o'brien hosts his weeknights show "conan" on tbs.ll be 50 years old just days before the dinner. he once wrote for saturday night live, the simpsons. not the first time that o'brien hosted the correspondents dinner, we dug into the archives and it happened in 1995, then-president bill clinton in charge. >> this is a true story. some idea of newt gingrich's popularity. a company is manufacturing underwear with newt gingrich's face on it. that's true. yeah, now, someone told the president this, nothing to me he's been on my butt for two years. that's a quote that was in the "times." i read that in the "times." the source is here. the president has actually allowed a comedian to interview him live, right here, at the dinner. so, ladies and gentlemen, please give a nice, big hand to the president of the united states, president clinton! give him a hand. >> hi, how you all doing. >> mr. president, i think we need to clear something up, if i'm talking to you here on the screen, who is this gentleman right here, i don't understand. >> he's

conan o'brien.now it was one of those clowns. >> let me get excited. >> bill: let me get excited is right. i was really -- seth meyers did a great job. jimmy kimmel was great last year. conan. this is his second turn. jay leno has done it maybe twice. so this is conan's repeat performance back in 1995 in the clinton years he talked about it. >> i got the invitation, i was thrilled i would be speaking in the same room with the most powerful man in the country. and then i heard judge ito canceled. but you move on. >> bill: judge ito presiding over the o.j. trial at the time. >> sign of the times. >> bill: wait until you hear the next clip. judge ito was the most famous man in the country at the time. let johnny cochran get away with the defense of o.j. if the glove don't fit you must acquit. conan o'brien talking about the fact he's a talk show host. >> i am a talk show host. [ laughter ] i remember i was really excited to get my own talk show. then i found out roger ailes had one. come on, folks what

an hour after i wrote that, conan's people took it down. so why don't you go to our tosh.0 boring wikipedia page and put in whatever changes you want. i'm not gonna to fix it. we'll read you some of our favorites. hey, be sure to tune in next week when we give the football player who tackled his own teammate a web redemption. [laughter] it was good form. hey, and make sure you follow me on twitter so we can live chat during the shows. check out my tour schedule and make sure you keep up with our daily blog at comedycentral.com/tosh.o. and finally, i'll stop being such a [bleep]-tease, and give you what i promised. here's above average girls making animal noises. [animal noises] >> okay. sorry. [laughter] >> i wanted to call that segment "hot chicks making animal noises," but i could not do that it in good faith, so we called it "above average girls making animal noises," and quite frankly, that's being a bit generous. [laughter] that's integrity. see you next week. goodnight! [applause] [eagle caw] >> stephen: tonight, a rift in the gop: so

conan o'brien! >> reporter: conan o'brien is heading to washington. an annual gathering that brings together members of the press, hollywood actors and washington power brokers. it's also a night where the president feels free to take public shots at his rivals. >> >> no one is prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than the donald and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter like did we fake the moon landing, what really happened in roswell, and where are biggy and tupac. >> reporter: comedians have entertained the crowd before all making appearances in recent years. the tone is mostly light-hearted with an occasional bite at the jugular. >> mr. president, do you remember when the president rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> reporter: but as with all white house events choosing the headliner is as carefully planned as the guest list itself. >> conan o'brien who's done this dinner before knows he's got a tall order in front of him to be funny, but be funny in a way that a

. >>> conan o'brien is moving his show.s returning to the place he first performed when bill clinton was president. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs "healthwatch" sponsored by makers of aleve. two pills, all day long, all day strong. and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. hey! hey honey! hey alan. uh, hey.... i'm bob, we talked at the tax store. i did your taxes. i thout you were a tax expert? today, i'm a master plumber. major tax stores advertise for preparers with "no tax experience necessary." at turbotax, you only get answers from cpas, eas or tax attorneys - all real tax experts. ...than h&r block stores and all other major tax stores combined. sometimes makeup needs a little magic. new almay smart shade mousse is like smooth velvety magic. it instantly transforms to my perfect shade and gives me a flawless, airbrushed finish. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful

you can't catch them right here on abc7 sunday night at 7:00. >> and conan o'brien is headed back toe-night talk-show host is headlining this year's white house correspondents' dinner at the end of april. the announcement was made this morning over twitter. this will be his second time hosting the event. he last had lined the dinner back in 1995 when bill clinton was president -- last headline [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. thick, scrumptious and more protein than those regular yogurts. are those almonds i see in the corner thingy? caramelized almonds i think you'll find. well, who wants ordinary run-of-the-mill almonds when you could have the caramelized kind? if i was this girl, i'd caramelize my whole apartment. weird. is greek style yogurt has style. you can say that again. why thank you. this greek style yogurt has style. okay. stop saying it now. you're sending me mixed messages. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. >> we are dealing with plenty of cold today but so are folks in wisconsin. this is how they are

