have ron chernow say, here is a comedian.tion, it could be about the media, democrats, republicans. it's not about the white house correspondents association. it's about freedom of expression. we need to be more vigilant than ever, when we have a president who has attacked the media, who has attacked comedians. this emboldens him to go after people who are his critics. they'll say, you know what, i'll self-censor. the democratic presidents have said the same thing. >> thanks so much, dean, appreciate you coming on. >>> a $400,000 discovery in a washing machine, giving new meaning to the term "money laundering." we're coming clean on this story, just ahead in the cnn newsroom. ♪ bum bum bum bum bum this is incredible. this weekend join t-mobile and get the awesome iphone xr, on us. it has an amazing camera. i can barely contain myself. this weekend join t-mobile and get the iphone xr on us. ♪ bum bum bum bum bum on table ten. ♪ he'd be proud of us. a family business should stay in the family. see how lincoln's insurance soluti

. >> ron chernow will host a dinner next year.e. >> following last year's controversy the white house correspondents association decided to ditch the comedy portion of the night going with a more serious speaker, ron chernow whose work inspired the broadway musical hamilton, his speech will focus on the first amendment but he vows to keep audience members from falling sleep saying freedom of the press is always a timely subject and this seems a perfect moment to go back to basics. i've never been mistaken for a standup comedian but i promise my history lesson won't be dry. michelle wolf is not impressed. she says the white house correspondents association are cowards, the media is complicit and i couldn't be prouder. some folks on social media think this is a good idea. claire on twitter says had to stop when good fun turned to hateful rhetoric. another twitter user chimed in saying this seems it could be a good step by the white house correspondents association to mend fences. the president has been accused of attacking the first

ron chernow will now host the dinner next year and carly shimkus with serious xm 115 is here with reactionine. >> following the controversy the white house correspondents association has decided to ditch the comedy portion, going with more serious speakers were conspired the hit broadway musical hamilton. his speech will focus on the importance of the first amendment but he vows to make sure the evidence does not fall asleep, he says freedom of the press is always a timely subject and this seems like the perfect moment to go back to basics. i have never been mistaken for a standup comedian but my history lesson won't be dry but comedian michelle wolf is not impressed, she said white house correspondents association are cowards. the media is conflicted and i couldn't be prouder. still some folks on social media think the right decision was made like steve, who says what wolf did wasn't comedy. white house correspondents association made the right decision. ed on twitter saying michelle's performance as a comedian for the last dinner set the bar so low that it is a waste of time. some people

and ron chernow taking care of that. >> that is a no-brainer.rats will control the house with several agenda items on the line. our next guest says this could be a good thing for the president's agenda. joining us to explain how is the author of the republican workers party, how the trump victory drove everyone crazy and was just what we needed. mister buckley, thanks for coming on this morning. explain how, it is counterintuitive to think democrats control the house would be a good thing. >> people say we have divided government, we had divided government for the past couple years. we had a presidential republican party and congressional republican party and they are not the same thing. the point about trump, he ran a different kind of campaign obviously. he found the sweet spot in american politics which was culturally conservative but economically middle-of-the-road on a bunch of things and that opens the door to the possibility of deals with the dems. they have a choice. they can jump on impeachment or try to deal. >> how is a better situati

and this year they have invited presidential biography ron chernow to speak about the press. >>> ready or not the great tu gey dayaway is kicking into high gear. >> more than 50 billion measures r more, sol 50 miles you know that it will be a crowded commute out there on the roads and also in the air. but the vast majority 48 million will be clogging the road, that is up 5% from last year. and it is fueled by theli f gas prices. the national average for unleaded is now $2.63 a gallon. the important thing is it is down 20 centsn one month. >> heading the right direction there. and there will also be big crowding at the nation's airports, a record 30 millionen passrs expected to hit the air through next tuesday. airlines adding some 158,000 seats per day a restricted military air space is being opened up for commercial planes. >> t busiest travel days forra airvel is this wednesday and then next suny as everyone tries to fly home all at once. but the which busiest travel da the road start today through wednesday and then again on sunday. the lightest travel day is actually thanksgiving i

