he did not face a journalist, but sat down with conan o'brien on his podcast. >> if you stay connectedt embarrassed you when you were a kid, speech impediment, being awkward, my list goes on and on and ones having weird hair and a weird name. >> i would trade for your hair. >> it velcros off, i will mail this wig tomorrow. >> harris: i want that time back. [laughter] >> emily: yes. >> michele: i hear you, you just waste our time with discussion about hair. white house can spin this any way they want, this is putting the president in position to use a charm offensive instead of tackling the real issues, everyone can see through it. we all know this man is incapable, not strong, not a leader, being led by puppeteers behind the scenes. >> harris: i know more about conan o'brien's weave, not the doctrine of the president's foreign policy. >> ian: limited time i've seen conan o'brien it is with dana carvy, he is good with impressions, which would be more entertaining than watching biden himself. >> kellyanne: biden had seven interviews one-on-one with a journalist this year, first, lester h

an episode of conan o'brien's podcast conan o'brien needs a friend the interview marks a presidents firstppeared in 60 minutes in october. the lowest of any president since ronald reagan when former president trump at 243 interviews, your reaction. >> this is in the basement campaign all over again because biden with the softball interview talking about his hair i would not be surprised if he's talking about is ice cream flavor. this is why were in the situation were in because there are no heavy hitting interviews or joe biden he refuses to come on fox he's barely done any townhall interviews and he is basically a failure as a president at this point in time and even going forward i just don't think were going to see any other interviews that are hard-hitting. maria: it looks like it's been working the basement strategy. >> the more time he spends away from the camera, the better for him it's clear given this one. >> you talking as a whole other reason to avoid the camera, there is a reason he cannot go one with anybody unless he's talking about ice cream. if yes answer the tough questio

. >> brian: some things are incoherent that went on and i wonder if conan o'brien would call him out.s we're talking about, trump's lead gets bigger, the brand new fox business polls are out and reveal former president hitting 50% in iowa and what is happening with second and third? we'll share that with you. we have a voter panel, three wonderful people. plus, president biden sits down with conan o'brien in a hard-hitting interview, in a way, topics include why joe is jealous of the comedians hair and reflect on irish heritage and we are willing to play it back. and allen houston joins us live, inspiring young people from all walks of life to be vocal in their communities and he'll tell me if i have a shot of going on to the pros and joining the knicks at least coming off the bench. get up, get dressed, stay within yourself and make the music louder, roll the animation and take a wide shot. [ "i'll be seeing you" by the five satins ] the mercedes-benz holiday love celebration is here. come in now for the exceptional offers you're bound to love, now, through january 2nd. my active pso

and president biden sitting down for an interview with comedian conan o'brien. >> the other guy saysh. >> the other guy, i like that he he's the other guy. [laughter] he is like voldemort now. his name shall not be mentioned. >> well. [laughter] >> good point. >> yeah. i plead guilty. >> carley: that moment coming during otherwise softball interview with conan o'brien for his podcast. the latest celebrity interview the president has sat for after also speaking with drew bear more last year. i remember that interview when he spoke with drew bear more and now speaking with conan o'brien. >> i don't remember the drew barrymore, forgive me. >> biggest headline he shall not be named not saying that trump is evil. i don't know how he feels about trump probably evil i think the president owes to us recap use the bull i didn't pulpit this is why you should vote for me look what i have done and i'm going to do is that the one we are getting why looking out for taiwan. conservation president xi guaranteed going into taiwan. >> carley: called him a smart guy. >> brian: why is that? >> lawrence:

. >> but conan o'brien, since he was a boy, literally had dreams of beieing a late-e-night talk host.n you're a k kid, you natuturally start running throu your chehecklist. i'm not a a good athlelete. i'm anxious. i haveve a weird name. soso then i fofound that i i co make peoeople laugh.h. >> a and then hehe said whatat really wanted to be was host. >> he had no experience. >> i was kind of surprised thah lolorne went a along with h it. >> begrurudgingly agagreed to a screenen test. anand then, ofof course, h he d have a j jacket. >> i metet him at hihis car in parkrking lot. he took k out of thehe trunk of car a a rumpled sport coat. >> it was vaguely white, as i remember. >> a white linen jacket. awful. >> thank you for coming. >> h how could i i miss an opportunity like this? >> it's not often you get to share camera time with me. >> there you go. >> in the middle of the mimi rogers interview, conan said -- >> people always say it's tough to be a a model -- >> y you know whwhat, i'm nonot talkining about ththis. >> w well, it is. >> in that second i thought to myself, this guy's g

