don rickles died just so you wouldn't ask him to do this gig, all right? don rickles, the overwhelmed donald with skin thick enough to take that. that's my only trump joke. i was explicitly told not to go after the administration. i promise you that's my only trump joke. >> you were not told that. >> believe me. it is amazing to be surrounded by some of the greatest journalists in the world and yet when we all check into the hilton on friday we all got a "usa today." every time a "usa today" slides underneath my door they are saying, hey, you're not that mart, right? "usa today" is what happens when the coupon section take over the newspaper. is this an article about global warning or 50 cents off tide? either way the pictures are so retty. tonight is about suspending the first amendment and the free press and i'm truly honored to be here even though all of ollywood pulled out. for the record the whca is a group of journalists who cover the white house. they are not king joffrey's goons who i'm so glad you guys are all here tonight to honor a great america

. >> jimmy: you became friendly with my friend, our mutual friend, don rickles before he passed away.aw him was at that thing in new york. >> jimmy: i see, the big show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: did don get ahold of you and insult you? i know you guys spoke. but did he -- >> no, we were -- see, all i wanted was to be razzed by don rickles. >> jimmy: right, yeah. >> i'd been waiting for years. got nothing. he was always so sweet. at the new york thing, it was a roast or something. >> jimmy: it was a tribute, right. >> so i ran backstage to go see don before he was coming out. i run back. real quick. he's sitting in a chair. and i said, hey, don. i wanted to let you know, i'm here, i wish you luck and everything. he goes, john, you're here, and you're not late! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's a pretty good don rickles by the way. >> thanks. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he would be so tickled if you played him in a movie of his life. >> i said to him, i'm going to go back out, let you do what you got to, do i'm going to give you a kiss before you go out. kiss. as guy to kiss him i said, by

all right. >> rip to don rickles.nald with skin thick enough to take a joke like that. >> headliner fort entertainment as you see didn't hold back. the comedian referred to him as quote the liar in chief. minaj joked about everything from immigration the first amendment to members of trump's administration. all of this comes during a very tumultuous time between the president and the change. he's looking ways to change libel laws so he can media if they criticize him. >> prescribes says the new media -- news media needs to be more responsible and how they report the news. mr. trump had threatened legal action against news organizations before. so it is quite a talker right there, i know, everybody is buzzing this morning about the dinner and how president trump missed it want he was doing instead. >> all right. >> everybody in washington that is. >> right. >> inside the beltway. >> president hinting he'll come next year this is hin genius and it will be better. it will be better. >> exactly n thank you erin. >> thank

it was don rickles. >> connie was the female in the extraordinary family.he transformation of michael from clean cut war hero to ruthless member of the family. by the way, i read one time that you don't consider him a gangster. >> i don't think that michael ever considered himself a gangster in the more traditional sense. i think he was sort of part of the circumstances that took place. >> i'm with you now. i'm with you. >> the near death of his father, being handed the mantle. all these things perpetuated michael. >> i never wanted this for you. >> i remember in the dressing room going to marlin after reading the scene. he looked at me and said it's pretty good, huh? yeah. seems good. and that was it. that's the rehearsal. >> brando could be imposing, but they found a unique way the ice. >> the first day we met him, he made he moon brando on the way home from lunch from a car on second avenue. >> you pulled your pants down on second avenue? >> in a car. bobby is famous for that. >> that became the thing around the set. >> a lot of that. >> it was in fashio