refuses to go to the gridiron dinner that year, completely rejected a pitch from the gridiron club president. >> at dinner, we will have, pardon the expression, kennedy and reagan. against that background it seems to me that there's an opportunity for you -- it's an opportunity to set the great dignity of the presidency against these two upstarts. i think it might be a dramatic thing. >> i don't think it does you a damn bit of good. i never found it does. i think you go out and all you do, just sit there while they show their naked legs and act like they're funny and good dancers and horse singing and a lot of crap. then they spend all of their time trying to be funny. and i think it's best for you all to just embrace bobby and wrap him up and go on and live with him and have good time and then take reagan too. chris: don't think he wanted to hear bobby kennedy would be there. since that year, other presidents ducked the gridiron, including barack obama last year when he was campaigning and might not have loved the idea of hanging out with a bunch of reporters in white tie . when we come bac

. >>> and president obama attended the annual gridiron lunch.s are never allowed inside, but we do know what he said including a joke about washington gridlock. he said, quote, as you know, i last attended the gridiron dinner two years ago. back then i addressed a number of topics, a dysfunctional congress a looming budget crisis, complaints that i don't spend enough time with the president press. it's funny, it seems like it was just yet. >> snl may have been the best of them all over the weekend. let's show you what we're dealing with as we walk out the door on monday. thankfully we don't have any big storms like we had to deal with last week. we did melt a lot of that snow. not all of it. we have more melting the next two days here. the rain this morning, umbrella day definitely from the deep south all the way through the ohio valley. that will move through the east coast the next two days. the snowstorm is just about over with. let's track the rain. baton rouge, birmingham, huntsville, nashville we're getting a soaking rain, louisville, lexi

that's a big break for protocol there. >> the gridiron club, the traditions of gridiron go back to theeveland administration, and if you look around the room, it looks like some of the members go back to the grover cleveland administration as well. but i think it got a rude introduction to the video age a few years ago when president bush got on stage and started singing. and boy, those camera videos were on the internet within second. i do commend senator klobuchar. she got the two secrets of this, one is self deprecating humor goes a long way, and topical stuff goes a long way. she was working a little blue, making jokes about the size of general allen's hard drive. she did a great job. >> i have to do for the audience, i have to read these which is tragic. read one of the president's jokes. he said now i'm sure you noticed there's is somebody special in my life missing tonight, someone who has always got my back, stands with me no matter what and gives me hope no matter how dark things seem. tonight i want to publicly thank my rock, my foundation, thank you, nate silver. and karen,

you are looking at the scene where the gridiron club is hosting its dinner tonight. cameras are not allowed inside the dinner. they are allowing one journalist to report on the evening. you can watch the live stream of arrivals live at c-span.org. and now c-span's "the communicators." >> last week, michael daniels was our guest. mr. daniels is the president of cybersecurity cordy nader and his -- coordinator and is talking about the executive order the president recently issued. this week we have two members of congress to discuss the order and get reaction from capitol hill. joining us is a republican from texas, member of the intelligence committee, and in the last august, task forced chair on cyber security for the speaker. when you look at the president's executive order, what is your initial reaction? >> that it is ok. there are some things that clearly need to be done with an executive order. some things can only be done with legislation. part of my reaction is that i wish the president had put as much effort into getting some legislation passed and then come o

host: remind us of what the gridiron dinner is all about.aller: it is a group of 65 of washington's -- i guess you'd say their most elite journalists. historically it is print reporters, mostly bureau chiefs. in recent years it has expanded to television and radio correspondent. they have been doing this annual dinner for 128 years. the president almost always comes to speak at it. obama is the exception, he did not come for the first two years in office. he was there in 2011 and there again last night. host: the arrivals to the dinner, that was the extent of our coverage. but let's speak about the coverage first. mark, your journalism, brigitte your journalism correspondent said it was a shame that there was no television coverage, but that the full white house press pool -- explain how you were allowed in this time? a first? caller: right. here is the longstanding issue between the gridiron faithful and the television correspondents that would like to go in but have been barred from doing so. as the pool reporter there last night, i feel l

