when alec baldwin returns for a record 17th time hosting snl.easer alone probably annoys him. >> this is my home. this was my heart beat so i must return. i must find the strength -- >> alec, you were just here like yesterday. it's not that big of a deal. >> oh, it's a big deal. >> reporter: lately the big deal has been melissa mccarthy's portrayal of sean spicer. sources close to president trump said that what bothered the president most of about the portrayal is that they're all of spicer was played by a woman. that made some women mad and sparked a push to draft rosie o'donnell to play steve bannon. rosy's using this one as her twitter profile picture and her thursday she tweeted this picture as bannon as a puppeteer with the president on his lap. since there's such bad blood between rosie and the president -- >> she's disgusting. she's a slob. >> orange slug. >> reporter: trurosie tweeted available if called i will serve. the huffington post compiled an entire cast of women from ellen degeneral es as mike pence to betty white as jeff session

. >>> alec baldwin back at donald trump. president and the big issues 's facing in office. y299xy ysty afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. it's good for all of us. dominion. depend on us for more than energy. y2933y ysty >>> mr. trump, thank you for still accepting our refugees. >> homie say what? >> president obama said america would accept 1200 refugees. not be forgotten. >> no, no, no. no refugees. america first. australia sucks. your reef is failing. prepare to go to war. >> that's last night's "saturday night live." they made fun of the president's phone calls with foreign leaders, specifically his phone call wi

i mean, alec baldwin's an actor, and he's good at tv show.ald trump could be president, so could alec baldwin. liz: maybe kristen's going to happen to canada. and the next thing that film director was not present to accept the award, in protest of the travel ban. but here's the thing. iran has terrible record of human rights and where's the talk from hollywood on the war on women in the middle east and these countries that are doing horrible things to men and women and children just brutalizing their own population? where is hollywood on that, chris? >> they're awol. they're nowhere to be found. but this is a very serious one as americans do need to come together. we need to have a vetting process that works, and we do love immigrants. however, there needs to be a vetting process looking at what's happening in the middle east, making sure that our getting these things right. it shouldn't take another 9/11 to look back in the rearview mirror and say where were our vetting processes? so we should be balanced on that one if the democrats can eng

. >> we're not exactly sure how many times they will use her, because alec baldwin who's been playing not a part of the cast, but you can't describe how great mel poli police -- my firefighter is when she took out this big piece of gum and shoved this huge piece of gum in her mouth. what needs to be said about mccarthy, is it's not just funny, it's really pointed and it really makes fun of spicer, in a way that kind of injures his credibility. >> i can't imagine that he like this is. let's talk about numbers because we know a certain person in the white house really loves to talk about numbers, but alec baldwin hosting the show last night, it had its best ratings in six years, what's the appeal? what's going on. >> it brought in about a 7.2 overnight rating, but it brought in a bigger rating than when the real donald trump hosted just 14 months ago. that brought in a 6.2 "saturday now is much watched television. i have covered it for years, i have never seen people get into it as much as they were last night. and that's because of alec and donald trump, both of them have made "saturda

alec baldwin takes to the stage yet again for his 17th time as host. tell you what you can expect. >> should be pretty funny. >> yeah. >> folks already wrapped around the building. they've been lining up since thursday. >> but my question is rosie o'donnell -- >> no. folks announced yesterday she's not going to be joining the show tonight. we don't know about the future, but she won't be playing steve ban nontonight. >> okay. >> thanks. >> see ya. >>> so there are growing fears among undocumented immigrants now that they might be forced out of the united states. >> gadi schwartz explains how it can tear families apart. >> reporter: a family reunion, but it's only temporary. she was deported this week. the first high-profile during president trump's administration. >> i thought the united states was supposed to be united. >> reporter: but she says her children can't stay in mexico because it's too violent. >> she's our everything. >> reporter: and in this florida apartment, another mother makes dinner for her children. four were born in the u.s., one wa

