is under way for her role in the scathing college admissions scandal. about a dozen family members are inside the courtroom now. the key question, will she shev any time? huffman pleaded guilty to paying a fake charities $15,000 to boost her daughter's s.a.t. scores. her attorneys asking for probation, serve community service, pay a fine, but she could be the first parent in this huge scheme to actually serve time behind bars. let's go straight to brin gingrass with breaking details. any news? >> reporter: yeah. no news as a decision but definitely have interesting details coming out of the courtroom from my colleague, and the judge at this point listening to both sides of the case. again, we kn

. >>> snl fired shane gillis today just days after it was announced he was going to join the cast.in bigoted comments and slurs about gays and chinese-americans on his paddock podcast by saying he's a comedian who pushes boundaries. sometimes he misses and he apologizes to anybody who was actually offended. let's bring in d. lemon. right move, wrong move? >> for what? >> snl. >> i'll leave it to snl to decide if they want to fire him. i'm actually torn on this one because on the one side, i really hate counterculture, and i hate the whole boycott culture. i think snl made the decision, whatever decision they wanted to make. i also think people should be, if they did something wrong, then they have to face the repercussions. but i think comedians, you know, we were just talking about this. i was just talking about this with the guys. comedians are going to go the way of clowns if we, you know, continue to just -- i don't know -- just scrutinize everything they say. but the one -- the one rule of comedy, i think, that applies to this is that it has to be funny. and what he said -- >>

saturday night live snl firing the new cast member shane gillis before his first episode.ations of racist and homophobic comments that he made previously came to light. snl claims it did not know about his history. to this story former nfl player has been arrested, charged with filing a false report, insurance fraud, concealing a license plate outside of georgia. authorities claim he staged his own fake hate crime by spraying nazi and racist graffiti on his own restaurant to make an insurance claim and drum up sympathy. also look at this story, a fire ignited on the field of the nfl tennessee titans. what happened? a pyrotechnics device malfunctioned in the end zone during the pregame ceremony. a stadium worker extinguished the fire. nobody was hurt. but you never saw that before. by the way, the colts beat the titans 19-17. finally the montana highway patrol, look at this story, awarding a grandmother with the unofficial title of honorary state trooper. look at what she was doing. she was trying to slow down speeders in her neighborhood using her hair dryer. well, you kno

shane gillis is coming under fire this morning after a video of him using asian and homophobic slursurfaced online. following the controversy, gillis tweeted a statement that said in part, "my intention is to never hurt anyone but i'm trying to be the best comedian i can be and sometimes that requires risk." >> 6:25 right now. >>> our responds and responde teams taking on consumer problems. >> consumer investigator chris chmura here to share recent successes in english and spanish. >> good morning. we work hand in hand with our sister station telemundo 48 responde to make things right when you get stuck in a spat with a company. together we helped people to get back around $4 million. we've gotten there one case at a time like when our "nbc bay area responds" team helped the tse family in oakland, having trouble with a hospital bill, 790 bucks on the line. we got it back for them. and over at telemundo 48 consumer investigator arlen fernandez helped someone in oakland, it was manor, his car was totalled in a crash but his insurance company didn't send the $3,100 payment until arlen s

shane gillis is coming under fire this morning after a video of him using asian homophobic slurs surfaced online. following the controversy, gillis tweeted a statement that said in part, "my intention is to never hurt anyone but i'm trying to be the best comedian i can be and sometimes that requires risk." interesting start. >>> 5:26 right now. after a very successful talk show start this week kelly clarkson is taking on a chance on chance the rapper. >> the hip-hop star chatting with kelly about becoming a father for the second time. another daughter, he says a lot of the times he feels like the hod man out but likes being surrounded by so much female energy. >> it's good to have that. as a dude, i hang out with mostly dudes and we get very like stinky and like loud and stuff all the time. it's good to come home and have a bunch of princesses that are just like not stinky or loud. >> catch that full interview with chance the rapper at 3:00 this afternoon. ellen will sit down with brad pitt and will & grace's sean hayes at 4:00. >> good afternoon ahead. it's 5:26 in the morning right now.

its newest hires, shane gillis, after his defamatory comments about chinese americans and gays in a podcast was funny enough to get on snl, that can't be taken away but i understand it could be too much of distraction. let's check in with chris cuomo. >> i'm going to debate with d. lemon. we have a conservative here to what the president's best defense is for not turning over his taxes and his best defense for why he keeps attacking president obama the way he does. >> the netflix deal and book deal. >> as if he's averse to people making money. he hasn't stopped since he got elected. and elizabeth warren just took a huge endorsement from working families. andrew yang says he thinks he should have gotten a second chance to keep his job because he said we've become unduly cruel and vindictive and fthe aggrieved class, because he's asian, does have the power to forgive. >> what do you think? >> i think andrew yang can say that because he was of the class of people being offensive. and ta start for d. lemon, what is your line that you don't allow comedy to play with? we have a long history of th