remind us what the gridiron dinner is about.guest: it is a group of 65 of washington's most elite journalists. historically, it was print reporters, mostly bureau chief street in recent years, it has been expanded. they told the annual dinner. they have been doing it for 128 years. president obama did not, his first two years in office. he was there in 2011 and was there last night. host: as we look at the arrivals, that was the extent of our coverage. there is a governor of louisiana, who spoke last night. let's speak about the coverage. mark knoller put out a tweet lamenting the fact that there is no tv coverage. he writes -- explain how you were allowed in? guest: there is a longstanding issue between the gridiron officials and the television correspondents, to bring cameras in, they were barred from doing so. as the poor porter there, i sort of feel like i was there to represent both sides. -- pool reporter there, i sort of feel like i was there to represent both sides. this was the first time a pool reporter had been there

tonights the annual gridiron dinner. the gridiron club is a 65-member group of washington, d.c. journalist. president obama is scheduled to attend the dinner and make remarks. cameras are not allowed but our c-span crew will capture the sights and sounds of people arriving at the dinner within the next hour. last wednesday, kentucky senator rand paul dime the senate floor to filibuster the nomination of john bren noon be the director. he questioned attorney general eric holder's testimony on drone strike and later joined by other senators during the 13-hour filibuster. here is a half hour portion of it now. >> the issues we are discussing today are profound important for the american people for ther reasons that senator paul has identified. the americans have every reason to bean concerned. any kind ofe decision are made by government that impairs one of the fundamental god-given, protected rights that americans have. any time the government wants to intrude upon life or liberty or propertyty it must do so in a way that comports with time-honored centuries-old understandings of

. >> neil: he is more like what he did the gridiron club.nt golfing over the weekend unless he realized it wasn't going to be such a big deal. i just wishing he would have been more of the tone of the gridiron in the scheme of things the cuts weren't going to be so draconian? >> i think he said sequester was going to be big deal. he had the full brunt of the field. protection of the mainstream media and can dough whatever he wants. he can still see the lies and get protected by it. i think he believed what he was saying. >> neil: hold on second. >> you are getting the jokes about it. >> neil:. you could both be right or wrong. maybe he had no idea. either way he was wrong and he needs to come out and say, i screwed up. that is one for you america. instead he makes jokes like it never happened. >> he never says he wrong, ever. >> neil: thank you very much. $500 to help her daughter find a job. do you think she is wasting time. here is the story after this next segment how soon ceos will be standing in line. all stations come over to mission a

a man who has been in the midst of gridiron warfare. attending three bowl games in the 1990s.eff killer killburg. then there is pete of fast money fame. he hit for the golden gophers of the university of minnesota, the tampa bay buccaneers and then the minnesota vikings. he's a 6'2", 235 pound former line backer. >> and one of the forces of nfl films, mr. birdsaw. pete is expected to join us in just a moment. jeff, i got to ask you, how many concussions did you have during your football career? >> i only had two documented. all jokes aside, this is a pertinent topic and i'm happy to see that they are addressing this. athletes are getting bigger and stronger and the collisions are getting much more severe. >> there are critics who say, jeff, that in trying to make the game safer, commissioner goodell is at risk of making the game more boring. do you agree with that? >> well, that is the conversation out there. but from a former athlete perspective, i disagree. i think there is still an electric pizazz to football. i don't think you're going to lose that game with a safer helmet

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. >>> these a ground breaker on the gridiron, the first woman ever to try out for the nfl. does she have a real shot? we'll talk to her coming up. she he's got quite a story. >>> but first this morning it is march but winter will not quit. more storms are on the way and i can guarantee you ginger zee is all over this story. good morning. >> been waiting on the storm in the models for awhile starting to come together. winter storm warnings for all of north dakota, parts of minnesota, minneapolis included in winter storm watch. this really starts tonight through tomorrow and then it will slip south and east and here's who is going to be affected for minneapolis that chicago on tuesday. looks like especially the south side of chicago at this point going to get into that snow and then that low just keeps on going across the nation. how much snow are we talking? well, fargo kind of in that high point, 8 to 12 inches. minneapolis at this point looking like a 4 to and chicago into tuesday somewhere south and west could get in that 4 to 8 area too but the low keeps going and it goe