instead, ron chernow will deliver the keynote at april's dinner.y want to avoid the combative feel for the past two years. president trump has skipped the event two years running now. he said the correspondents s association asked me and i will happily oblige. he is entertaining and he is really -- he wrote the book. >> you won't miss the comedian? i personally will. >> some jokes -- they didn't have a comedian last year. >>> okay. ahead, you missed it while you were sleeping. the highest scoring game in monday night history and possibly the super bowl preview. we have andy scholes recapping it for you in the "bleacher report." introducing le vian links of love, only at jared. visit jared.com for $100 off any le vian purchase. ♪ bum-bum-bum-bum-bum t-mobile believes it's better to give than to receive. james may disagree (scream) join t-mobile and get the samsung galaxy s9 free. ♪ bum-bum-bum-bum-bum from capital one.nd i switched to the spark cash card i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back.

instead ron chernow will host. he is set to speak on the importance of the first amendment.llowing last year's controversial act by comedian michelle wolf. in response to the news, wolf tweeted, the white house correspondent's association are cowards. the media is complicit and i couldn't be prouder. president trump has been absent from the last two annual dinners and it is unclear if he will make an appearance at next year's event scheduled for april 27th. >>> let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. is there some good news for thanksgiving week? >> we don't have any big snowstorms. that's the best i can do for you. at least travel is going to be okay. a lot of people heading to the airports today and tomorrow. you're going to be fine. we do have a little bit of snow to deal with for the second time in a week in november the plows and shovels are out from albany all the way through vermont, new hampshire, massachusetts. additional snowfall totals in southern maine around four inches is possible. mostly north of the mass pike we'll call it 1-2 mo

you gave it to ron chernow. mr. widmer: i am glad you mentioned that. because washington college was very proud of its association with george washington. he gave the original financial gift to create a college in maryland. so starting that prize was really fun. it was given at mount vernon. said.ernow won, as you that was an exciting time because hamilton was so obviously a breakthrough book. it was a thrilling breakthrough book well before it became what we all know now, a thrilling broadway musical. i loved the feeling that a founding father can rise a lot in currency. our past isn't set in stone. they rise up and down in reputation. as you know, because you are so generous to us who write political biographies because you bring us on your show. hamilton was somewhat forgotten. wasn't the $10 bill, he a president. he died young. but he roared back to life. thanks to a single book. that night was wonderful. i talked a lot with ron about why he wrote that book. i still cannot get tickets to the show, if he is watching right now. but i feel like in a sm

instead, they're going with an historian, ron chernow, he's an acclaimed biographer.e the "hamilton" book that inspired the "hamilton" play. he's going to be a great speaker, but they're backing away from a comedian. >> why? >> i think a lot of people on twitter are saying this is cowardly. even michelle wolf says this is a cowardly move by the association. they can't handle humor. i think what's happening here is because president trump won't go to this dinner, it changes everything, right? if you don't have the president there and he's not making jokes and he's not ribbing on the press corps, it's kind of weird to get a kmacomedian up there a make fun of him. so he's once again showing how he's changing the balance of these events in washington. he doesn't go to the kennedy center honors or the white house correspondents dinner. so by snubbing these events, he's changing the makeup. the more provocative, the better. a lot of folks in the room thought maybe it was inappropriate when the president wasn't there to respond or wasn't there to make his own jokes, to have

that is our take on historian ron chernow who is slated to host the correspondence dinner.d going quite a while ago. it was uncomfortable yucking it up. i much rather celebrate great journalism, celebrate those who have done the best out of the year, and talk about the relationship between the white house and you don't need a comedian every year. you don't need the president reading somebody else's joke every year. maybe we actually go and just have a good night where we celebrate great journalism of others. >> i haven't been in a long time either. i feel like a nerd saying this but i would love to hear ron talk about hamilton and grant. i don't know, throwing ideas out there. put the nerd back in. >> we need it. >> i listened to a lecture from ron. if we could shave hours off the dinner from my past experience that would help too. >> that would help. again, i'm serious. i'm with you. i would much rather, you know, hear ron chernow talk then, again, go to the sort of yuck fest that we've had over the past several years where it's unbecoming and this actually to me seems lik