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stephen: "before, i was carrying water for a fascist wannabe dictator. now i'm getting bangs!" it's fun! you know, it frames the face. well, late last night, we learned that nbc news had fired ronna mcdanielpplause] there she is. she was fired by nbc. reminds me of donald trump's famous apprentice catchphrase. >> bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, >> stephen: this is just the most recent time mcdaniels been fired. she was also recently ousted as chair of the republican national committee, which is now being run by trump daughter-in-law and stunt double for janice from the muppets, lara trump. lara and the trump team immediately fired most of the rnc staff and are making them reapply for their jobs. reportedly, they've been asking any potential hires whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen. yes. if you want to work at the rnc, you gotta believe trump's big lie. the other interview questions include: "how sexy is donald trump on a scale of hubba hubba to boi-oi-oi-oing?' and "will you give me $60 for this flag bible?" we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are liam neeson and fareed zakaria. but when we come back, "meanwhile"! join us, won't you? ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "the late show wit

. >> stephen: one of the big stories about nbc and about nbc news recently was the hiring of and firing of ronna mcdanielu, savannah guthrie, personally make that decision to hire her? i want you to answer for your crimes. why did you think that was the best idea? >> savannah: i'm glad you have given me this platform hey let me see if i can make this as boring as possible. this answer. i do still work there, you know that, right? do you have any openings around here? i mean, look, it was an unpleasant few days in our network. >> stephen: did you know this was going to happen? >> savannah: absolutely not. >> stephen: no company-wide email site heads-up we're going to announce this? >> no, i knew nothing about it. the bosses made the decision, reversed the decision, acknowledge the mistake and weú. at their own thing i'll say about it is number one i didn't have anything to do with it. but look, i think the instinct to try to have a diversity of opinions and a diversity of perspectives and voices as we cover an election is the right instinct. and it's complex and it's made more complex by the politics that