. >> reporter: at washington's exclusive gridiron dinner, president obama had another opportunity to rub elbows with congressional republicans. that is something he's been doing a lot of this month as part of a new charm offensive. >> shouldn't be news that the president is reaching out in a bipartisan fashion to try to solve problems for the country. >> reporter: oklahoma senator tom coburn was just one on an a list of republicans invited this past week to break bread with the president. it's an effort to break the partisan logjam on capitol hill. >> we exchange very different frank, candid views of one another that were very different but at least we had this conversation. >> reporter: this.coming week, the president's heading to capitol hill on tuesday, wednesday and twice on thursday to press members of both parties to get a deal on spending and spending cuts for the coming fiscal year. >> i believe we can come together on both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: some are asking how far the president has to bend to get something done. >> we haven't had progress before because the re

it is hard to remember another struggle for gridiron equality that started a player this young and passionate successful. as always, the plot thickens when the grown-ups get involved. >> reporter: the romans, a team of sixth graders who didn't get into football to stir up a controversy. they were just playing to win and lots of time they do. jake and tommy and drew and ryan and caroline, the team's only girl. caroline. here she is scoring a touchdown. >> what is it about the game that you like? >> i thought it was really cool to be able to go out there and be with your friends and hit each other. >> reporter: then they kick her off the team for being a girl. >> when she signed up, in 2011, he got the message on the machine and he said i want you to know if. you signed your daughter up to play football. >> reporter: after two years of playing and winning, somebody filed a complaint. that's when the controversy started. >> somebody ratted you out? >> they won't tell us that but they did say someone called. >> reporter: the catholic youth organization said they would make an exception to let her

john, if i might start with you, the president appeared at the gridiron club dinner over the weekend,vent that important people in washington put on for charity, and then get up to make lighthearted fun of each other. of course, the president hadn't been since 2011, so he joked about that. back then, he said, i addressed a number of topics, a dysfunctional congress, a looming budget crisis, complaints that i didn't spend enough time with the press. it's funny, it seems like it was just yesterday." so, jonathan, there's lots of truth spoken, and this one just goes to show how much the establishment in washington has fought this president tooth and nail on just about everything. >> on, yeah, just about everything. it was stunning to read the president's remarks and to realize, like, oh, wait a minute, yeah, nothing has changed. although, having said that, the dinner last week at the jefferson, the lunch between congressman paul ryan and chris van hollen of maryland, the president going to capitol hill tomorrow. these are all things that basically have never happened. and so hopefully, y

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the gridiron home of the houstohouston texans into, well, a barnyard.ider and stuntwoman to help me cowgirl up without winding up on joan rivers' bad side. no cowgirl is complete without a great hat. it's snug. it fits. i'm ready to go. >> all you need now is a horse. >> reporter: well, there is one more thing. any cowgirl worth her salt lick has to take care of her horse in every way and i mean, every way. >> i thought changing a diaper was bad. this is gross. now i'm ready to learn the ba c basics. >> the crowds likes when you stand up on your feet. >> reporter: can we make it that you can me stand on the horse? >> great job. >> reporter: the beautiful, aptly named twister. whoa. >> you're good with me. you're fine with me, twister. >> nicki loaned her best horse, rebel. >> oh, rebel thank you. >> come up. >> reporter: every night, the arena fills with fans and musicians of all kinds from justin bieber to even bruno mars. who shattered the rodeo's attendance record only to be beat out by pit bull just days later. it brought back memories of an annual

former 49er comes out of the closet raising the question can a player be openly gay and be on the gridiron >> caught on camera, a man falls off the train platform right on to the tracks. what a good samaritan did next to try to save him. >> i'll show you how much rain we can get this holiday weekend in your complete forecast. >>> for the first time today a former player for the 49ers and the raiders spoke openly about his years as a gay man playing in the nfl. ktvu's noelle walker explains it took several months before quaim harris spoke openly after the news came out. >> i'm gay and i'm a former athlete and i think i'm a pretty normal guy. >> reporter: former san francisco 49ers quaim harris spoke out. the 6'7" linebacker played five seasons for the 49ers. one with the raiders knowing he was gay and keeping it secret. yacker is with the last closet.org. a campaign looking to end homo phobia. >> they've been playing with these gay players and nothing has happened in the locker room at all. >> reporter: they just don't know they've been playing with them. >> they just didn't know that they