saturday night live, they did a brilliant impression, by alec baldwin, and he was tweeting in the programmeit was a disgrace, as its ratings went through the roof. and then there was a brilliant impersonation of sean spicer attacking journalists, with the podium. sean spicer said it was beyond me. you know you are effective if your targets complain. a lot of people all over the world think donald trump is terrible, but his popularity generally among american voters, record low for an incoming president, his standing among republican supporters, nobody has had it higher. of course. as a journalist, i agree about the media ina sense, journalist, i agree about the media in a sense, on the other hand, that has been his strategy. he can argue he communicates in his own way with the people he wants to communicate with and we are some corrupting influence between. not what i think, but that is his stance and it has been effective for him will stop of course, it becomes worrying whether it is based on

there was a tweet last night, alec baldwin, time to suit up, and that started a chain of people sayinget's get alec bald been alec walled w alec baldwin in there, and brian stelter said this, and what is the chance, do you think, that would happen? >> i don't know if there is that much chance of that. it's not guaranteed to be funny. it's more funny when the person is there. they should keep in mind, that evening from 2011, we knew what followed hours later was the operation that killed bin laden. folks should keep in mind, while they are making fun of the president he has the ability to take serious action in the world that turns the table, and i would not be too gleeful. >>> and kim jong-un half brother died within 20 minutes within being in contact with the nerve agent, and what one person says she thought was part of the combination, what the chemical was. ♪ so nice, so nice. ♪sweet, sweet st. thomas nice. ♪ so nice, so nice. ♪st. croix full of pure vibes. ♪ so nice, so nice. ♪ st. john a real paradise. ♪ so nice, so nice. ♪ proud to be from the virgin islands. ♪ ♪ and the whole pl

spicer took it in strayed and defended his boss, saying alec baldwin in his portrayal of trump has gone from funny to mean. wolf? >> thanks sara, erin burnett out front starts right nowp. >>> out front next, breaking news, all eyes on the ninth circuit court of appeals, will the court strike down president trump's travel ban. terror attacks aren't being reported. is the president suggesting a cover-up. more breaking news on capitol hill, democrats holding an all night protest on the senate floor. breaking details ahead, let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett, we begin "outfront" with breaking news.

. >>> alec baldwin's practicing this weekend's trump roast. "saturday night live" surprises revealed. >> right now only on "extra." ♪ extra, extra . >>> alec baldwin polishing the script for saturday night. >> the media is very unfair. >> his wife hilaria is our special correspondent, taking on the rehearsarehearsals. >> only doing this for "extra." >> will rosie get her revenge playing steve bannon? >>> britd knee's niece maddie released from the hospital after her atv crash. the first photos and how she's doing. >>> matt damon's first words on his bud

alec baldwin reprized his role as the president of the united states. >> the ban violated the establishmentlause. >> wrong, overruled. >> also, last night, president's criticism of nordstrom from dropping his daughter's clothing line. >> these are high, high-quality products. i'm wearing one of her bangles right now. it's beautiful, shimmery and elegant. it's $39.99. unbelievably affordable, okay? don't even get me started on her shoes. >> that is melissa mccarthy once again playing the role of press secretary sean spicer. >>> coming up, could the sixers cool off the heat? plus they respond to the injury of one of their star players all coming up next in sports. >>> it turns out, jamel has a minor tear in his knee. and they have known about it for awhile. the sixers say they're still more concerned with the bone bruise. >> the mri revealed what we thought to be a bone grus and the recognition of the minor tear. getting back is just a pattern of resting and recovering that results in him being a-symptomatic. once he is he'll be back on the court. >> he goes in for a one-handed stretch. meanw

alec baldwin there back as host for this week's "saturday night live," playing president trump, of course. baldwin's version of the president took the judges who refused to reinstate the travel ban to people's court. the night also featured the return of melissa mccarthy as white house press secretary sean spicer. she poked fun at nordstrom's decision not to pick up ivanka trump's fall line. >> that's nordstrom's loss. these are high, high-quality products. in fact, i'm wearing one of her bangles right now. it's beautiful. it's shimmery. it's elegant, and at 39.99, that's unbelievably affordable. >> but she doesn't stop there. there she goes showing off her kate mckinnon also appearing in the sketch as attorney general jeff sessions. it wasn't all politics though. the beehive was probably happy too. they had a little beyonce skit in there. >> that was big news. >> the twins and the sonogram. >> my mistake, bad boys was the bad boys song from the show "cops." but there was a "bad boys" movie with martin lawrence. >> you're still right. it's all good. >>> let's talk about tonight. >> i know

