sfee speech but with free speech comes responsibility. journalists and everyone in that room who takes that podium has' responsibility. >> i don't know if he was joking or not about not roasting the president. he did. there was no line he walked. >> jeff mason was quoted as saying the president isn't here to defend himself. >> he went after the president hard. very hard. as hard as comedians have in the past when the president has been right there. david gergen, we will come back, before that we heard from carl bernstein and bob woodward about the importance of journalism. >> absolutely. i thought the comedian and woodward and bernstein were nice bookends. about how important it is in this country, first amendment, that you can stand up and challenge the country you have just come to. we don't think about that very much. i thought what was really