, the legendary talk show host is releasing a special episode of his podcast conan o'brien needs a friendings that embarrassed you when you were a kid, whatever it was, speech impediment or anxiety or feeling awkward or not being a good athlete, my list goes on and on and on having weird hair. having a weird name -- >> i wish i had your hair. i'll trade right now. >> it comes off. it velcros in the back. >> if i could do it, i would do it. >> i will mail you this wig tomorrow >> conan o'brien needs a friend with president biden will be available on the app and wherever you get your podcasts will also air starting tomorrow on the conan o'brien radio channel on sirius-km. >> great podcast. >> he's so funny. >>> next up "wednesday" another member of the adams family is getting their own series on netflix. >> just flew into town this morning and was hit by a wave of nostalgia. >> i thought you didn't go to nevermore. >> i didn't. your dad got all the brains. i used to drop in on him usually from the ceiling with a dagger clutched between my teeth, just to keep him on his toes. >> savannah, yo

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the president gave one of his final and rare interviews of 2023 with comedian conan o'brien discussingng. they had time to get in some jokes about trump comparing him to a villain in harry potter. let's watch. >> maga republicans have flipped the script and they are saying well, we can let ukraine go. it is not really in our interest and i don't understand it. it is confusing to me. >> president biden: the other guy says i can work with putin he is smart. >> i like the other guy now. his name shall not be mentioned. >> president biden: good point. i plead guilty. >> julie: okay. biden has held a significantly -- it was awkward. significantly less interviews compared to trump. so far in his presidency biden has held 76 interviews compared to trump who held 273 at the same time in his presidency. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre defending the president's decision to skip his year end press conference. watch. >> any time the president travels and is in front of the american people he does that. he did it in wisconsin when he talked about bidenomics and small businesses and h

the president also spent time with another celebrity, comedian conan o'brien, for his first sitdown interviewhs. take a look. >> if you stay connected to these things that embarrass you when you were a kid, whatever it was, speech impediment, anxiety, feeling awkward, not being a good athlete -- my list goes on and on and on. having weird hair, having a weird name. >> i wish i had your hair. i'd trade right now. >> you want to say or? it comes off. it velcros on the back. >> if i could do it, i do it. >> i will mail you this tomorrow. >> my mother said, "remember, joey, the best blood you need is irish." by the way, the new corvette, electric, 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds. >> you're going to drive that one? >> i'll give it a shot. >> between all the laughing and merriment, he did have a brief phone call with the president of mexico. but joe has zero plans to actually visit southern border between the u.s. and mexico. he's just too busy. instead, he'll be heading to camp david for a biden family christmas celebration. of course, biden's border czar, kamala harris, also has no plans to visit the sout

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howard: and and just to elaborate, a lot of them were with people who love joe biden including conan o'brien's the weather channel and al roker e. >> at least it wasn't someone in a bathtub with cereal all a around a them. howard: you remember that? >> here's the issue. if you're not willing to take the slings and arrows, get out there and state your case, it does make people worry and wonder i, and i think that's a real issue for them moving forward. howard: yeah. it's such a great bully pulpit, and i think this president hasn't within using it, and maybe there's a reason behind it. look, there's been a lot of coverage of the border fiasco this week and the 11,000, 12,000 people a day coming forward. you look at these pictures, and it just seem is like a complete and total mess. now, this has mostly been covered, kevin, tied to the debate on the hill with the impasse about ukraine aid as well as israeli aid. even many democrats are not happy with the president on the border issue. >> end of the day, you have to remember, again, as we talked about, perception being reality. the perception is w

david: coming up, conan o'brien compared donald turn to the dark lord or in harry potter with his interview can -- >> i like that he's the other guy. [laughter] he's like voldemort now. his name shall not be mentioned. >> well -- [laughter] good point. >> yeah. >> i plead guilty. david they'd boy, that was a tough interview. we'll have reaction to that coming up. >>> today is expected to be one with of the busiest travel days of the holiday season, but the tsa says it is ready to take on the 2.5 million passengers that'll pass through. we've got the report coming next. ♪ i'll be home for christmas, oh, yes -- ♪ if only in my dreams ♪ they're waiting for you. hey, do you have a second? they're all expecting more. more efficiency. more benefits. more growth. when you realize you can give your people everything, and more. thank you very much. [applause] ask, "now what?" here's what. you go with prudential to protect, empower and grow. with everything you need to deliver, you guessed it... more. one more thing... who's your rock? learn more at prudential.com ♪ ♪ david: and happy solstice to you

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meanwhile, in an episode released from conan o'brien's podcast, president biden spoke about his relationshipth him than any u.s. lder has. he's a very tough, smart guy, bute' got enormous problems. when i put together the quad, india, japan, australia and the united states, he said you're trying to surround me. i said we're just not going to let you change the dynamic of world rules. he said i didn't write them. i said well, we're not going to change them. so many parts are moving that there's an opportunity to realign the world in a way that is less likely to result in war and suffering. >> an ominous warning from xi jinping we've now learned about saying that china is going to reunify with taiwan and that while a peaceful reunification would be the preference, he didn't seem to rule out otherwise. >> we've known that xi jinping has hoped to reunify taiwan and set a date of 2027 aspirationally. he wanted the chinese military to be ready to go by then in such an action. interestingly at the same time that you were reporting xi having told this to president biden during their summit meeting,