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Do you know who can stop a press briefing? only the spice man. you know what is crazy? every day on "the daily show," we do these jokes all the time, the administration lies, trump flip-flops, it doesnt matter. his supporters still trust him. it has not stopped his momentum at all. it is like the daily show should be on c-span, it has zero impact. it was true. and i realized something, maybe its because were living in this strange time where trust is more important than truth. and supporters of ...

Correspondents dinner. bernie, you get 2500 people in the basement of the hilton and they have a bit of a love fest together. this year the president will be in harrisburg, pennsylvania, he declared a month or two ago he and his staff would not attend. he as asked about it yesterday and he described it this way. >> im treated very unfairly and very dishonestly by the press. i thought it was inappropriate to go this year. if i were treated even slightly fairly by the press i would have gone. >> n...

Dinner to cover the presidents rally. lets start with you, david. i love this. >> sometimes this guy is so brilliant. he knows how to deal with -- he knows how to get under peoples skin. we saw that in the lead up to the election. nobody knows how to do that like him. he realizes that the biggest fault of the media is that they are more and more isolated in this little group. and he has succeeded in isolating them even more, and as he pointed out, not only are they going to be isolated in this l...

Looking at perhaps the tax plan then perhaps steve dannenberg too. that is why we want to see whether or not this to dictate the agenda. your thoughts. >> what is interesting to me as we look at the two individuals. gary cohen, head of the economic council. he loved the process. that is to say people have people throughout the government come together to discuss that issue. excuse me. and then they will carry their advice over to the president in an organized celebrity fashion. this essay can id...

He went on twitter a few weeks back and said, accused president obama of surveilling him? he was not tweeting about jobs in michigan as you say the focus should be. the media did not start that. >> i agree with you come president trump has used twitter to convey information to the american people that has been helpful and necessary whether you love it or hate it. but in the end, the facts will prevail, and we need to let our american system do its job through an investigation. >> ed: last questi...

>> meghan: we watched paul ryan get out power point like i was in college again which in fairness you sounded thrill. also watch c-span for fun. >> harris: more shame -- i love her. >> meghan: thank you. i had to get my dig in once in a while. for ned, comes from communication, so do i. i understand how on some level i knew this narrative wasnt getting across. i completely agree with you. i dont understand why this bill was pushed through without getting together every single facet of the republ...

He didnt like george w. bush. he opposed the iraq war. he may have said he fared it but ever since i knew him, he was against it. so he was a modest republican or a centrist democrat. i think he sees it. he learned a lesson here, i think. >> during the transition at trump tower, they had the camera from c-span that was trained on the lobby and all these dignitaries and people going up the elevator. at one point you paid a visit to trump tower. what did that mean during the transition? >> the tru...

Approach i dont know what is. she needed to go. she should be fired. insubordination is not something you reward with a job and its a smart idea to cancel the whole thing. >> shannon: if she could have given answers to general flynn how he cause caught up in surveillance could that be valuable information? >> that could be valuable information but put it behind closed doors. dont give her a forum where she can perform as people throw peanuts at her. thats what we have to avoid and what weve had....

Fabulous sweater cape. there are certain places i like to go. beverly hills. where. c-span: im going to get stopped. the get profile. part of the game. its going to happen and sometimes if you are crazy redneck you will get profile too >> tell me about it. >> they are profiling me but if i go to the airport is the same thing. greg: i only get profile than the public library and for good reason. >> thats way worse. greg: there is no reason why i would be in the public library. i have no pass. fin...

Fabulous sweater cape. there are certain places i like to go. beverly hills. where. c-span: im going to get stopped. the get profile. part of the game. its going to happen and sometimes if you are crazy redneck you will get profile too >> tell me about it. >> they are profiling me but if i go to the airport is the same thing. greg: i only get profile than the public library and for good reason. >> thats way worse. greg: there is no reason why i would be in the public library. i have no pass. fin...