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On "saturday night live" they couldnt do on a sitcom. the humor was more daring and more satirical and it was political. >> you still have 50 seconds left, mr. president. >> let me just sum up, on track, stay the course. a thousand points of light. stay the course. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i cant believe im losing to this guy. >> isle ill get. >> it is gary shandling show. >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcom...

Again. dont leave me hanging. >> we were worried with the new cast. but everybody loves us. >> you guys have been so nice to us during our stay. >> isnt that special. >> we just want to pump, you up. >> a lot of things they could do on "saturday night live" they couldnt do on a sitcom. the humor was more daring and more satirical and it was political. >> you still have 50 seconds left, mr. president. >> let me just sum up, on track, stay the course. a thousand points of light. stay the course. >...

That he simply cannot let go of the notion that he didnt win the popular vote, and that that somehow really hurts him deeply the way it would hurt him if "the apprentice" was no longer number one in the ratings. what that does is, it gets in the way of what has been an unbelievable frenzy of activity in terms of delivering promises out of the gate on this administration, that i cant believe he doesnt want that to remain the focus. he just seems totally incapable of not moving beyond something th...

Exchange that he had with cnns jim acosta, when he attacked cnn for their reporting, and jim said, let me at least get a question in, and he wouldnt allow it. thats really extraordinary, brian. ive been to a number of news conferences and youve been to a number of presidential news conferences and never really seen that type of tension before. again i would just underscore, this is the first news conference hes had since july so theres a lot of questions we didnt get to, like isis, like israel a...

>> after a while the show regained its status and clout and became even more of an institution than it had been. >> hey bob. hey penis looks great today. [ laughter ] >> you guys have been so nice to >> we were a little worried at first because we had a new cat. but everyone loves us. >> you guys have been so nice to us during our stay. >> isnt that special. >> im hans. and im flans. and we just want to pump -- you up. >> a lot of things they could do on saturday night live they couldnt do on a ...

Appear there and joke about that and for journalists to laugh at the jokes, tells you pretty much what hillary clinton is counting on when it comes to her campaign which is -- when it comes to the establishment press at least, that shes going to get a very kid glove treatment. >> so to sum up, shes gotten away with it, and the press has no problem with that. do i have it about right chris? >> i think the press has a problem because they know ultimately that there will be not just the fox news ch...

Ongoing scandal for her to appear there and joke about that and for journalists to laugh at the jokes, tells you pretty much what hillary clinton is counting on when it comes to her campaign which is -- when it comes to the establishment press at least, that shes going to get a very kid glove treatment. >> so to sum up, shes gotten away with it, and the press has no problem with that. do i have it about right chris? >> i think the press has a problem because they know ultimately that there will ...

This took place at an award for a journalist, attended by some of the brightest lights in political journalism in america today. the former secretary got a standing ovation there. for some gauzey statement they made. but to taunt to laugh at the very fact that she has left by everyones estimate a raft of unanswered questions, with ongoing scandal for her to appear there and joke about that and for journalists to laugh at the jokes, tells you pretty much what hillary clinton is counting on when i...

>> how long you been doing it? >> here for nine years. >> before that? >> mirage. >> before that? >> at a company doing special effects flying effects. >> before that? >> all over town and the world. >> youve been doing this all your life? >> all my life. >> how come? >> i enjoy it. i get great pleasure out of making people forget about their lives for whatever the length of the show is. >> yeah. >> and putting on a great show and seeing people smile or cry. >> you really dont care if they are s...

Groups like the chamber of commerce. like the nra backing and then the other lesser known but groups powered by the grass roots backing his challenger. so thats where this race is going. the answer to that and how the party really is going to go, will be -- that will be a very important race to watch. >> if i were going to sort of sum up tonight of what we are looking at, i think it would be sort of the establishment strike back, which is that after losing about a handful of senate seats, over t...