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Dangerous because he needs to understand as all politicians do that the media is very important part of the democracy. so it's one thing to take pot shots at the white house correspondents dinner and it is kind of pathetic in a lot of ways and especially has become so now that it's become more of a celebrity gossipy event, but at the heart of it is the first amendment which trump doesn't really have any respect for. >> eric, don't you think though that the dinner was really established to sort of like get the politicians and the media together so that they wouldn't be so pushed to the side and...

The -- to make arrangements for that. >> do you think i have any chance of getting an interview with the president? >> i have no idea. >> joining me is patrick gavin, a former reporter for politico. seriously, patrick, i was cracking up. your first day of the journey you start by calling the white house comment line. >> that kind of is the point, i kind of want to do it the way anybody would do it who doesn't necessarily have some great connection, which is google the white house and that's the number that comes up. and just see what happens. that's kind of what the goal of the experiment is. ...

hey there, everyone, high noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." the latest poll numbers are in, and it is a horse race. the "washington post" abc news poll out just a few hours ago shows hillary clinton leading donald trump by just three points, 46% to 43% among registered voters. clinton is looking a lot better within her own party, though. a new poll finds her likability at 75%. could the e-mail controversy not be hurting clinton as much as previously thought? the "washington post" reports today that the tech company that managed her service sa...

And new york political reporter errol lewis and patrick gavin who has a new documentary all about tonight, it's called "nerd prom", and it's about important stuff about tonight that isn't always covered. so say what you want about the red carpet and whether they should have one at an event like this, whether there should be so many celebrities there or not, but for a few hours there, it was the place to be. brianna, you know, if you were on hillary clinton, you follow her very closely. she's not there this evening. >> she's not. a number of her top aides are, but this is a very eclectic red ca...

The core what this dinner is all about, you need to know about the white house correspondents association. it was started back in 1914 with the sole mission of pushing for broad access for the press to the president. and supporting vigorous reporting on the presidency. the group's first dinner is held back in 1921. sta started as a small group of 50 people, and has evolved for better or worse thanks to live television like us broadcasting us. also thanks to hollywood a-listers. the association now estimates more than 2,000 people attend. it also raises money for college scholarships. joining m...