and then, we have three folks that focus on nothing but tying bowties.ldn't believe the number of people who don't know how. >> some of the staffers have worked the dinner fairly often in the past several years. >> our executive chef, this will be his 11th dinner. he began with us 11 years ago. and his first night working was for the white house associations dinner. we had charlie, our longest-serving member -- 47 diners. announcer: the washington hilton on connecticut avenue, north of dupont circle has hosted this dinner for 40 years. as we go through the evening if you want to make a comment about what you are watching and what you're going to hear, go to work facebook page. [indiscernible] [applause] [indiscernible] announcer: live coverage in the ballroom of the washington hilton on c-span. the white house correspondents association is the group that puts this dinner on every year. christi parsons is this year's president. she is with the "chicago tribune." she talked to us about how this dinner has become very well-known. christi parsons: it does at

. >> look how well behaved, his little bowtie.ks. >> peter for jasper. >> can you just -- bret baier is thinking, pick it up people. >> set your dvrs, ever missed an episode of "the five," for us and bret bare is on deck. i apologize. >> o'reilly. >>> this is a fox news alert. i'm bret bare in washington. we have new video tonight of the encounter between a white police officer and an unarmed african-american man in the moments leading up to a fatal shooting captured on camera. >>> plus how national politicians are now weighing in on this developing story. senior national correspondent john roberts is in north charleston, south carolina, again tonight. hi john. >> reporter: congressman steven lynch openly -- [ inaudible ]. >> released by the south carolina law enforcement division. what this shows is the very first moments of the encounter between officer michael slager and

your standard black and white, white bowtie, of course armstrong and wilson pocket square there is type of look here will be in style forever. you know, whenever you look at those oscar's, grammy action, everyone will wear your block text ad owe, he can look at his wedding pictures, prom pictures, 20 years down the line there is tuxedo will still be in style. notched lapel. >> who is next? >> last we have phil. >> philly phil. >> philly phil, the mayor of the city right here. philly phil. we have phil, now, phil right here wearing a navy tuxedo. this right here is your one button peak lapel. and he has classic pant on, as women, nice vest, the reason we want to show people the vest here is because when you are wearing vests in the summertime or spring, a loft guys say i don't want to wear no vest, too hot, too warm, and that's the reason y you can take the jacket off and still be considered dressed. so the vest keeps you together. because that's what's going to keep you warm as wearing this jacket through any type of season, you know, when you are doing a wedding or outside wedding even

we have three folks who do nothing but focus on tying bowties for people. you would not believe the number of people who do not know how to tie a bow tie. >> fairly often in the sa past several years -- >> our chef began 11 years ago. his first night working was for the dinner. we broken in love. they also have a longest-serving team member who celebrated 50 years with the hotel. he served all 47 dinners. >> tell us about the menu. you said there is a process in choosing it. what is it this year? >> the menu is very unique every year. we are looking to source local ingredients within 150 miles of the hotel. we are interested in what is going to serve well for 2600 people in a ballroom, and on the time constraints and the schedule. it involves secret service timing, the show timing of the event. it is about what holds welcome move quickly on to the table and what will be fresh and hot in front of the guests. >> and the day of, how early does the kitchen staff start preparing? >> a day or so in advance. there are some ingredients we're working on a few days i

i need those pants and that bowtie. sir, can you go backstage please?ter] i didn't ask you to model. i just asked you to take off your clothes. go ahead ask a question. >> the question is about the likability factor cannot afford is the likability factor. he's yelling at me now, then it is the question of a likability. [inaudible] spirit how important is the likability? >> let me translate for you. how important is the likability factor come the ability to connect, the ability of every man, the heart speak with there's nothing more important than likability terms of getting elected, period come into discussion. look at the past several elections. you know, i'm sure a lot of them barack obama doesn't seem likable too many people in this room not even likable enough as he described hillary clinton but you go back eight nine cycles. the candidate that was judged more likable by the electorate at large won those elections are i think it matters tremendous and i think one of the problems the republicans had in 2012 was mitt romney was a good and decent man i

we have three folks that focus on nothing but time bowties.ldn't believe the number of people who don't know how. >> some of the staffers have worked the center fairly often in the past several years. >> our executive chef, this will be his 11th dinner. he began with us 11 years ago. his first night working was for the white house associations dinner. we had charlie, hourly our longest-serving member. 47 dinners. announcer: the washington hilton on connecticut avenue north of dupont circle has hosted this dinner for 40 years. through the evening, what you are watching and what you're going to hear, go to work facebook page. [indiscernible] [applause] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] announcer: live coverage in the ballroom of the washington hilton on c-span. the white house correspondents association is the group that puts this dinner on every year. kristi parson is this year's president. she is with the chicago tribune. she talked to us about how this dinner has become very well-known. christie parson: it does attract attention to the people w

i need that bowtie. can you go backstage please? [laughter] >> how important is the likability factor? >> he is yelling at me now. >> how important is the likability factor? the ability to connect and projected the image. the heart. >> there is nothing more important in terms of likability in terms of getting elected. look at the past several elections. barack obama does not seem likable too many people in this room. go back eight-nine cycles, the candidate that was judged more likable by the electorate at large one those elections. it matters tremendously. what are the problems that republicans had in 2012? mitt romney, who was a good and decent man, a better man than often runs for president, but he was not a great candidate. in some ways, he extension waited -- accentuated the critique that the obama campaign was trying to lay on him. he came across as not likable. there is the famous exit poll result about the candidate who cares for voters like me and romney lost that 81-18. you have somebody like a scott walker who will be mor

and then we have three folks who do nothing but focus on tying bowties for people. you wouldn't believe the number of people who don't know how to tie a bow tie. >> you are talking about the chefs. tell us about them. >> our executive chef, this will be his 11th dinner. he began with us 11 years ago and his first night working was with the white house correspondents association dinner. we also have our longest-serving team member who just celebrated 50 years with the hotel. >> tell us about the menu. >> the menu is very unique every year. we look to source local ingredients as much as possible honestly we are really interested in what is going to serve well for 600 people in the ballroom. the show timing of the event and all that. it is about what will move quickly. what will be fresh and hot when it is in front of the guests. >> how rarely does the kitchen staff start preparing? >> the kitchen staff start preparing a day or so in advance. they are on site 4 a.m. beginning that final preparation process. >> live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner gets

we have three folks that focus on nothing but time bowties.ldn't believe the number of people who don't know how. >> some of the staffers have worked the center fairly often in the past several years. >> our executive chef, this will be his 11th dinner. he began with us 11 years ago. his first night working was for the white house associations dinner. we had charlie, hourly our longest-serving member. 47 dinners. announcer: the washington hilton on connecticut avenue north of dupont circle has hosted this dinner for 40 years. through the evening, what you are watching and what you're going to hear, go to work facebook page. [indiscernible] [applause] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] announcer: live coverage in the ballroom of the washington hilton on c-span. the white house correspondents association is the group that puts this dinner on every year. kristi parson is this year's president. she is with the chicago tribune. she talked to us about how this dinner has become very well-known. christie parson: it does attract attention to the people w