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Famous people behind my colleagues in the senate used to kid me because i was always quoting irish poets. they think i did that because im irish. we irish have a chip on our should sometimes. thats not why i did it. i did it because theyre the best poets in the world. you can smile. its okay. a famous poet, theres a stanza of what i think should be our call today for young people. he said "history teaches us not to hope on this side of the grave, but then once in a lifetime that long tidal wave ...

>> poppy, victor, as you would expect, bono is a larger than life character with wide ranging interests. we chatted about africa, about foreign aid and innovation. but one thing everybody is talking about, you remember he imitated bill clinton at the cgi conference and then bill returned the favor. >> he was off doing some stuff. he lost his notes. and sheryl samberg actually said you have to do something. performers dont like lulls. so i went on and presented to be him. >> when i first met bono...

>> now, first of all, what was your reaction when you heard bono pretending to be you? >> it was pretty good. weve been friends a long time, and its not the first time hes made fun of me. but hes getting better at it. >> your daughter just informed me, in fact all of us, that you do a pretty good bono impression. this is your chance, mr. president. [ laughter ] >> well, im irish, you know? we irish, we can imitate anybody. but alas, ive been singing so long and screaming loud at these concerts, ...

Your reaction when you heard bono pretending to be you? >> it was pretty good. weve been friends a long time, and its not the first time hes made fun of me. but hes getting better at it. >> your daughter just informed me, in fact all of us, that you do a pretty good bono impression. this is your chance, mr. president. [ laughter ] >> well, im irish, you know? we irish, we can imitate anybody. but alas, ive been singing so long and screaming loud at these concerts, that im hoarse. so i got to be ...

>> well, im irish, you know? we irish, we can imitate anybody. but alas, ive been singing so long and screaming loud at these concerts, that im hoarse. so i got to be careful of my voice. thats why all may charities only have three-letter names. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> r.e.d., o.n.e. and even thats more effort than u2. but we still do a lot of good. >> that is great. [ applause ] >> mr. president,

Bono got a lot of attention for the impression of bill clinton. bill clinton got attention for his impression on cnn. >> im irish, you know. we irish, we can impersonate anybody. ive been screaming so loud at concerts that im hoarse. so ive got to be careful with my voice. thats why all my charities only have three lettered names. >> well be right back after this. 

To politics now. everybody went crazy for bonos impersonation of bill clinton. now president clinton is doing bono. [ laughter ] >> well, im irish, you know. and we irish, we can imitate anybody, but ive been singing so long and screaming loud at these concerts that im hoarse. so ive got to be careful with my voice. >> the former president also said he thinks over the long run his daughter chelsea would make a great president. newark mayor cory booker has 1.4 million followers due to his proli...

>> it was pretty good. >> you know, weve been friends a long time. and its not the first time hes made fun of me. but hes getting better at it. >> your daughter just informed me, in fact all of us, that you do a pretty good bono impression. this is your chance, mr. president [ laughter ] >> well, im irish, you know. and we irish, we can imitate anybody. but alas, ive been singing so long and screaming loud at these concerts that im hoarse. so i got to be careful of my voice. thats why all my cha...

[ bleep ] good. >> twitter picked this up and casey hunt for nbcnews.com talked about it the irony of choosing that story was not lost on a lot of people. yesterday we brought you bo no doing his best bill clinton, last night the 42nd president returns the favor. >> when i first met bono, he walked then into the oval office and actually i thought it was a member of his own road crew. he wasnt really dressed right. actually i felt like the rock star on that occasion. >> i must be really easy to...