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Of helena, the capitol. dispatchers say they lost contact with the deputy as he followed a vehicle. officers say they found him dead by the side of the road. highway patrol spotted the suspect's vehicles away in anaconda. officers put down spike strips but kept going. when the vehicle finally stopped, the passenger started firing and someone shot him. in new york, investigators are looking to the shooting of the police chief in the village of maybrook, new york, about 50 miles north of the big city. police say the chief is expected to survive. local media report the suspect died in a shootout ...

A comedy writer joins me live to tell me what's in store this weekend on "snl." ♪ ♪

Comedy i believe in. >> as a speech writer, as a comedy writer, as victor pointed out, you had to have, were you not, sitting in the audience listening to some of this thinking of some of the things you might have written for this moment? do you have any of those and would you share them with us? >> no. i will tell you this was a great year for me to be watching because i had nothing at stake other than getting to enjoy the open bar beforehand. i was very much enjoying being totally just an on-looker last ni night. >> you didn't have anything going through your head you think you would have us...

Everything trump doesn't stand for. >> for you as a comedy writer does that make it easier to write for her or different. >> it's different you're writing from a female perspective, but we agree on pretty much everything. it's not that hard to fine-tune a joke to fit something we share thought wise. >> one of the criticisms of traditional liberalism is being apologi apologetic. you watch sam and you don't feel like she's apologetic about being a feminist or criticizing donald trump or the whole she's playing in the media. does that make it easier to tell the jokes or do you ever worry, wait, a...

In the beginning, i would not say they were very welcomed, although there were certainly exceptions. >> i interviewed for the carson show and i called my agent and i said, i think it went really well. and he said, i'm sorry, honey, but they just called and they said they would not feel comfortable with a woman in the room. >> being a comedy writer is not the most macho profession, so i think there is a certain defensiveness and overcompensation. >> i like that inside track of getting to hear how men talk if women weren't around. because it was almost like you weren't around. >> it was filthy! ...