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But you can be certain that in the great causes of compassion that you come together to embrace that i stand proudly with you as an ally and friend. god bless you all. and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> massachusetts governor mitt romney addressing the al smith dinner in new york city. live. you see him there speaking with president obama, who will be speaking in just a moment. giving the same, we expect, type of speech that mr. romney gave in a sense that it will be funny and there will be some remarks that have less snark to them and are more kind and are less politica...

To whether or not they're likable people, whether they can pass the have a beer with me test. which may be in part why mitt romney i think made four separate jokes about the fact he does not drink because this is a likability gambit essentially for both of them. what's the relationship between likability and ability to develop, deliver a joke in this kind of context? >> i mean, you don't have to be likable to be funny. a lot of comedians are horrible, horrible people. it's about how comfortable you are in your own skin. romney, the jokes are professional jokes, comedians wrote them, but he doe...

Which may be in part why mitt romney i think made four separate jokes about the fact he does not drink because this is a likability gambit essentially for both of them. what's the relationship between likability and ability to develop, deliver a joke in this kind of context? >> i mean, you don't have to be likable to be funny. a lot of comedians are horrible, horrible people. it's about how comfortable you are in your own skin. romney, the jokes are professional jokes, comedians wrote them, but he doesn't seem to be comfortable in his skin. >> yeah, authenticity is everything on television and...

Both trim medicare by more than $700 billion a point of contention surely to be debated from now until november. >> the new face on the campaign trail the president's team calls her a secret weapon. michelle obama. >> aides set up a white board between two flags so he could talk about the fine points of health care. but somehow it all got off track. >> the president's team promised it would not criticize romney for not releasing more. >> did not take long. president obama's first medicare ad. it's here. >> sift through all that. we need a laugh. let's bring in a political comedian chris rock b...

when i was 10. here i am. >> russell brand, dangerous, outspoken and very, very funny. >> that's enough. we'll be right back. get off. >> russell brand. who knows what might happen. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story, imagine a world in which a first lady divorces a commander in chief. the president herself loses to a less experienced rival and becomes the secretary of state. ridiculous. anyway, this is the world of the guilty pleasure, political animals. who better. sigourney weaver made over 40 films that grossed $4 billion worldwide. she plays the toughest...