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. >>> tonight the fcc is investigating steven colbert and his rant attacking president trump. on monday the late show host launched a series of insults aimed at the president. the federal communications commission says it's received a number of complaints about the monologue. so it's investigating if the late show broke any rules and promising to take appropriate action. coal barrel said that he -- colbert said that he does not regret his jokes. the late show airs on cbs. >>> from fitness model to fugitive, a california man is in custody after a cross- country manhunt. 34-year-old david byers of solano beach appeared on the covers of four romance novels. police say he robbed banks and a gas station in connecticut in just 48 hours last week. after nearly a week on the run the fbi and sheriff's deputies tracked him down in san diego. byers faces several charges including reckless endangerment and first degree robbery. only on 5 - julie watts reports: >>> bank robbers aren't the only ones who may empty out your safe deposit box. only on 5 julie watts reports that some customers a

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here was steven colbert with his astonishingly crude attack on donald trump. >> you are the presidentbut you are turning into a real prick. the only thing your mouth is good for is being vladimir putin. [inaudible] chris: wow. here is jimmy kimmel talking about the terrible news about his newborn son and in the context of the debate this week over obamacare repeal and replace. >> billy was born with a heart disease, something called tetralogy at below with pulmonary atresia. no parent should have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life. it just shouldn't happen. not here. chris: we should point out that billy, the doctors were able to fix his heart and he will be a healthy little boy. your thoughts about both of those. >> the second -- if you show up with the hospital with a brand-new baby and they have a heart problem, the doctors will do whatever they can to save the baby. they don't they will try to save the babies life after you write a check. they will try to save the baby. that's true across the country. the problem you have with humor in america is that hollywoo

the latest with steven colbert is next. have a great weekend. go warriors. captioning sponsored by cbs >> if you're watching this, it means you're one of the survivors. there aren't many of us left. it all goes back to the trump presidency. everyone thought he would destroy civilization with nuclear war or his environmental policies or army of clone steve bannons. but it wasn't any of those. it was this comet that changed the world. >> thank you, mr. president. denise morrison from the campbell soup company. >> good soup. >> after, that companies began to invest more in soup technology to appease trump. soon, all soup became networked. they smarter and self-aware and rose up against us and started using can openers on us. oh, dear god! a chan of chicken noodle soup! eat crackers you high-sodium bastard! >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, stephen welcomes tracy morgan timothy simons and musical guest dan auerbach. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert

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. >>> but first, steven colbert setting off a firestorm of controversy after a monologue he gave mondaypresident trump. some now even calling for colbert to be fired. >> you attract more skinheads than free rogaine. you have more people marching against you than cancer. you talk like a sign language gorilla that got hit in the head. the only thing you're good for is being vladamir putin's [ bleep ] hollister. >> did he go too far about his comments with president trump? it's pulse.msnbc.com. remote moisture sensors use a reliable network to tell them when and where to water. so that farmers like ray can compete in big ways. china. oh ... he got there. that's the power of and. dude. your crunching's scaring the fish. dude. they're just jealous. new kellogg's raisin bran crunch with crunchy clusters and the taste of apples and strawberries. (excited) i got one! (jokingly) guess we're having cereal for dinner. new kellogg's raisin bran crunch apple strawberry there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want.

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. >> steven colbert taking aim at president trump this time over recent comments.te no tal leapt. the president says in part, you see no talent guy like colbert nothing none funny about what he says and what he says is filthy it only builds up my base. colbert had this to say last night. >> making jokes about you has been good for ratings. it's almost as if the majority of americans be president. [ laughter ] >> but you know -- [ applause ] >> you know who's got really bad ratings these days? you do. [ laughter ] >> terrible approval numbers. i hear they're thinking about switching your time slot with mike pence. [ laughter ] >> but -- [ applause ] >> since all of my success is clearly based on talking about you, if you really want to take me down there's an obvious way. resign. [ laughter ] >> the president also claimed that when he was on colbert show back in 2015 it was his highest rated show ever. colbert was quick to mention that his highest rated show was when jeb bush was on. >>> take that. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> 10:07 is the time. >> moving on. let's

steven colbert he doesn't completely back walk or walk back from his vulgar anti-trump monologue. "varney & company" begins. ♪ >> folks, 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 insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. i have jokes. he has the launch code. so, a fair fight. >> well, that was stephen colbert from last night addressing in the comments he made the night before. want to bring in james freeman with the wall street journal editorial page. seems like he did stop short of apologizing. >> yeah, i think a lot of people are asking, wouldn't he be fired in many circumstances? what i'm happening for here is some market discipline. stuart: from who? >> a lot of people don't watch the show already, but among those who had been watching, maybe they choose to go elsewhere and you look at big questions, do advertisers stick with the show if colbert stays? and i think for people who thought this was over the line, maybe you start lookin

it i come home -- i come home from doing the ten, 11:00 with tony, sean and sarah and i watch steven colbertyou know, i'll watch little bit of jimmy fallon all those shows are taped at 5:30 and we'll be live at 11:30 every night running down what went on in the day and increasingly it's getting crazier and crazier. so get a chance to have fun wh that. >> we won't mess with america, jim. we can mess with you. >> no. >> what are you going to bring to this? what kind of edge are we going to have with the show. we got an idea from the trailer and the promo. what can we expect to see? >> well, you know, i think the best way to describe it we're going to kind of take -- we'll take that concept run down some of the -- shoot for five every time. final five which gives us the name. shoot for the thing you may have missed. things may have fallen through the cracks earlier on in the day. we'll do our best to try to make it look like nothing you've seen on local tv. we're not going to do newscast. we're going to do really just the things you missed. we're hoping to get some great guests to come in. whet

