nor will we always be the most popular people in the room, but that is what the founders intended, and it is as vital to our form of government as the right to vote. i've been a reporter for 60 years. and i have never been prouder of my profession than i am today. thank you. [applause] >> white house press secretary sean spicer tweeting owl the picture from the easter egg roll on the south lawn, great day the white house for the 139th east egg roll #white house. the will observing observing ths secretary wore a dark suit and a white tie and has a dye company's bunny mascot on the south lawn.

president trump and the first lady hosting their first easter egg roll, here's a look. >> what a great voice. thank you very much. great job. want to thank everybody. this is the 139th easter egg role. began 1878. and we will be stronger and bigger and better as a nationtr than ever before. we're right on track. you see what is happening and we are right on track. so, thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] >> we're going to do cards to soldiers in a little bit.soldie melania and bar barron will be

signing cards for troops and then we'll come out and join you and enjoy your company for a roll, great easter egg roll, and i don't know if we'll be successful but people done there will be successful and i've seened to the kids and they're highly, highly competitive. i just want to thank first lady melania trump. she has worked hard. she has been working on this for a long time to make it perfect, and we wanted to keep it just right. so i want to just ask her to speak, but before she speak is want to congratulate her.d we'll have a lot of people, ande they're going to have great time. so melania, thank you very much. and barro noh thank you for being here. thank you very much. first lady, melania trump. thank you. >> thank you. welcome to the white house.

this is the first time that my husband and i hosting the wonderful event, and well have today. i happen you have a great time with. have i want for thank military band,n all the staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly. you have memorable experience. i want to thank all the military who come today, and --because [cheering] -- and military in this great nation and servicemen and servicewomen all around the world who is keeping us safe. as we renew this tradition, thank you for joining us.

on behalf of the president, and barron, we wish you great fun and beautiful days coming ahead of us, and happy easter.fu thank you. [applause] >> happy easter have a great, great time. have a great day. thank you, folks. i'm coming down. thank you very much. [applause] ♪

[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversations] >> tonight on communicators a look the role of economic analysis and regulation the federal communications commission, with economists and george washington university public policy fellow hall -- hall singer. >> you're saying that google should be regulated be the fcc. >> what i'm saying is when

congress starts thinking about what a future fcc would look like, and thinking about discrimination by vertically integrated platforms, the conversation should not be limit teed isp. the threat that google poses is just as significant at what comcast or verizon can do. >> want "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> this saturday grassroots organizers held a rally on the mall to ask president trump to release tax returns. senator ron wyden, and congress woman maxine water, were among the speakers. ♪