all the sketches are hilarious and legendary but now alec baldwin brought hilarious version to the sketch show but he explains to kidd o'shea he is not doing it for money. there is not much in it. kidd: this weekend, alex baldwin will host "saturday night live" for a record 17th time. his impersonation of donald trump is part of their ratings uptick. but you might be surprised how much he takes home from each appearance on the show. there was a recent article that everybody went crazy that you only get paid $1,400 an episode to do s.n.l. people were shocked by that. >> lauren is my friend. when you host "saturday night live" you are not paid an exorbitant amount of money either. the "saturday night live" production matrix works because it's largely promotional. no one is getting paid a lot of money. they are quick to remind me i got a modest amount of money to do the show but untold millions of dollars in free publicity. he is right. kidd: a good businessman. >> very good businessman. the good businessman. kidd: if you wonder when they give him the final lines for the broadcast -- >> they

kidd: this weekend, alec baldwin will host "saturday night live" for a record 17th time. his impersonation of donald trump has been behind the recent ratings uptick, but you may be surprised by what he takes home. article thatecent everybody was price you only get paid $1400, and people were shocked by that. is my friend. when you host "saturday night live," you are not paid an exorbitant amount of money, either. the "saturday night live" production matrix works because it is largely promotional for people coming on. no i do not think the show would survive if everybody got a big fee. gotorne would remind me, i a modest amount of money on the show, but an untold amount in publicity. he is right. kidd: if you are wondering when writers give alec's final line -- alec: they are grinding it out just before they open the show, so much to people's consternation, i'm getting notes and 's to the wire. it is incredible -- and new lines to the wire. it is incredible. autria: that is a record -- 17 times. now to sign for your 60-second express. president trump vowing to fight on aft

alec baldwin returns for a record 17th time hosting snl. president trump can.alone probably annoys him. >> this was my home. this was my heartbeat, so i must return. i must find the strength. >> alec, you were just here yesterday. it's not that big of a deal. >> it's a big deal. >> lately the big deal has been melissa mccarthy tor paraphernalia of sa portrayal of sean spicer. what bothered him most was played by a woman. that made some woman mad and sparked rose see o'donnell to play steve bannon. these are their faces morphed together. on thursday she tweeted this photo of bannon as a -- >> trump critics figure it would drive the president nuts to see her play bannon. rosie tweeted available. if called i will serve. the huffington post compiled a general cast of women, betty white as attorney general sessions. sorry, rosie fans, we have a five-word answer. she is not doing snl. unless of course the show invites her and she accepts at the last minute. when it comes to rosie and president trump, maybe the wall should separate them. >> living with this pig face.

when you look at this with the protests going on, and then you look at the alec baldwin sketch we sawminutes or so ago, where he starts singing bad boys, bad boys, and you put that altogether and you understand the protests. it might not matter this is consistent with what obama was already doing, because you have trump's own words out there and these massive protests out there, and everything is kind of whipped into a frenzy, and that's kind of the veneer of what is happening right now. you know, it's funny, i was sitting at the train station in philadelphia back in the republican retreat, and a couple hundred protesters out there, and i was talking with an old republican source, and he mentioned his read on the whole thing was that to him this was a lot like the '60s, and this was like when you would have spontaneous protests almost anything that was going on over lbj and nixon, so this plays right into that. >> there have been protests every weekend now of the trump administration. quickly to you, arrow, the president tweeted about japan and tweeted about the decision from the nint