we'll have to leave it there for now talk about the whole fire steven colbert he went on a huge antiant. we'll save that for good day. we'll get to it this morning g to see you this morning. >>> thank you. >> tucker. 7:37. sunshine out there early and we are in for beautiful day. low humidity, breeze out of the north and west. spring like around here later today. 61 as mentioned in washington. lots of fief toos regionally even a couple 40s i think manassas is still in the 40s at the 7:00 o'clock hour. so a little cool out there ea early. definitely a cooler day than yesterday, and again it will feel more like early spring out with high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. there's your satellite/radar and it's nice and quiet with again lots of sunshine expected nice dry afternoon. quick look at your two-day forecast. today upper 60s. tomorrow about 70. we will have some showers by tomorrow evening, but if you're coming to weather day tomorrow or going to the nationals game tomorrow afternoon we should be fine. gets some clouds but keep it dry until tomorrow night. seven day coming up

coming up, steven colbert addresses his jokes. why he says there's just within thing he's sorry for. >>> and why facebook is hiring thousands of new workers to review what you see on the social network. first this is "today" on nbc. narrator:to do time is what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, 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. >>> just ahead, savanna ♪ predictable. the comfort in knowithursday . predictable is one thing you need in retirement to help protect what you've earned and ensure it lasts. introducing brighthouse financial. a new company established by metlife to specialize in annuities & life insurance. talk to your advisor about a brighter financial future. (nathan) secondhand smoke caused measthma attacks,

so -- >> steven colbert addresses the controversy surrounding his vulgar rant about the president. >> i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. >> will that be enough to satisfy his critic? today thursday, may 4th, 2017. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today". it's a thursday morning. matt is on assignment. craig is here. happy for prince philip. >>> a flury activity a few hours ago. a lot of people were concerned. you thought perhaps harry decideding to tie the knot. >> we have to wait for that announcement. let's start with this showdown on capitol hill. a vote happening today on the republicans long promise health care overhaul than comes less than two months after a similar vote was scrapped over fears it wouldn't pass. but now the house majority leader says things are different, they have the votes. we have in depth coverage this this morning. we'll start with kristen walker. >> reporter: good morning. that vote could come in just a few hours. the dramatic development following a series of false starts after president trump's initial push for hea

steven moore, cnn senior economist and economics analyst and former economic adviser to the trump campaign, and elizabeth colbertor of sixth extinction in natural history. both with us this morning. steve, i want to start with you. you advised that the president should withdraw from the agreement. are you confident that he will, that the evolving we're hearing from aides? >> i hope he keeps his promise. you played that clip of what he said on the campaign trail. heard him say it dozens of times when i traveled with him. i think it is an important promise to keep. the american people want jobs first, high wages, want to rebuild the economy. this is a climate change deal. we have done some analysis at the heritage foundation that finds it would dramatically increase cost of energy in america. american consumers and families would pay thousands a year more for electricity prices. it would put at risk potentially millions of jobs. we become an energy powerhouse with respect to shale oil and gas, don't want those jobs at risk. if this is going to hurt jobs, then no, we should not do this deal. i think the american pe

colbert as well. >> stick with us. one more thing is coming up next >> kimberly: time now for one more thing. hello, over here. [laughter] >> juan: back in noe steven the physicist said we had about 1,000 years left to live on this planet. guess what? he has recalculated now he says only 100 years to find another planet for the human race to go through. he sites climate change asteroid strikes. epidemic. it gets worse because we're going to need artificial intelligence to settle on another planet the artificial intelligence may kill us first. i want to go home, greg help me. >> greg: he is right. it's all about artificial intelligence. >> kimberly: robot. >> greg: nonthinking consciousness is going to destroy us. anyway, i will be talking about that tomorrow on the greg gutfeld show andrew schultz, amy holmes, actually talking about artificial intelligence and why those -- why that's going to destroy the earth. but more important. >> kimberly: okay, beautiful mind greg's endangered crowd sourcing news. crowd lemur news needs in chicago's lincoln primate house. take a look at this little doll. baby lemur. see where he is? he is being held on to and

colbert is not the only recent example. student marauders stopped charles murray at middle bury. ann coulter had to cancel. there was a times column under the headline, climate of complete certainty. stevensxample of hillary clinton's failed campaign so show that such certainty can lead to human russ. he said that while climate science is scrupulous, that's not always the case with its boosters. the column sparked some subscription cancellations. or consider the democratic taunts of gop members who voted to repeal obamacare on thursday. ♪ na, na, hey, hey, good-bye >> my cnn colleague was right to say that this kind of engineering and mocking is exactly why people hate politics. the left it is fired up but there's only one beneficiary in a climate of liberal tolerance and that's donald trump. he's helped when he is no longer the bad behaving outlier but the norm in a political atmosphere run amok. not only will his base stick with him, 96% say they're ready to vote for him again, but such behavior will also alienate independents who might be swayed by the perception of a political pylon. the best way to fight him is on substance, not his own style. in the primary process, if it taught us