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And suddenly intel guys can't make that public can't make that public and then it's a pretty small -- >> it takes strong leaders to say this is a democracy. >> we fought world war ii with the perfect accuracy that is being sought now, we couldn't fight the war. i'm reading the long wonderful history of world war ii. the number of mistakes and blunders is breathtaking and yet we won the war and everybody looks back at it as a good war. >> thank you, panel. see you next week. well they held the white house correspondents' dinner last night, also known as the nerd prom. president obama spoke an...

Politicians gathered in washington, d.c. for what they called the annual nerd prom. we have the highlights because mornings are always better with friends. ♪ ♪ we'll get right to that fox news alert this morning. more than 2,000 people have died following that massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the country of nepal. >> this as after shocks send people running to open spaces. >> out, out, out, out guys! >> we're live in jerusalem with more of the devastation. what can you tell us? >> that initial earthquake was felt from china to india but it was centered near the nepal capital of kathma...

Just alluded to last night the n red prom. i was -- the nerd prom. i was teasing it's not, stop calling it this. >> yeah. it's -- calling it nerd prom the analogy i use is if a bunch of football players and cheerleaders decided they would join the chess club to burnish credentials for college. this hollywood celebrities going. if it were newt gingrich and elizabeth warren sitting quietly and telling jokes, maybe that's a nerd prom. this is hollywood celebrities, media people, god police everyone in the media, of course. it is nothing to do with nerds. there's a self-effacing aspect that's sort...

>> like it or hate it the white house correspondents' dinner has come to be known as the, quote nerd prom. the night that washington meets hollywood. joining me from the big dance in washington is ken walsh. he's not only chief white house correspondent for "u.s. news & world report" but the author of "celebrity in chief," a history of the presidents and the culture of stardom. thank you sir, you look dapper in your tuxedo. everyone is glammed up. this is your 29th white house correspondents correspondents' dinner. is this indeed the nerd prom? trnchts >> reporter: it's actual little become a ...

What do you hope will come out of this? will there be more acceptance and awareness about the transgender community? >> absolutely i think the point of the story is that we go so intimate with his life and that kind of intimacy when you learn someone else's story you have compassion for what they go through. you have compassion perhaps for an ideology or a lifestyle that maybe you weren't compassionate about before because you didn't understand the human side of the story. i think they did a beautiful job of sharing that part of his soul as he says for people to have more awareness, education ...