. >> an administrator in the dominican republic got blasted for using a photo of alec baldwin playingmp instead of an actual photo. >> i think it's an obvious mistake, but it gets to the place where people are crossing over, the alec baldwin impression is being seen by an enormous number of people. and so some foolish person in the dominican republic made that mistake, but it underscores that there's just not a lot of serious thoughtful stuff going on in terms of the way people are reacting to this president. they're reacting in visceral ways, they either love him or they hate him, it's one of the two extremes. >> quick break, we'll be right back. baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? no sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv and gaming system. luckily, the geico insurance agency recently helped baa baa with renters insurance. everything stolen was replaced. and the hooligan who lives down the lane was caught selling the stolen goods online. visit geico.com and see how easy it is to switch and save on renters insurance. this is my retirement. retiring reti

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. >> donald trump is critical of alec baldwin.ople are referring to alec baldwin as really the impersonat impersonator-in-chief. he hosted the show and gave president court his day in court, the people's court, over that blocked travel ban. take a look. >> here you want to bring in a character witness. >> that's right, someone who has nobody me for years, he's family, he's an incredible person with impeccable credentials, mr. vladimir putin. ♪ >> this is russian president vladimir putin. he's an authoritarian leader who has invaded other countries and killed rivals. he's president trump's long time crush. >> vladimir is an amazing person. he knows me better than anyone. >> that's right. hey, everybody, come on, lay off president trump, okay? this man is a great friend. he's my little american happy meal. >> so from your perspective as a former staffer, was there ever a moment where you and other staffers feel like you could cross the line, you may go too far? it gets a little uncomfortable or is it just all bets are off? >> i thin

one tweet, alec baldwin, time to suit up.ce, the vice president will go, which is not unprecedented. we have been to white house correspondents dinners where the vice president goes. but as we talk about this, this is not a dinner just to post the president, it's to post the presidency and the press, and the free press and an adversarial press. who do you think should be in that chair? >> i think the question on pence is if president trump has decided not to go, does that mean he doesn't want anyone from his administration either on stage speaking or in the audience as guests. that will be an interesting question for the white house this week. so we'll see where they stand on that. on the -- i have seen a lot of funny ideas for who should replace him. i don't think it would be in good taste for the white house correspondents association, which i'm a member of, and i assume you guys are members of as well. to replace trump with someone like alec baldwin, although i think his impersonations of trump are hilarious, when the pres

. >>> alec baldwin is not the only hollywood star taking a comedic stab at the pruzsy.carthy has joined the "snl" administration as press secretary sean spicer. in case you missed it. here is just one clip. >> before we begin, i know that myself and the press has gotten off to a rotten start. all right. all right. all right. all right. in the sense -- when i said rocky start, i mean it in the sense of rocky the movie because i came out here to punch you in the face, and also i don't talk so good. i would like to begin today by apologizing on behalf of you to me for how you have treated me these last two weeks. and then apology is not accepting. because i'm not here to be your buddy. i'm here to swallow gum, and i'm here to take names. >> all right. you guys still aren't getting it. you need some props? my words too big? i got to show new pictures? great okay. here we go. when it comes to these decisions, the constitution gives our president lots of power. and steve bannon is the key adviser. >> oh, hi, guys. >> hello. >> great to have both of you on. let's talk about, y

the president is not pleased with alec baldwin's portrayal of him. >> he's got to lighten up, alec baldwin also appreciate darrel hammond's impression -- all of the trump's that we're seeing, they're all amuse iing i love i. >> can we talk about lady gaga. some people wanted her to be politically outspoken, she didn't really deal with that much for the half time show. many expected her to be overtly political, possibly give a speech denouncing trump. what did you think of her performance? >> i love her, i love everything she does i think of her as my mormon sister. i think it's great, it's a lost opportunity, though. we saw beyonce being extremely political when she came out in formation, how great that was and what an impact that had. it would have been wonderful to see the same from gaga, but she's fabulous. >> i thought with people holding the torches, they were reminiscent of the statue of liberty. i think she said something without saying it, it wasn't so overt. some people wanted her to go harder, i understand. >> there's an artistry to it, there's a lot of different ways to express

kimberly: alec baldwin hosted a hosted "saturday night live" a record 17th straight time, but somebody else stole the show. >> of clothing accessories, and nordstrom's lost because these are high, high quality products. in fact, i'm wearing one of her bangles right now. it is beautiful, shimmering. reported thewas president, a frequent critic of the show, was upset that a woman was impersonating his spokesman. last night, they had their highest ratings in six years. and there is a new champ at the box office. >> what else drive you to one of them? "the lego batman million.rned $55.5 "50 shades darker" came in second. finished third. "best cracked pepper sauce" barbeque trophies: "most ribs eaten while calf roping". yep. greatness deserves recognition. you got any trophies, cowboy? uh, yea, well, uh... well, there's this one. "best insurance mobile app"? yep, three years in a row. well i'll be! does that thing just follow you around? the award-winning geico app. download it today. kimberly: the duchess of cambridge trying not to steal the spotlight at the british academy film awards, pr

