president a warning. >> we, here, at late night will be watching you. >> meyers kept that promise, brutally dissecting trump's every move in his signature "closer look" segment. >> would you call what you're doing now investigative comedy? >> we do try to bring out information that you couldn't get out in a monologue joke, so we try to do a longer piece where we can sort of have a little bit more freedom to explain the story. >> trump is so fully out of his mind, he broke a general. that guy's been in wars. >> it might be explanatory journalism sometimes? >> sure. i think we try very hard. explanatory comedy. again, i'm always -- >> you're afraid of the j-word, aren't you? >> i feel like i'm doing a disservice to people who actually practice journalism to say i'm doing it as well. i like doing comedy the most, so that's what i would like to stick with. >> but experts say in the era of trump, viewers depend on comedians like meyers to make