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Were with her with the comedy routine, but it got awkward when she went after sarah sanders in personal terms talking about her looks. the crowd was not loving it at that point. >> interesting, julia, how did you see it? >> right, i completely agree with liz. it was interesting to see sarah sanders' reaction. she sat through it and was graceful. kellyanne conway was in the room. and also, i would like to point out, wolf went after the media and democrats. so there was no one left out of it, but it seemed a bit personal on sarah sanders and many trump administration officials there. >> so liz, ...

Betsy, this was supposed to be in some ways a bit of a reproach month for the press and the white house. the president himself not attending. last year none of his aides did. last night sarah sanders sitting at the podium at the head table with the journalists where we heard nasty attacks from the immediates. >> there caustic remarks going after sarah sanders going after her accent and makeup. i think it's significant also that matt and mercedes schlapp, a member of the president trump white house, left in the middle of the comedy routine. if there was to be some come to jesus moment between t...

Other presidents. he's trying to insulate himself from anyone other than sympathetic media. >> you mentioned reagan, the last time a president didn't attend the dinner, it was reagan, but it was because of the assassination attempt in 1981. even that year, reagan still called in. he still joined by telephone. this is obviously on a much more pointed snub by president trump two years in a row. >> but, brian, this year, someone will be representing the administration at the head table. white house press secretary sarah sanders. what do you make of her attending the dinner this year? is this supp...

Live images right now of the president right there on the side of the screen, as he is boarding air force one, going to his rally in michigan this evening set to get underway at 7:00. meantime, while he won't be at the white house correspondents' dinner, his press secretary sarah sanders will be there representing the administration at the head table. david, how does that factor into this event, do you think? >> i don't know that it's going to make a huge difference to have the press secretary at the event when the president isn't, because if the idea here is to try to split the difference and...

Table. >> thank you, kellyian. >> reporter: back to north korea, you just mentioned that. the. of course, on the phone with leaders of south korea and japan. when this meeting was first announced, there was a lot of skepticism whether or not it would actually happen. cautious optimism we see coming from the president on his twitter account in recent days. how likely is it that the president does actually sit down face-to-face with the north korean dictator here in a few weeks? >> look, i think it's very likely. tremendous progress has taken place over the last few months due to the leadership ...