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Programming because their camera, their fixed camera was apparently right next to you, maybe unbeknownst to you and i could see you hugging people and kissing people and welcoming people. i could see you with your husband, so, you were, you were quite the star last night. >> i think probably everybody was doing that, but if youve been in the business long enough and you live in the city long enough you really do know everybody and see them at catastrophes at some horrible story or see them at on...

>> it was mainly video presentations by jay which did not necessarily deliver. he seemed uncomfortable with the crowd. he said it was a tough crowd because of the media and president obama is clearly very comfortable in that room with the media. >> but, jay had a similar joke where he said i see president obama doing a lot of socializing with health care. >> the auto industry. >> the auto industry, he said a lot of socialism jokes. >> our own gretta van susteren host of "on the record" at the di...

There were a few of the jokes and. >> great comedic timing nths last night i was up watching c-span because i was watching the correspondents dinner how bummed i was i couldnt be there. you know who was starring, gretta van susteren, she was in a close-up, thats all you could see. behind the scenes correspondents dinner gossip. >> well be back with more on the show. a land grab heating up. theyre duking it out for eminent domain, how does it every happen. >> plus, president obama after the corre...

I hunted a don quayle. back in the 90s i wish i would have shot some those lawyers i really do. >> larry: so you dont resent republicans with their attack while youre in office? >> no, i sure dont. i mean maybe a little bit, okay lets be honest here. the truth is my impeachment hearings were a dark, dark time in american history. but lets look at the good that came from us. c-span had its very first pg-13 rating. they did good. you know i -- i tell you, larry, i have to respect the republicans. ...

Its actually a good source making news making thing. you find out. but were not going this year. i look forward to hearing about it from you all. >> the comment was on c-span, too. theres a "morning joe" 8:00 a.m. special recap. the common criticism is that this just really demonstrates the coziness between official wug and the reporter who are supposed to cover it. on the other hand, lots of people decry the laj of collegiality in this town. >> thats so true. im going to send jeff a full report...

Thats just whats so weird about it. i followed my heart and i believe it was the right thing to do. which is weird. i get how weird that is. because i didnt make a commitment to elizabeth. i wasnt the one lying. to her. and i was supporting him in his process, and his intentions never waivered. >> well have more on hunters oprah interview coming up later in the show. that brings us to the punch line tonight, from jimmy fallon who is having fun with senator levins tough talk to goldman sachs exec...

Most concerned about the european workers coming in and all that. she was asking a legitimate question. weve got millions of eastern europeans taking our job and he looked like a limousine liberal, what a bigot we had to deal with there. >> he was in a limousine, but -- >> but, pat, as the only former staffer among us, right, white house staffer, do you think theres ever -- do you think its a good idea to put a lavaliere microphone on a candidate in the middle of a campaign? no good could come o...

Ive been in cars and the guy looked, pointed, c-span -- >> we can all -- >> it remind you of leslie nielsen in the naked gun when he goes to the bathroom during the press conference with the microphone. >> im just imaging repackaging this to going to the naked gun -- >> leslie nielsen. >> great, great. serious news to pass along. so many of our viewers have become familiar with chris licht. he was admitted to a washington hospital yesterday after experiencing extreme head pain. this is a state...

Thats just nonsense. its just nonsense. >> senator tester, you take a crack at it. they dont want to vote flagrantly for wall street, so its better to vote against having a vote. thats a lot safer. you dont get nailed for that one yet. >> weve debated whether to debate before, chris. but the fact is we need to end too big to fail. we need to end taxpayer bailouts, we need to have some consumer protection. and the wall street reform bill will do all those things, and republicans need to come to t...

>> let me tell you something, there was so much cursing going on, i was beginning to accept it. i realized i was watching television. >> that can explain the headline in "the new york post" today. sachs of [beep]. it was pretty interesting. some people may have thought have i wandered over to hbo rather than the fox newschannel or c span. or howard stern. >> it was amazing, too, senator mccaskel, about this stock, do you describe as this and went back and forth over and over. they were quoting a...