former 49er comes out of the closet raising the question can a player be openly gay and be on the gridiron. >> caught on camera, a man falls off the train platform >>> for the first time today a former player for the 49ers and the raiders spoke openly about his years as a gay man playing in the nfl. ktvu's noelle walker explains it took several months before quaim harris spoke openly after the news came out. >> i'm gay and i'm a former athlete and i think i'm a pretty normal guy. >> reporter: former san francisco 49ers quaim harris spoke out. the 6'7" linebacker played five seasons for the 49ers. one with the raiders knowing he was gay and keeping it secret. yacker is with the last closet.org. a campaign looking to end homo phobia. >> they've been playing with these gay players and nothing has happened in the locker room at all. >> reporter: they just don't know they've been playing with them. >> they just didn't know that they were playing with them. that's all. >> reporter: change is slow to come in men's professional sports. >> they don't have any gay people on the team. they have to ge

where, for a full month, the rodeo turns the gridiron home of the houston texans into, well, a barnyardo my old home on the range, i enlisted this trick rider and stuntwoman to help me cowgirl up without winding up on joan rivers' bad side. this could work. no cowgirl is complete without a great hat. it's snug. it fits. >> it looks awesome. >> i'm ready to go. >> all you need now is a horse. >> reporter: that's right. well, there is one more thing. any cowgirl worth her salt lick has to be ready to take care of her horse in every way, and i mean, every way. and i thought changing a diaper was bad. this is gross. now, i'm ready to learn the basics. >> the crowd always likes when you stand up on your horse and drag by your feet. >> reporter: can we make it so that you can have me stand on the horse and not be dragged by my feet? >> absolutely. >> reporter: my trusty steed and the beautiful and aptly named twister is my horse. whoa. you're good with me. you're fine with me, twister. for the dangerous stuff, nicki loaned me her best horse, rebel. >> all the way, rememberle. >> reporter: oh,

president obama showed up his chops at the annual gridiron dinner.," waterdrinking water gag, but one of his funniest lines now i'm sure you've noticed that someone very special in my life who is missing tonight, somebody who always has my back, stands with me when not only is he the funniest president, bush made fun of his own stupid. reagan, his age. obama uses comedy like a sword. making fun of the enemies. he made fun of marco rubio matt damon for mocking him. we don't see presidents use comedy for attacking others. it's more like a comedian dealing with a heckler or critic critic. >> john: he may be the least funny president for comedians. >> he's easier to make fun of. first term he was hard to make fun of. but now he's just like a republican in democratic clothing. we have a lot to make fun of. but do you think obama is funnier than jim which carter? he has the best timing ever. i have to give obama credit. he knows how to hire good joke writers. >> yes, there was no cursing in it either. he manages to handle, as dean said his hecklers with po

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> earlier this evening guests arrive for the annual gridiron club dinner. for the first time in history they allowed for a print reporter to attend and provide a description of the night's festivities. >> on the next "washington journal," the president's attempts to reach out to congress and president rand paul's filibuster. our guests are peter cook and rachel smolkin. states with the highest and lowest [indiscernible] rates. later, secretary of state john kerry, announcing last week that the u.s. would provide aid to the serious -- syrian opposition. live, tomorrow morning with your calls, tweaks, and e-mails. >> one of the things an early american wife was taught to do, she supported her husband's career, usually through entertaining. dolly was socially adept and politically savvy, structuring entertainments in such a way that she lobbied for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she thought it was very important to create a setting in the white house like a stage for the 44 -- for the performance of her husband and the the kind of of

. >> president obama, the gridiron told a joke about somebody saying i'm ignoring the washington press core. we're too controlling. i want to apologize, says the president. you can watch it exclusively on white house.com. >>> before we let you go, all of that coverage of the automatic budget cuts, sequester, sky is falling, everything is going to go to hell in a hand basket, that hasn't quite happened and now the press seems to have pivoted to what's called the obama charm offensive. what's were the budget cuts and the closing of the white house tours to anger a lot of tourists. >> i love how easily the press tour is manipulated. he takes out a few of them at the jefferson hotel and has lunch with paul ryan and suddenly he's reaching out and there's all of these efforts to have coombaya. he's had two meals. >> right. the white house is not going to change it overnight by having two meals. >> i think the jury is not in yet. it's the 10th today? >> absolutely. some people felt the administration went too far in protecting all of this instant doom and gloom and the press swallowed it. the

