i am your host, stephen colbert.still the host. >> the very latest on the firestorm and calls for cbs to pull him off the air. >> no apology from stephen colbert who returned to late-night stage, the target of disapproval from fans and critics alike flocking to social media urging cbs to pull the plug. >> if you saw my monologue on monday you know that i was a little upset with donald trump for insulting a friend of mine so at the end of that monologue i had a few choice insult for the president in return. i don't regret set. i have jokes, he has the launch codes. a fair fight. >> he put himself in the middle of the major controversy monday night launching what some are calling anti-lgbt attack on donald trump. >> your presidency, i love your presidency. i call it disgrace the nation. you have more people marching against using cancer. the only thing her mouth is good for is being vladimir putin's holster. >> the late show host as he was defending cbs colleague and friend john dickerson after the president slammed hi

awarded luxury suv of the century. >>> a ton of stories out there claiming that late show host, stephen colberting investigated by the fcc. last monday, colbert let out a joke during his monologue that a lot of people considered to be vulgar and indecent. in a joke about president trump, colbert used a curse word that referredded to part of the male anatomy. the curse word was bleeped out on tv, but still the message was delivered. people knew what he was saying and a lot of people were upset. so, what do you do if something on tv makes you upset? you fire up the computer and send off an e-mail to the fcc. last wee t if, cc said they would review the complaints they got about colbert. that's when things went off the rails. the fcc will review the complaint? they are investigating colbert. yeah, not really. now if you see something on our show that you think is vulgar or otherwise indecent, you'll write to the fcc and they review every complaint they receive. if you were to tell the fcc that you have a problem with my tie, they are going to review your complaint, but that doesn't mean they are i

i'm your host, stephen colbert. huge story that broke just minutes ago, like, less than 10 minutes ago. f.b.i. director james comey has just been fired by donald trump. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: wooo! >> stephen: huge, huge donald trump fans here tonight. that shows no gratitude at all. >> jon: man. >> stephen: did trump forget about the hillary emails that comey talked about? i mean "thanks for the presidency, jimmy. now don't let the door hit you where the electoral college split you want. i'm shocked. my heart is pumping. my pulse is racing. he fired the f.b.i. director who has said under oath that he's investigating the trump campaign's ties to russia. no rationale has been given yet as to why but it came on the recommendation of attorney general jeff sessions. >> audience: booo! >> stephen: i think-- i think i might know why. i think he was fired because comey couldn't ge guess the name rump pel still skin. trump sent comey a all right in which he writes: does everything have to be about him? "well, i grea

. >> stephen colbert, responding, to some growing backlash. some are outraged over remarks, he made monday night, about donald trump and vladamir putin. hear now what he says. happy 42nd birthday to david beckham. judging from his birthday dinner, was it really all that happy? we'll have the story ahead in "the skinny." first -- here is a look at today's temperatures. tand, our adulte children are here. so, we save by using tide. which means we use less. three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. those are moms. anybody seen my pants? nothing cleans better. put those on dad! it's got to be tide. >>> cbs late show host, stephen colbert responding to backlash over an offcolored joke he made about president trump monday night. >> follows criticism from trump supporters and members of the lgbt community calling the joke disrespectful and homophobic. >> mr. trump, your presidency, i love your presidency. i call it disgrace the nation. you're not the potus, you are the blotus, the gluten with a button, a regular gorge washington, the presidun

see stephen colbert is afforded something i will never have.eral protection.if your heart is in the right place, and mine is always in the wrong! then you can say what you want as long as your job matches the assumptions of your peers. i will never demand an apology but one will be always demented for me. it is painfully obvious that if i made the same joke about president obama i would be marched into the atlantic with - around my neck. that is okay, i will defend those who may never defend me. because i am a nice guy and there are -- [applause] >> andrew, have you ever been in a situation like this before? does this infuriate you? >> everybody is a sissy. it's fine, i am cool with it. this is all the way on twitter is get into these things. >> yes, i have seen this with you! >> it happens. arvid did not care what he says. i'm only offended by things are not funny. but i respect the attempt. a lot of times a look at comedians as like firemen. it's not your job to save them. it is your job to try. so is not our job. you know what i mean? they s

