washington by the white house correspondence dinner is now under way. the event sees thousands of guests including journalists and politicians gather together in support of freedom of the present presidentjoe biden is due to speak in the next few minutes. we can take a lighter washington now and what you are seeing is inside the white house correspondence you can see people mingling and the address there from the npr white house correspondent. she is also head of the white house press association. joe biden preparing to deliver his remarks shortly where he will be focusing on the first amendment, freedom of press, but at the same time expected to make some jokes as well. to talk more about what we can expect as we await the speech from joe biden we can cross over to our correspondent who has been watching for most of the night. you have already been watching. it is a long night and all eyes will be on a fight to, you can call it a toast and a roast. expecting that taste from
fight to, you can call it a toast and a roast. expecting that taste from joe biden. wrote, though, as well, from the comedian hosting this year. but what you think we can expect? in the market is always the toast and roast aspect. we were just watching and awards are being handed out for a journalist for all the work they have been doing over the past year so there is a very serious aspect, of course, of having a dinner. there are 2600 people in this room, journalists, celebrities, politicians. it really is one of those classic washington, dc events where the powerful are all gathering in a room but, at the same time, it is a very interesting night because of that comedy aspect and that is something that only began maybe two or three decades ago but you hearjokes from the president. we hearjokes from a comedian who is normally invited to the night and it will be roy wood junior from the daily show. it is one of