conan and martin clowning around. >> we love you! >> more after party moments from inside and stories from getty images photographer kevin mazur who was there. >> one of the photos i love jennifer aniston and valentino who designed her dress. >> oh, yeah. it was funny. at one moment jennifer was walking. she turned around. somebody was standing on her train. she turned around. it was valentino. she was like, oh, you're all right. you can step on my dress. >> you made it. it's fine. >> i got a really cute shot of anne hathaway. she was holding her oscar like a baby. i walked over to her. you know, i took a picture of her. i go, wow. you're holding your oscar like a baby. is there a baby on the way? she goes, that's a private moment. >> who was really enjoying themselves, perhaps a little too much? >> judd apatow and his wife leslie mann. amy poehler. seth rogen. elizabeth banks. amy adams was having a really good time. >> another oscar moment making headlines? michelle obama's best picture announcement. >> mrs. obama, do you have your

and the response to conan's tweet. wait.elieve this one, but it's true the huffington post tweets, ever admire your mailman's impeccable fashion. great news,that's right. the u.s. postal service plans to launch a new clothing line, signing an agreement with a fashion company to produce the clothes and get this, the line is called rain, heat and snow and promises to be functional and fashionable and the radio host tweeting if you wear the clothing line from the the postal service, are dogs more likely to chase you? the postal fashions hit stores next year. >> and the new york post tweeting chris christie scores 74% approval rating highest of any governor and the new jersey's governor is very popular, hold on governor christie, politico tweeting that chris christie is still popular, but not the more popular than hillary clinton. the poll showing the matchup and hillary clinton in that head to head competition, 49% of new jersey voters would pick secretary clinton and only 45% would vote for governor christie. and everyone rais

today, we learned conan o'brien will be hosting this year's dinner. >> i believe in this president.ere's some polls out there saying that this man has a 32% approval rating. but guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. sir, pay no attention to people who say the glass is half empty. >> mr. president, you've had your fair share of critics. so they even gave you your grief about the dog. why didn't you get a rescue dog? >> look, the man has to rescue a country that's been abused by its prooefsz owner. let him have a dog. >> he's had his share of stress. tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screamin

i know you guys played a clip on conan where he kind of starred that show. but he was just a very humble, loving, fun, wonderful man. >> he is married with children, as well, correct? >> yes, ma'am. >> have you had any contact with his family? >> just sent them a message. yes, sent a few messages of support. but it's certainly incredibly sad time. >> how did he do when he came back from war? certainly so many soldiers struggle. how did he handle it? >> you know, when he came back, i think, obviously, the transition from serving our country was four tours of, you know, heavy combat. it was difficult for him to not want to be over there. obviously, all that stuff is in his book. but what i'm most impressed by, he became one of the biggest advocates for his brothers and sisters in the military immediately. so, he turned his time and attention to helping them and, frankly, spent the last year being an advocate and not even focusing on his own business. >> and that goes beyond, that goes beyond exercise equipment. he helped them adjust to life back at home. >> ab

to cross the rio neal conan of africa i'm joined by michael mower in london he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics also in london we have adel darwish he is the political editor of the middle east magazine group and in paris we cross to emmanuel to put he hears the president of institute for perspective security studies in europe all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want michael if i could go to you first i mean if you read western media it's the worst fighting terrorism jihadism in africa is that the worst problem africa has right now. it's definitely one of the key problems africa is grappling with at the moment particularly to do with. mali and the fact that the whole of north of mali had until recently been occupied by. jihadist islamist groups which basically had serious potential for destabilizing the whole region and of course the state of mali michael what does that justify interventions military interventions you think . it becomes a problem for the international community and our smiley the state of mali i

to cross the rio neal conan or zation of africa i'm joined by michael mower in london he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics also in london we have adel darwish he is the political editor of the middle east magazine group and in paris we cross to emmanuel to plea here is the president of the institute for prospective security studies in europe all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want michael if i could go to you first i mean if you read western media it's the worst fighting terrorism jihadism in africa is that the worst problem africa has right now. it's definitely one of the key problems africa is grappling with at the moment picture clearly to do with. mali and the fact that the whole of north of mali had until recently been occupied by terrorist jihadist islamist groups which basically had serious potential for destabilizing the whole siberian region and of course the state of mali ok michael but does that justify interventions military interventions you think. it becomes a problem for the international communit