stephen colbert under fire. trump monologue. last night there was a response from colbert, but it wasn't an apology. >> still? am i still the host? i'm still the host. at the end of that monologue, i had a few choice insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. so while i would do it again, i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. >> today more calls for cbs to take action, a fire colbert website was launched all because of this. >> you attract more skin heads than free rogain you have more people marching against you than cancer. you talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. in fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being vladimir putin's [ bleep ] pollster. >> should he face some sort of consequence and what? back with us, aaron, sabrina and alex. aaron, how lucky you are. you're first. >> well, you know, if you look at the ratings, being tough on trump has been very good business for stephen colbert. for a lot of immediate congressmans, of course

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. >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight stephen welcomes rami malek, bill nye and musical guest roger water, featuring jon batiste and "stay human"! and now, live from on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: whoo! hey, how are you? ( cheers and applause ) yes! good to see you! hey, everybody! welcome, welcome, welcome to the "late show." i'm your shows stephen colbert ( cheers and applause ) first of all, happy monday, everybody. this feels more like a friday crowd than a monday crowd. >> jon: i know! got the friday on the monday! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: oh, donald trump, you know that guy? the donald trump guy? ( audience booing ) >> stephen: yeah, he's getting famous. they're chanting, donald! donald trump continues to follow through on his promise to drain the swamp because it was announced on friday the white house has fired its chief usher. it took a while for her to leave the building because there was no one available to sho

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and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! >> stephen: oh! what's up? thank you very much! oh, what a lovely audience. ladies and gentlemen, welcome t" i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) still? am i still the host? i'm still the host! ( cheers and applause ) now, folks, if you saw my monologue monday, you know that i was a little upset with donald trump for insulting a friend of mine. so at the end of that monologue i had a few choice insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. ( cheers and applause ) i believe he can take care of himself. i have jokes. he has the launch codes. so it's a fair fight. so while i would do it again, i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. now, i'm not going to repeat the phrase, but i just want to say, for the record, life is short, and anyone who expresses their love for another person in their own way is, to me, an american hero. and i think we can all agree on that. i hope even the president a

>> the late show with stephen colbert right after we finish things and adam ys right to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. >> what happened at fenway park is one of the most disgusting things i have ever heard of happening in sports. fans taunts oriole outfielders adam jones, calling him the n word. throwing peanuts at him. the governor of massachusetts and the red sox condemning the racist morons today. here is how fenway fans reacted when he stepped to the plate tonight. >> number 10, adam jones. [ cheers and applause ] >> some 30 fans were ejected from the game last night. baltimore lost 5-2, jones was 0- 4 from the plate. >>> now,

liberal media na not liking that, stephen colbert taking offense. ing monday, colbert ended a spring of trump insults with what some critics call a homophobic slur. >> mr. trump, your presidency, i love it, i call it disgrace the nation, he does not stand by anything, except the dressing room door at miss usa pageant. you attract more skinheads than free regain, you have more people marching again you know that cancer, only thing your mouth is good for is being vladimir putin's [bleep] holster . liz: today sean spicer said, i will not dignify those comments with a response. who here? co-host of after the bell, author of lessons from the prairie, melissa frances. melissa: please buy by book. >> you expect show hosts on make jokes, if you don't like it change the channel. but what about that end comment? >> i don't get the rules on when you are allowed to make homophobic jokes who isn't and who isn't. and when you are allowed to make fun of people when you are fat or not. liz: did they go too far. >> i don't get the rules on this, if it was the other s

