. >> don turner, mitchell berry. >> good afternoon. good to see you again. my name is don turner and i'm with the association and also working with the neighboring merchants in our safe street coalition. on the 18th we did have mr. ruskin come to our meeting and being very concerned about the plans of polk street and that would be a drastic reduction in parking on polk street which would change the quality of life for both the merchants and residents there. parking is not a wonderful thing. it's not a fun thing to talk about, but it is essential and it's essential for the health of our neighborhood. what we are asking for is that yes, we do have safety and we do have pedestrian safety. we do have bicycle safety. all of those things are important to us as well. but it's also important to us to keep the quality of our neighborhood and keep our neighborhood together and unfortunately, the plans that we've seen so far do not provide nearly adequate parking in order to support the neighborhood. i have every hope that we'll once again work with mr. ruskin and have

turner. nischelle? >> reporter: you hear that, don? it's the sound of the dave matthews band still on stage almost two hours into his set now. this is the big dance concert series, and we are here for the big finish. we'll send it back to you. >> all right. we'll check back in with nischelle. the big dance is down to two. louisville will play michigan tomorrow night for the ncaa men's basketball championship. a mighty matchup between the cardinals' defense and the wolverines' offense. coming up in about 20 minutes, you'll hear our sports expert weigh in on which team he thinks will win the big dance. >>> this weekend in afghanistan six americans were killed in two separate insurgent attacks. one of them was a suicide bombing that killed three u.s. service members and two government civilians. 25-year-old anne smedinghoff was among those killed. she was a state department staffer at the u.s. embassy in kabul and loved what her family describes as work that made a difference in the afghan people's lives. i talked earlier with her father.

don teeg, professional football player. >> roger knowles, professor of economics at stanford. >> peter turner, head softball coach. >> john poach. >> anthony bonano, reporter of this episode. >> thank you gentlemen. there is a goal in the athlete's minds, especially in football. you want to move on and get into the pros an make a lot of money and live happily ever after. >> i don't think it means a lot in the beginning. in the early days, you want to get out there on the field and show your best stuff, date the pretty girls an on the cheer leading squad and go to college and play football. i think it starts to maybe weigh on the minds a little bit later in the college career when you see that is a possibility. i think in the early stages, it's about the love of the game. >> roger, the coaches staffs at san jose, how do they play this issues up in terms of money for the players? is it is big issue? >> not in my sport. softball. there is no future beyond college, so our emphasis is geting the degree first and playing the game you love. so we play for the love of the game and money is not an issue at all. >> how about you? >

i'm don lemon, joining me are my buddies, michelle turner and also briana keeler are standing by.cocoa is standing by, conan o'brien rocked the house. but first it is not just comedians that bring the laughs. presidents and first ladies are part of the fun too. >> and so the city slicker asked the old guy how to get to the nearest town -- >> not that old joke, not again. i've been attending these dinners for years. and just quietly sitting there. well, i've got a few things i want to say for a change. george always says he is delighted to come to these press dinners. baloney. he is usually in bed by now. i'm not kidding. i said to him the other day, george, if you really want to end tyranny in the world, you're going to have to stay up later. but george and i are complete opposites. i am quiet, he is talkative, i'm introverted, he is extroverted, i can pronounce nuclear. >> i love condoleezza, there are two people, you know, the name is broken down, there is o'connconnie, the person you see with the nice hair and the professional -- then there is delisa, the one with her hair wrap

i'm don lemon.joing me are my b are there. nischelle turnerna keilar standing by at the event. you know, 18 years later team coco is back in washington. conan o'brien rocked the house when president clinton was in office. he'll be back behind the mike in a few minutes. but first it's not just comedians who bring the laughs. presidents and first ladies are part of the fun, too. >> and so the city slicker asked old guy how to get to the nearest town and -- >> not that old joke. not again. [ cheers and applause ] i've been attending these dinners for years. and just quietly sitting there. well, i've got a few things i want to say for a change. george always says he's delighted to come to these press dinners. baloney. he's usually in bed by now. i'm not kidding. i said to him the other day, george, if you really want to end tyranny in the world, you're going to have to stay up later. but george and i are complete opposites. i'm quiet. he's talkative. i'm introverted. he's extroverted. i can pronounce "nuclear." >> i love that name, condoleezza. it

