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Mr. tread, joe piscopo, joe, how are you? warmest handshake i've ever felt. >> reporter: aside from "snl," late night comedy shows are finding themselves in the political cross fire. earlier this month, a twitter firestorm using the #fire colbert gain the seem after the late night show host made comments about the president that some called homophobic. >> billy was born with a heart disease. >> reporter: jimmy kimmel used his late night plat tomorrow foe his son's health condition. melissa mccarthy is hosting tonight's episode of "snl" which is being broadcasted live in all time zones. and the...

Use he thinks is important. that's how many fans also feel about stephen colbert, another comic making waves right now. colbert drew controversy when he did the monologue imagining a crude rebuttal to donald trump after president trump issued a o donald trump after president trump issued a schoolyard taunt to colbert's cbs colleague, john dickerson. >> so you attract more skin heads than free rogaine, more people marching against you than cancer. you talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. the only thing your mouth is good for is vladimir putin's [ bleep ]. >> now that set o...

Regards to what you can say on television and throughout the american media. there will be a review but i think the fcc is being clear it's extraordinarily unlikely they would take action against cbs. >> paul, meantime you're not lenient, right. you penned an op-ed on cnn.com and you are calling for cbs to fire colbert. why? >> yeah. i think it's outrageous. the level of obscenity, the crudity, the vulgarity of the language that he used is just beyond the pale and it doesn't really have to do with donald trump attacking donald trump personally, of course, we always -- americans always joke abo...

I agree with you, i don't think the fcc will act. >> and so colbert is standing by his monologue. this what is he said earlier. >> i had a few choice insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. i believe he can take care of himself. i have jokes. he has the launch codes. so -- it's a fair fight. so while i would do it again, i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. >> so, does this kind of up the ante, brian, because, you know, donald trump is the leader of the government, fcc, government agency, it's donald trump who is taking offense to this particula...

Comic making waves right now. colbert drew controversy when he did the monologue imagining a crude rebuttal to donald trump after president trump issued a schoolyard taunt to to donald t trump issued a school yard taunt to colbert's cole eeg, john dickerson. >> you attract more skinheads haas than free row contain. in fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being vladimir putin's [ bleep ] hollister. >> that set off a hashtag, fire colbert, which he addressed on his wednesday night show. >> welcome to the late show. i'm your host, stephen colbert. still --? am i still the host? i'm stil...