for some reason stephen colbert went over -- in my opinion he went over the line.esident and make fun of a president. when you get vulgar and crude the way he did in that first monologue, i think he has exceeded the line. listen, i'm against boycotts. i don't believe in any of that stuff. he should at least have a sincere apology, right? >> you would think so. it's never going to happen though. i think that he has an insatiable appetite for getting the appear approbation of radical in hollywood and he is feeling it now and validation. i wish there was more backlash among decent liberals in between in america right now. i think it's interesting that you talk about the history of late night comedy and politics i think what's happened is that the left has gotten so desperate. because they realize how marginalized in america that we have gone far beyond bill clinton playing the saxophone with arsenio hall. even jimmy fallon came under attack in the campaign because he did have donald trump on. and what was his treating donald trump like a human being. there is nothing

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! pplause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) thank you so much. what an amazing audience. amazing. you guys are fantastic. you guys are a shot of espresso with a twist. thank you so much. welcome to "the late show," everybody. i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) very nice, very nice. hey, you know a couple weeks ago when house republicans passed their healthcare plan? they were so excited about providing the affordable healthcare to everyone, that they didn't wait to find out if they were providing affordable healthcare to anyone. ( laughter ) well, the congressional budget office finally crunched the numbers on their plan and, unlike their first plan, which would have 24 million people off health insurance, this one will leave only 23 million more americans uninsured. just 23 million, okay? that's it. >> jon: wow. >> stephen: 23. to put that in perspective, if you laid 23 million people end to end, they would reach a country that has health c

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see stephen colbert is afforded something i will never have.tection.if your heart is in the right place, and mine is always in the wrong! then you can say what you want as long as your job matches the assumptions of your peers. i will never demand an apology but one will be always demented for me. it is painfully obvious that if i made the same joke about president obama i would be marched into the atlantic with - around my neck. that is okay, i will defend those who may never defend me. because i am a nice guy and there are -- [applause] >> andrew, have you ever been in a situation like this before? does this infuriate you? >> everybody is a sissy. it's fine, i am cool with it. this is all the way on twitter is get into these things. >> yes, i have seen this with you! >> it happens. arvid did not care what he says. i'm only offended by things are not funny. but i respect the attempt. a lot of times a look at comedians as like firemen. it's not your job to save them. it is your job to try. so is not our job. you know what i mean? they say you k

. >>> tonight, stephen colbert is going back to school on the late show.t of. >> reporter: hey everybody. watch the late show tonight. i have oscar isaac. she going to teach me how to dance right? >> about time someone did. >> all right, let's do it. >> and, the late show with stephen colbert is on deck right after the >> a few minutes ago, our andrea mccarren showed you how easy it was to get an emotional support animal registered. our question was should federal guidelines be changed? 78% of you say yes. they have tombing changes while 22% of you say no. >>> now, wusa9 game on sports with frank hanrahan. brought to you be xfinity. >> the redskins have got to be the most stubborn organization in the world. they just refuse to sign kirk cousins to a long term deal and it will hover around the te until there is a resolution. if there ever will be one. cousins who did inquire about a trade this off season was back at otas practicing with his team. he is on the franchise tag for another season. >> it is just not my first time through it so i kind of learned f

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and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ( cheers and applause ) what's going on? >> jon: yeah! >> stephen: welcome to the "late show." >> audience: i love you, stephen! >> stephen: i love you, too. welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) very nice. hey, everybody. hey, everybody. first of all, happy friday. that's always a good feeling. ( cheers and applause ) and happy cinco de mayo! ( cheers and applause ) as traditional, the white house threw a party this year hosted by vice president and man who thinks toothpaste is too spicy, mike pence. ( laughter ) here's the thing, here's the thing-- they actually threw the party yesterday. which isn't cinco de mayo. it's actually "cuatro" de mayo. so for once, mike pence was a day ahead instead of about a hundred years behind. ( cheers and applause ) and while the party is usually a big deal, this year's fiesta had a reduced guest list. which makes sense.

