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We always struggle with your name. it's not our fault, i think it's your parents. this was an hour 20 minute speech. the rest of the media is in washington toasting themselves and patting themselves on the back. i don't think cnn is even covering this rally. what did you think of the president's counter programming tonight? >> dragon energy. this was classic trump at a classic rally. he went longer than other presidents would go. of course other presidents didn't have rallies. he outlined who his enemies are. outlined what his accomplishments are and outlined his goals. jesse: have much a camp...

Earnest? >> my own split-screen viewing, i have to tell you i think the president of the united states actually quoted john lovetts this evening. >> yes. >> amidst talking about 25 other things. it's exactly what you said, counter programming. the president going out, trying to distract as much as he can from an event that is at its core about protecting the first amendment of the united states and about raising money for journalism scholarships. we're going to get a lot into it the next hour about why he's not there and what it means that the president has decided not to show up and what the ...

Korea has. and so they've already won. and so if you are kim jong-un, why would you give up your nuclear weapons? what pressure could donald trump put on you. >> we'll see. it will be interesting to see what happens with this upcoming summit. jamie metzl, thank you. and i want to show you live pictures right now from the red carpet in washington, d.c. tonight, of course, is the big white house correspondents' dinner. these are live images. we have opmarosa apparently participating in the event. of course, the president will not be there, as we've been talking about. he is holding counter pro...

>> reporter: it's not clear. it's hard to predict sometimes. but we do know what's been on his mind. this weekend is the, as you mentioned, the white house correspondent's weekend. that's important because the past former presidents have gone to this dinner, toasted the free press, made jokes, but the president, for the last two years has decided to go out on the campaign trail instead. a little bit of counter programming with his core supporters. president trump over the last several days has been busy on a number of fronts, foreign policy and also tweeting and giving interviews about the spe...

Gains auto sales were down 2%. nbc's blake mccoy is in washington michigan. blake, we know the president expects a big crowd tonight. what do you expect? >> reporter: well, we're seeing the starts of a big crowd right now. doors open in about 30 minutes. that's the venue. an athletic complex. you can see folks lining up waiting to go through security. they've been out since early this morning hoping to get close enough to the stage when the president arrives. he's going to be speaking at 7:00 tonight. this is meant as counter programming to the white house correspondents' dinner going on in wa...