>> alec baldwin hosting snl for a record-breaking 17th time. we'll show you a live lk at 30oo >>> angry demonstrators at an airport confront montana senator and demand a health care town hall. as republicans move forward with plans to repeal and replace obamacare, some are being met by angry constituents at town halls across the country, many demanding answers amid the uncertainty about the future of health care in america. >>> and i had two open heart surgeries on my fixed income. we will not be able to afford the medication she now takes and she will die. >> we're going to make sure that we continue to create >> now, this pushback is similar to what democrats faced in 2009 when tea party activists opposed president obama's affordable care act, a reminder now that they will idle trains for 18 days on the blue line. work starts today meaning no trains running between the pentagon and the arlington cemetery station is closed. free shuttle buses will run between the pentagon and arlington cemetery until the work is completed. that will be later t

alec baldwin back tonight hosting "snl" for record 17th time. 's jeanne moos. >> reporter: fans are expecting -- >> i deeply apologize. >> reporter: a trump a-thon this weekend. >> wrong, wrong, wrong. >> reporter: alec wald win retu returning for a record 17 times. probably annoys him. >> this was my home. this was hi heartbeat, so i must return. i must find the strength. >> alec, you were here just like yesterday. not that big of a deal. >> it's a big deal. >> reporter: melissa mccarthy's portrayal of sean spicer. >> are you okay? >> politico reported what bothered the president most about the portrayal was the role of spicer was played by a woman. that made some women mad and sparked a push to draft rosie o'donnell to play steve bannon. these are the faces morphed together. rosie using this one as her twitter profile picture and on thursday, she tweeted this photo of bannon as a puppeteer with the president on his lap. since there's such bad blood between rosy and the president. >> rosy o'donnell is disgusting. >> hair looping. >> she's a slob

one day replacing alec baldwin who hosted last night for a record 17th time. on "saturday night live" has previously tweeted the show is unfunny and the cast terrible. he's said that in the past. as for the town halls, gop lawmakers continue to hold them. several more are scheduled for today. dan? paula? >> a lot going on. gloria, thank you. for more on this, let's bring in our heavy hitter, abc news chief anchor george stephanopoulos. good morning, my friend. does the left and hollywood risk seeming shrill here? really playing into trump's hands? >> i guess that's possible. i think on this one, the president and his allies and hollywood sort of just talk past each other. just convincing their own sides. far more consequential, i think, is what you're sighing happening at the town hall meetings across the country. if this pressure, this opposition begins to convince republican members of congress that they have to break with president trump on the issue of obamacare, that could have a significant impact. >> how big of a challenge does president? >> it's a bit

. >> i sit down with alec baldwin. the size of his paycheck to play donald trump on "s.n.l." may surprise you. >> and stay with us for weather and traffic every ten minutes tomorrow morning at 4:24 a.m. on "good morning washington." jonathan: breaking news right now, this is big news. the travel ban will stay on hold. what you are looking at now is san francisco, ninth circuit court of appeals. three judges heard arguments from both sides about the executive order handed down by donald trump with a ban on travel from seven states where the majority was muslim. the ban was put in effect by executive order. stay issued by the judge. the nine it circuit court stepped in and the three judges decided they will not uphold the ban so the stay essentially stays in effect. what will happen now while the ban is not enforced, stay has been issued on it, it will be pushed up to the u.s. supreme court. at least that would be the next step. there is much more coming up on "world news minutes. michelle? michelle: a food truck up in flames. now only on 7, we are hearing from the truck's owne