(applause) (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome to the late showment i'm your host, stephen colbert it it is day-- (applause). >> stephen: it is day 100-- 102 of the trump presidency, 1,358 days to go. but who's counting? (laughter) (laughter) (applause). >> stephen: now trump has repeatedly said that this hundred day thing is totally arbitrary, okay. total leer unimportant. and to prove how unimportant it is, he took out a tv ad, he cut a cake on air force one, and he held a rally in pennsylvania. the theme of that rally, promises made, promises kept. which is better than the original slogan, promises made, never mind, never said it, fake news, watch foxan friends. so, nice, got a rhythm. (applause) he also proved just how unimportant this was with a bunch of interviews over the weekend. first on friday he talked with reuters about his new job. >> well, i love my-- i loved my previous life, i loved my previous life. hi so many things going. i actually, this is more work than my previous life. i thought it would be easier. >> stephen: huh. how about that? >> jon: he thought it it wo

host: one more example, you mentioned stephen colbert. here is a next her. >> you know -- here is a clip. know, at the end of that monologue, i had some choice insults the president in return. i do not regret that. believe he can take care of himself. i have jokes, but he has the launch codes. so, a fair fight. , i while i would do it again would i just want to say for the record life is short and anyone who expresses their love for another person in their own way is to me an american hero. i think we can all agree on that. i hope even the president and i can agree on that. host: your response? guest: i'm a huge fan of stephen colbert. i think he's the funniest of all of these people. and i think his talent is so deep. i know he would hate for somebody to say this about him, he has an incredible heart and i think what he was apologizing there for, there was a way the joke could be referred to as homophobic. one reason i really stand on the part of the progressive values, i think mainstream television has done something conservatives were

donald trump has small hands. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert."onight, stephen welcomes amy schumer and gabourey sidibe. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause )

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: woooo! >> stephen: what's going on? >> jon: i see you! i see you! >> stephen: thank you so much, everybody. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. guess who's back? hillary clinton. ( cheers and applause ) just this afternoon, she she emerged from the woods. just this afternoon, she appeared here in new york at an event hosted by "women for women international." and the moderator, christiane amanpour, interviewed secretary clinton and asked her about the 2016 campaign. >> what do you imagine your election as the first female president of the united states might have said to the world and to the women of the world who were looking for validation, for somebody to shatter that highest and hardest ceiling? >> oh, i think it would have been a really big deal. and i think that um... ( applause ) >> stephen: yeah, it would have been a big deal. ( laughter ) but if 'ifs' and 'buts' were clusters of nuts, donald trump wouldn't be presiden

most powerful name in news, fox news. ♪ >> sean: welcome backst to "hannity," late show host stephen colberter fire for attacking president trump at a very vile, crude monologue, he called the deface the nation, in an interview with john dickerson quite abruptly,so here's how vicious colbert was, take a look. >> john dickerson has way too much dignity to trade insults of the president of the united states to his face but i am no john dickerson. [cheers and applause] mr. trump, your presidency, i love your presidency, i call it disgrace the nation. you attract more skinheads than free rogaine. you have more people marching against you than cancer, you talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. >> sean: we can't show you the worst of it, it was that bad. some are calling for colbert to be fired over this. let me be clear i wrote on twitter earlier today, i do not support the fire colbert movement, demanding that people get fired for making political comments that some disagree with is exactly what the left is always doing to conservatives, that's why we are taped in my case fou

stephen colbert, i'll defend his right to do this.his, the more outrage they have for no reason whatsoever. it distances themselves from mainstream america, the same people donald trump won over in the election. reporter: jimmy kimmel brought up the heart wrenching story of his newborn soin a heart operation. we paul felt that part of it, particularly parents. joe, i have gotten a lot of heat because you didn't follow the script on this one and you went after jimmy kim and you have taken a lot of heat for it. >> as my good friend charlie kirk says, jimmy kimmel has every right in the world to get political. but i found it offensive that he used that tragedy of his son and i hope his scene lives a long and healthy life -- to push obamacare. obamacare is bankrupting this country and a late-night comedians tears up and that somehow dictates our healthcare policy? we can't think any more, everything is side, crazy emotion. ask. charles: the thought that colbert had to go off on donald trump. to me that makes it even more pitiful in my min

. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, stephen welcomes robin wright.ce by paul simon and bill featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: that was nice. hey, everybody! what's going on? hey! you're too kind. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the late show"." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( applause ) thank you very much, very kind. well, president trump is still on his semester abroad, getting his extra credits. and he might want to stay over there for a while until firemen can put out his budget proposal. because not only does nobody like it, but it turns out it has a huge mistake in it. not the part about cutting funding for cancer research. that's one of his passion projects. it turns out that the entire budget is based on a $2 trillion math error. yes, that's trillion, with a "t." now, there's a simple explanation for how this happened: donald trump is an idiot. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: or-- or-. ( cheers and applau

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey! hey! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ >> jon: i like that! >> stephen: good to see you! ( cheers and applause ) hey! thank you, everybody. thank you, so much. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) thank you. i feel the same way about you. well i have-- i have gone through a lot of thoughts today. it's been a historic day. we have reached a milestone as a nation. it's not just that the president fired the head of the f.b.i. okay. no, here's the milestone-- we have apparently elected a president who truly does not care what anything looks like. which is surprising fair guy whose actual face we've never seen. ( laughter ) now-- no idea. >> jon: man, man. nope. >> stephen: firing jim comey, head of the f.b.i., really feels like authoritarianism 101. which, by the way, a very difficult class. the es tol nazi. ( cheers and applause ) yeah, so strict. so strict. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: tough guy. >> stephen: the question is, wh

. ♪ ♪ ♪ jack be nimble jack be quick >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." t, stephen welcomes gordon ramsay. david sedaris. and musical guest, pixies. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: wooo! ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: yeah! >> stephen: welcome to "the late show,"" everybody. i'm your host, stephen colbert. it's friday. it's friday. ( cheers and applause ) that's not just any friday crowd. that is the friday crowd before the friday before summer begins. it is summer, ladies and gentlemen. congratulations. you made it. that's it! that's it. i'm going to get a tan, man. i'm going to get a tan this summer. i'm doing the cocoa butter. it's going to be fantastic. yes, i am. i'm going to do the cocoa butter. i'm going to smell-- i'm going to smell like a buffet at a jimmy buffet restaurant. it's the first day of ramadan. happy ramadan, or whatever emotion goes with ramadan. i don't entirely know whether it's a happy day. it's a time of fasting, so hungry

. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." night, stephen welcomes gina rodriguez. ben falcone. brad pitt. and musical guest the jesus and mary chain. plus special guest brad pitt. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> audience: stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: hey! thank you so much! thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please, have a seat. too nice. welcome to "the late show." welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) you be the old saying, "elections have consequences?" right now, we are knee deep in a steaming pile of consequence. ( laughter ) because right now, things that are self-evidently bad are being sold to us by people who know better as perfectly okay. the latest is that the president of the united states, in the oval office revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador. it is the worst presidential securi

imagine this was president obama and a late night comic stephen colbert goes after him. called to the cbs sunday morning show "defaced the nation", big deal and ended the interview with john dickerson a little abruptly, here's how colbert reacted. >> john dickerson has too much dignity to trade insults with the president of the united states to his face but i am no john dickerson. i love your presidency i call it disgrace the nation. you attract more skinheads than free rogaine. you have more people marching against you than cancer. you talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. >> sean: joining us now with reaction, political commentator tomi lahren is with us, help me out here. imagine that's you, star of social media. you go out there and obama is the president, you use those words. exact words, no changing. >> if we say those things we are inflammatory, if they say those things, they're funny. i think their audience is going to dwindle because the silent majority is going to get a little bit louder and they're just not that funny. >> sean: ann coulter