there is this guy shane gillis got caught on a podcast saying disparaging things about asian-americansbout you personally. everybody says this guy should be fired and you didn't. >> well, the first reaction i had was obviously hostility, confusion, anger, and so i did what came naturally to me which was i sat down with my wife and actually watched some of shane's comedy just to try and get a sense as to who he was and where he was coming from. and after i watched some of his work for let's say 45 minutes or so, i looked at my wife and we talked about it. and then we both thought that he was not evil or malignant or really hateful and actually advocating, you know, for any kind of racist ideology that he struck me as a still figuring it out comedian from central pennsylvania who told some terrible and offensive jokes. and that to me did not rise to a level where he should lose his job. >> wow. >> and so -- and as someone who has personally actually called out, then i thought, well, if anyone should be offended, it's me. if i don't think he has lose his job, then i should probably say so

the back-to-school inspired episode, season premiere comes on the ousting of shane gillis announced asnixed as racist comments of his resurfaced of his show online. >>> body mcboatface is no more. the british research ship was christened named after a british naturalist. an online poll asked the public to vote a name. an online poll asked the public to name on the vessel. despite boaty mcboatface taking the top spot, the british govement didn'that stand. sea child, the new name in march of next year. >> i don't think they put it on the big ship, on one of the smaller boats? >> i think they were hopeful it would be something maybe a little more regal. >> sir boaty mcboatface. >> that will do it. >> they're like unh-uh. >> cold to hit the ocean on a boat. it's drizzling in san francisco and overall our temperatures are below seasonable but more fall-like, which is going to be great, just in time for the weekend. san francisco this is a live look. look at that, you can see the flag waving, if you can spot it, i'll point it out but we certainly have a little bit of drizzle going on with ou

. ♪ ♪ >>> "saturday night live" has fired one of it's newest hires, shane gillis, after his defamatorye wrote "i'm a comedian who was funny enough to get on snl, that can't be taken away but i understand it could be too much of distraction. i respect the decision may made. let's check in with chris cuomo. >> i'm going to debate with d. lemon. we have a leader of the conservative movement here to take on what this president, his best defense is to not turning over his taxes and his best defense for why he keeps attacking president obama the way he does. >> the netflix deal and the book and all. >> as if he's averse to people making money. he hasn't stopped since he got elected. so we're going to talk about that. we're going to talk about how big a deal is that warren just took a huge endorsement for the working families party who backed bernie sanders before. but on the gillis thing, i was just looking at what andrew yang said. andrew yang said he thinks he should have gotten a second chance to keep his job because he said we've been unduly punitive and vindictive. he wanted to show as

. >> shane gillis was supposed to start on the iconic show this coming season, but a video shows himnese people and mocking asians trying to learn english. "snl" says its vetting process before gillis' hiring was not up to its own standard. gillis said he had hoped to prove himself on the show but he knows his presence would be too much of a distraction. >>> former new york yankees closer and hall of fame pitcher mariano rivera can now add another award to his collection. yesterday president trump gave him the congressional medal of freedom. the president praised the alti savesr for his dominance. rivera runs a foundation that helps provide education for underprivileged children. >>> former boston red sox star david ortiz is opening up about the shooting that nearly killed him. >> big papi met with reporters in boston yesterday. ortiz says when he was shot he thought he was in the middle of a nightmare. as doctors tried to save him, he had one concern on his mind. >> i remember telling the doctor before they put me to sleep, it was, don't let me die, i got kids that i want to be with

a podcast hosted by shane gillis show him using slurs against asians and making derogatory comments against muslims, women and members of the lgbtq community. they lled his comments offensive and hurtful. snl says they are sorry they did not see the clip earlier. it is not up to its standards. edwards know is being released. snowden is the former national security agency contract worker who leaked classified doctors about u.s. government surveillance. the book is called permanent record, it goes on sale today and 20 country in it he talks about the government collecting large amounts of surveillance information and why he decided to go public with it. snowden has been living in moscow since 2015 and faces criminal charges if he ever returns to the united states >>> the folly continues after an attack on saudi arabia and will field facilities. president trump says retaliation is not an action. >> another vaping death. we break down governor newsom's latest campaign on vaping. >> it is a much better commute than yesterday. we still have some slowdowns, we will tell you where their straightahe

shane garrett is out of a job. saturday night live rescinded after days of backlash over racist and homophobic slurs he used during a podcast. >> chinatown is [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the video surfaced after it was announced gillis would join the snl cast along with the show's first comedian of asian descent lauren michaels releasing this statement. writing in part, we hired shane on the strength of his talent as a comedian and his impressive audition for snl we were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. the language he used is offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable 31-year-old gillis who made a name for himself in stand-up from new york to l.a. responding, i'm a comedian who is funny enough to get snl that can't be taken away i understand it would be too much of a distraction. i respect the decision they made i'm honestly grateful for the opportunity. >>> the coveted job on snl which appears on nbc network had launched comedian's careers for decades. one comedian watched the chance slip through his fingers stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >> just ahead, looking for a party in the usa we have the list of the nation's most fun cities next >>> plus, a true american ninja atatior