don lemon. joining me are my buddies, who are there. nischelle turnerding by at the event. you know, 18 years later team coco is back in washington. conan o'brien rocked the house when president clinton was in office. he'll be back behind the mike in a few minutes. but first it's not just comedians who bring the laughs. presidents and first ladies are part of the fun, too. >> and so the city slicker asked the old guy how to get to the nearest town and -- >> not that old joke. not again. [ cheers and applause ] i've been attending these dinners for years. and just quietly sitting there. well, i've got a few things i want to say for a change. george always says he's delighted to come to these press dinners. baloney. he's usually in bed by now. i'm not kidding. i said to him the other day, george, if you really want to end tyranny in the world, you're going to have to stay up later. but george and i are complete opposites. i'm quiet. he's talkative. i'm introverted. he's extroverted. i can pronounce "nuclear." >> i love that name, condoleezza. it's so soul

turner and brianna keilar. what great production value. you can't write these things, more like washington than we dare believe. >> oh, it definitely, is and that's the thing that struck me, don. to a viewer outside the beltway there were many jokes in there that they are not going to get because a lot of them are like inside washington jokes for sure. >> and the funny thing is kevin spacey, we saw him a lot in, that and there were so many people on the red carpet tonight, don, when i asked him, celebrities, politicians alike works are you looking forward to meeting here tonight, and it was kevin spacey over and over again, and they all said, you know, he plays him a little too real, plays the killer a little too real so all excited to be here tonight, and he is one of the best actors in hollywood. >> i loved the accent. wanted immigration to pass until that stingy hoya >> exactly. >> brianna, you do get a lot of southern accents, you know, in politics, and you hear it on the television where everybody kind of sounds like this. >> mm-hmm. you do. i will tell you though, you don't often get too many southern democratic accents these days. >> yes. >> that has gone by the waysid

turner and brianna keilar. what production value that was, even, you know, you can't write these things, probably more like washington than we dare believe. >> it definitely is. that's the thing that struck me, don. i would say a viewer outside of the beltway there were many jokes that they're not going to get, because a lot of them are like inside washington jokes, for sure. >> you know, the funny thing is kevin spacey, we saw him a lot. there were so many people on the red carpet tonight when i asked them, celebrities, politicians alike, who are you looking forward to meeting? and it was kevin spacey, over and over again. they all said, you know, his part, he playing them a little too real. so they were all excited to meet him tonight. he is one of the best actors. >> i love the accent. that was until that stingy hoyer. >> exactly. >> you do get a lot of southern accents in politics. you hear it on the television where everybody kind of sounds like this. >> you do. i will tell you that you don't often get too many southern democratic accents these days. that's gone by the wayside. he does play the democratic minority whip in the house, but something that has struck me and you see it there, man

turner joins me live from outside the washington hilton where the dinner's happening. >> hello. >> nischelle, did everybody leave you? what's going on? >> yeah, well, basically, the red carpet line is pretty much over, donyou just showed some live pictures from inside. everyone's making their way inside for the correspondents' dinner so it can begin. but you know what? this has been a really interesting red carpet. i was a first-timer here tonight as well, and lots of celebrities were first-timers, and they were very excited to meet the politicians. it's almost like that thing you always hear about, athletes and rock stars. all of the athletes want to be rock stars, all the rock stars want to be athletes. well, it's the same way here tonight. all of the celebrities want to be politicians and the politicians want to be celebrities. it's going to be a fun night. can't wait to -- >> you're a newbie. we have been covering this dinner, at least i have, this team, for five years -- >> i'm a new kid at cnn. i'm a new kid at cnn. >> you know what? it's great. every year they say don, why aren't you at the white house correspondents' dinner? and it's exactly what howard bragman talked about in your story. it's a

turner joining me from los angeles with more on this. the film "the but ller," she is saying get a life. what is the film all about? >> well, donght presidencies. the movie stars forest whitaker, an all-star cast, including oprah winfrey, but, you know, the critics have been complaining about jane fonda cast to play nancy reagan since in movie was announced. these are people who have never forgiven her for her activities during the vietnam war and they see the choice to cast her as ronald reagan's wife as insulting. now there is this campaign to boycott the film because of her role. now, fonda's reaction as you said earlier has been pretty much to the point, she told the hollywood reporter her critics need get a life and added the controversy will probably help sell more tickets to the movie, which is probably true. her role, you know, isn't exactly an integral part in the film when she shot it last august. she basically called it a cameo appearance and according to her, she reached out to nancy reagan to let her know she was honored to play the first lady and that she heard back from nancy reagan that she was pleased that jane