in a recent interview with conan o'brien, he talked about his time in the field in iraq and why he had a $20,000 bounty on him by the iraqi insurgents. take a listen. >> how did the iraqi insurgents identify who you were? >> when i'd go into the house and we'd have to occupy houses. i would take the top of my uniform off and have my short sleeve shirt on and you could see my tattoo coming down my arm and they identified that with me and started every time somebody would be shot by a sniper in the area, they would associate that with me. >> he was incredibly humble man. in fact, miguel, when i spoke to his friend a little while ago, travis cox, he said he was not proud of his service but for being a family man. migu miguel? >> after he left the s.e.a.l.s. he had a other mission of helping soldiers with posttraumatic stress syndrome. is that something he battled himself? >> though chris kyle was never officially diagnosed he struggled with everything that goes along with being in combat and he did have some struggles. but, as you mention, almost immediately after coming back to the unite

to cross neal conan all zation of africa i'm joined by michael mower in london he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics also in london we have adel darwish he is the political editor of the middle east magazine group and in paris we cross to emmanuel to put he hears the president of the institute for perspective security studies in europe all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want michael if i could go to you first i mean if you read western media it's the worst fighting terrorism jihadism in africa is that the worst problem africa has right now. it's definitely one of the key problems africa is grappling with at the moment particularly to do with. mali and the fact that the whole of north of mali had until recently been occupied by terrorist jihadist islamist groups which basically had serious potential for destabilizing the whole region and of course the state of mali michael but does that justify interventions military interventions you think. it becomes a problem for the international community and our smiley the state

in the old strat conan rating the highest intensity we found was 35, so a fairly intense rating and the lowest was 12 in west mount and that fits with the trends of what's happening in those neighborhoods. so taggers is a very important part of the graffiti audit. when we first started the audit mark went on his observe and he was new to graffiti so him and his assistant did their best to log the tags. what we wanted to do was try and see if we could increase the percentage of tags that were identified. so two bylaw officers accompanied them throughout the audit and they assist with identification of taggers. our rate for identifying taggers has gone up to 70 percent through the audit so the information we are able to gather in terms of intell is critical in terms of enforcement efforts. last year's audit, 2011, ome and iran were two of the taggers arrested and focused on by the edmonton police service based on what's going on through an every day basis, brute and chrome, which are two of the most prolific taggers we have right now, that is the focus the edmonton are going after and the

. >>> all right now conan o'brien will soon be taking the stage making fun of president obama and journalists in washington, d.c.. the late night comedian is featuring hi about this year at -- act this year as the white house correspondents' dinner, you can catch all the laughs in april. >>> as hollywood gets ready for sunday a director has briefly detained by immigration officials in l. a. x.. ohm met burn et directed the film "five broken cameras." he was told he didn't have proper proof he was a nominee but after an hour of questioning they were allowed to enter the country. >>> well, it is the place you see the stars and judge their outfits before they ever get to the academy awards. that being the red carpet. it's now being rolled out and ready to walk on. remember we are your oscar station coming up this sunday. you can see all of the up-to- date information and to make the judgments on your own, go to abc2news.com/oscars and watch the 85th annual academy awards right here on abc2 beginning at 8:30. but you can tune in earlier to catch some of the red carpet arrivals. 8:30 is when it st

to cross the rio neal conan or zation of africa i'm joined by michael mower in london he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics also in london we have adel darwish he is the political editor of the middle east magazine group and in paris we crossed to emanuel to hear the president of the institute for perspective security studies in europe all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want michael if i could go to you first i mean if you read western media it's the worst fighting terrorism jihadism in africa is that the worst problem africa has right now. it's definitely one of the key problems africa is grappling with at the moment particularly to do with. mali and the fact that the whole of north of mali had until recently been occupied by terrorist jihadist islamist groups which basically had serious potential for destabilizing the whole region and of course the state of mali ok michael but does that justify interventions military interventions you think. it becomes a problem for the international community and our smiley th

conan o'brien has taken his political jabs to washington.e president of the correspondents association hinted on twitter that comment sidekick andy richter may have a role at the dinner. it is customarily attended by the president and first lady along with washington media and hollywood celebrities. >> robin roberts returned to the anchor chair at good morning america. >> buy it is robyn i have waited one of his 74 days to say this, good morning america. >> she was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder she left the show five months ago to undergo a bone marrow transplant. >> the santa barbara to this moment i'm so full of gratitude. >> michelle obama will be on the red carpet for the oscars. >> remorse as revealed his tour will kick off in washington d.c. he will visit 40 cities in the u.s. and canada. he will stop in the u.k., france, germany. tickets go on sale march 1st. >> mbruno mars. 1st. >> mbruno mars. >> thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 9

