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And now we have anthony terrell, nbc's reporter on the ground, he's been there in washington, d.c. anthony, the question is, i know it's a warm day, are we seeing the crowds increase? are we seeing the energy increase right now, or have we already hit that peak? >> reporter: well, we've hit the peak of the energy, but folks continue to stream in here from the march. when we were walking here we had marchers walking past us to get some rest. there are still some others under the trees right now. but we have speakers up here, we had some musical guests. and then we also have some families like m...

Bee is kicking off the first not white house correspondents' dinner special. she aims to post the president while we still have one. joining me now from the dinner is digital reporter ali vitali. walk us through what you have seen so far. >> reporter: so that committee to protect journalists, samantha bee said at the end of the program, it raised almost $200,000 for the organization. that's really amazing when you consider the fact of what she told me before the show, which is that there is the trump angle to this, which we all know very well. but there's the journalism angle and the celebrati...

There was also the classic trump rivering that samantha said her show is notorious for. one of the folks inside said there was a revival of will ferrell of the george w. bush take from, "how do you like me now"? he showed a painting that shows that he run out of orange and yellow in his palate. the full thing airs later tonight, but that's the vibe from what we saw from samantha bee and her guests on stage, richard. >> in 20 seconds, what does it look like in terms of the energy on the ground there? >> reporter: people inside were excited. talking to them on the red carpet, a lot of comedians ...

A lot of the times as far as us communicating. so be authoritative but also approachable. be soft but also be strong. >> asking for money and being able to get out there and connect with the voter, that was really scary for me. >> reporter: at a fund-raiser hosted for emerge, they learned to do just that. >> how nice to meet you. >> reporter: virginia state senator adam ebben said the new voices are welcome. >> we cannot reinvigorate the democratic party without them. >> reporter: these women say they are up for the challenge. >> i think this is an incredible moment in time for the party and f...

Going to be rallies, songs and some art as well. >> weatherwise it's warm right now. thunderstorms are expect ed. >> people are bringing ponchos as well. 90-plus degrees. the hottest temperature in this region was 91 degrees in 1974. we may be reaching that, thomas. >> stay dry. hopefully it will help the people overheated a little bit. we'll check back with you later in the day. nbc's anthony terrell. questions about nepotism aren't going away 100 days into this administration, actually they're growing. we'll look at that and the doubts from folks about how donald trump has surrounded himse...