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Michael cow hhen. >> who is giving him advice on this. >> who would want to represent the president? i would represent anybody as long as they listen to me. the president does not listen. >> sometimes you have to make a settlement without consulting. tonight ill be a guest on "the late show" with stephen colbe colbert. we taped it earlier today. one of the things i find enduring about president trump. >> the thing tillerson figured out, a man that became famous on a show in which he said youre...

Veteran journalist charlie rose after eight women accused him of sexual harassment in a "washington post" report. after the post article came out monday, several other women also came forward with allegations of misconduct by rose. he has apologized and admits to, quote, inappropriate behavior. during an appearance on stephen colbe colbert, gayle king said this. >> its a stunning thing thats happened in the last 24 hours. monday your world is one way. and in 24 hours, charlie has been suspended ...

Think when late night comedians genuflected before barack obama the way they did. especially jon stewart for example, selling that iran deal. letting obama come on his show and endorsing obamas iran deal, which we are finding out more and more was not such a good deal. if theyre going to be like this, they should be more sort of balanced in their approach with all government officials when they do it. god bless them for whats happening now. trump does outrageous stuff, he does scary stuff and he...

To overreact sometimes. i saw this happen on the left and the right on social media this weekend. first on the left, there will be stories maybe first from the hill, put the head line up from the hill newspaper said fcc to investigate and take appropriate action about colberts trump rant. this sounds ominous, right? except the fcc always reviews every klabt it receives. you can complain to the fcc about this program. but the government almost never takes action. so folkenflik what is this really...

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What he said was powerful, look, im not thrilled with colberts final, the thing that was bleeped. that bothered me, because not about what he said of putin or trump, i dont care about that, but some folks felt at least indirectly he may have denigrated a group of people by the way he did it. and i think he apologized for that. i saw his apology. im not one to judge whether it was enough or not. but this is exactly what late night come hed kwans should be doing. its part of the same conversation ...

Whether youre a republican or a democrat or something else, we all agree on that. right? i mean, we do. >> now, some conservatives say late nights out of line. some liberals say theyre acting like snowflakes and on and on. the break down the late note commotion lets bring back david zur wick and david folkenflik. is there any reason to think cbs might take action against stephen colbert. when you watch some of the action on fox theyre itching to see colbert fired. >> i would be shocked. i cant i...

Trump, given the number of astonishingly offensive things that the president said over the years, and even over the course of this campaign, particularly about say women even people in public life. the second thing that youve got to think about is they are wrestling with this. what colbert was trying to do, he was defending his cbs colleague john dickerson who trump dismissed from the oval office during their series of interviews last weekend and colbert said let me show you what it actually sou...

More work to do. >> with two men of this caliber who share ideals and who share values about human decency, respect for human differences, i think that its going to be a really positive visit. >> reporter: besides the thorny issues they may tackle from abortion to the syrian migrant crisis, there will be plenty of ceremony. the president will present the pope with a gift, but no word as to what it might be. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> donald trump appeared on the late show to touch on a...

That americans wa s dont want talk about. they want to talk about jobs and national security. >> i wonder how relevant these polls really are then. once the caucuses begin early next year, republicans will start to win know down the field. donald trump tonight on stephen colbe colbert, still being humorous, but playing the straight guy to the comedian. do you think to move beyond this, well need to see more of that for trump, or might his numbers fall when it gets closer to when its important ea...