conan o'brien named this year's host of the white house correspondence dinner.e also emceed the event in 1995. >> for those watching live on c span. for god's sake, it's saturday night. go outside. meet a woman. come on. >> the dinner, by the way, is on april 27th. >> good point there. >> straight ahead an emergency recall for one of america's favorite breakfast foods. you want to listen to this. it could be filled with chards of glass. >> that is scary. and the president they call them the cards of the future. we spent tax payer money to build them. why is it this ground breaking technology is on the verge of being sold to china? [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk, and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] ad & shoulders de clean for men. ♪ [ male announcer ] ad & shoulders de clean for men. new griddle-melts to youre usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... made fresh and hot! hand crafted j

first with conan o'brien who i don't know very well, but who started a charity, a food bank in massachusettsfeeds poor children, so, i'm going to help mr. o'brien out with that food bank, second, with actress salary fields who played mary lincoln in spielberg's movie. she didn't win the academy award, miss hathaway did, miss fields is one of the nicest, classiest people in hollywood. when we generally highs about hollywood pinheads we need to leave her out of that. it's about 50-50, it really is. many good celebrities, but they are overshadowed by the convenientle ones. and some of those on display last night at the "vanity fair" party, but i'm not going to cheap shot them. you know, there's no reason for me to do that. if they do something bad in the future, i will refer back. but i'm just not going to-- not going to do that and even the venal ones weren't over the top. factor tip of the day. if you get invited outside your comfort zone, usually worth white to go. worst happens you learn quickly and factor tip of the day. and that's it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor we

run of the series starring pete holmes the half hour show set to premiere in the fall will air after conan four nights a week. that's your 5@5:00. >> just one day to go before automatic spending cuts are implemented. president obama trying to down-play the doomsday scenario he was warning of if no deal is reached to stop the sequestration. peter doocy is live with more. >> you are right. tomorrow is the deadline to either make a deal or see the automatic cuts and the rate of spending growth again there won't be any kind of a meeting or negotiating sessions today because the president invited congressional leaders over to the white house to talk tomorrow. the likelihood of sequestration continues to rise and president obama is trying now to calm the american public down. >> unless your business is directly related to the defense department, unless you live in a town that is directly impacted by military installation, unless you are a family that now is trying to figure out where to keep your kids during the day because you just lost a head start slot, a lot of people may not notice the full

he told conan o'brien, iraqi insurgents put a bounty on his head. >> how did they identify who you were? >> when i would go into a house, i would take the top of my uniform off and have my short sleeved shirt on. and you could see my tattoo coming down the arm. they identified that with me and started -- every time someone would be shot by a sniper in the area, they associated that with me. >> police held a news conference a short time ago, susan candiotti joins us from new york with the latest on the investigation. what do we know about the suspect and the relationship with the victims. >> police believe it was the first time legendary navy s.e.a.l. sniper met with eddie ray ralph. it ended with kyle and littlefield shot mult ep iltimes at a remote area of a gun range near ft. worth texas. they were found nearly two hours later by a guide at the range. about 25 to 30 other weapons were found at the crime screen, including ak-47s and lawn guns. ralph drove off in kyle's pickup and headed to his sister's house. there he allegedly told her and his brother what happened. he left again and

. >> there's so many great comedians that come from here, jay leno, amy poehler, dennis leary, conan it in the water? >> i think because it's so cold here all the time and people are terrible drivers. we have a lot of good qualities. you have to be a toughy here. >> mindy kaling, great to have you here. thank you for being with us. >> yeah. thank you. >> matt and i learn the fine art of that boston accent right after this. [ male announcer ] why is kellogg's crunchy nut so delicious? because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and covered in rich double-roasted peanuts. mmm. [ hero ] yummy. [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. it's super delicious! [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. nature's true celebrities aren't always the most obvious. it's more than being glamorous, or tall. it's not all about who sparkles the most. or who is the best dressed. what nature really cares about is what you have to offer. like the stevia plant. small and humble with a surprising secret to share... sweetness. truvia sweetener. zero-calorie sweetness, born from the

i took the test and i was conan. [ cheers and applause ] now you took a long break in between e.r. what were you doing? >> well, we moved to new york and we raised the kids and i, one of the big things we did was we took a year off and went around the world for a year. >> jimmy: that's very exciting. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: that much, i mean, that must have cost you a fortune for a sitter to leave the kids at home. [ laughter ] the kids came around the world? >> we would come back and see them on the weekends. yeah. we brought two teachers with us and we traveled. i was really, that was a huge thrill. >> jimmy: and you learned to fly a plane also during that time. >> i did. like about a year and a half ago, i did something that i always wanted to do. because you know people are always going, like you're a goose, you should fly. >> jimmy: you're a goose, you shouldn't fly. >> but the deal with a goose, tom cruise killed me, okay? maverick killed goose. so it was even more incentive to learn to fly. when i took flying lessons, the big thrill is that you get, the first thing you get