with no cameras allowed, president obama got a chance to relax at the gridiron club it brought togetherician and washington's media elite. the president opened with a warning to the room about his jokes to come, asking the audience to bear with him because "my joke writers have been placed on furloughing." >>> and charges filed against rapper mc hammer are dropped. hammer was pulled over last month because he had expired tags on a car. the police said he didn't own. police in dublin, california, charged him with resisting arrest and suspicion of on struchblgs again, charges dropped. >>> now to that deeply personal announcement from emmy award-winning actress valerie harper. she revealed this week she has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. many may remember harp he were as the woman who brought a very funny rhoda morgan stern to life on the iconic "mary tyler moore show" millions of people loved her role as mary's beth friend so much that harper got her own spinoff, appropriately called "rhoda." remember this? >> my name is rhoda mergen stern. i was born in the bronx, new york, d

he's actually giving a speech at the gridiron club dinner, a yearly event that involves washington journalists doing parties of politicians. but this morning the president stayed on track using the latest jobs numbers as another point against the $85 billion in cuts which went into effect eight days ago. in his weekly address, the president pointed out 236,000 new jobs were added in february and the country needs to maintain its momentum by replacing the cuts. they'll slow the growth of the economy according to analysis. >> as democrats and republicans, we may disagree on the best way to achieve our goals, but i'm confident we can agree on what those goals should be -- a strong and vibrant middle class, an economy that allows businesses to grow and thrive, an education system that gives more americans the skills they need to compete for the jobs of the future, an immigration system that actually works for families and businesses, stronger communities, and safer streets for our children. >> but republicans continue to resist what the president calls, quote, balanced deficit reduction, which mea

. >> reporter: at washington's exclusive gridiron dinner, president obama had another opportunity to congressional republicans. that is something he has been doing a lot of this month as part of a new charm offensive. >> it shouldn't be news that the president is reaching out in a bipartisan fashion to try to solve problems for the country. >> reporter: oklahoma senator was just one on an a list of republicans invited this past week to break bread with the president. it's an effort to break the partisan logjam on capitol hill. >> we exchange very different frank candid views with one another that was very different but at least we had this conversation. >> reporter: this coming week the president's heading to capitol hill on tuesday, wednesday, and twice on thursday to press members of both parties to get a deal on spending and spending cuts in the coming fiscal year. >> i still believe we can come together to do big things and i know there are leader on the other side of the isle who share that believe. >> while republicans are skeptical about how far the president is willing to ben

>> reporter: welcome to the nfl's hollywood boot camp, where gridiron stars endure a four-day crash courseriting, directing, editing, and, of course, acting. >> what are you doing here lurking in the shadows? >> reporter: this production is a comedic take on julius caesar, a piece they threw together in one day at universal studios. instead of strapping on shoulder pads and helmets, former players cory maze and terrell smith are wearing roman robes. >> you stabbed me. >> reporter: and free agent wide receiver ramsey barden is donning a roman moral as caesar. you hear about it and say this sounds interesting? >> well, they showed that a series of videos as far as off season programs we can get involved in, and a lot of them look interesting and this looked like it would be the biggest challenge to me. and the most fun. >> they have a music boot camp, a broadcast boot camp, culinary, hospitality, the choice is for you. but they're doing a lot, bringing a lot more to the table. >> reporter: the boot camp was established in 2012 by the nfl and jeff friday to give players options after their fo

to participate in the annual gridiron dinner. outdo the president any speaking contest kind of like i did with the state of the union response a few years ago in 2009. fortunately for me i caught a break this time. it's my understanding that chuck hagel prepared the president for his remarks this time. [laughter] before i get started today, i do want to talk to you more seriously about where we need to go as a conservative movement. i thought before i got certainly would share a few of the joke sided with the president and the crowd that might to have a little fun before we get started i thought maybe a couple leiter moments before we got started. you know, the gridiron dinner is for the washington press corps and the president to take back. a night to share a few laughs and not share things seriously. just genuinely enjoy each other's company. kind of like the president's interview on 60 minutes the other night. [laughter] >> you know the gridiron dinner used to be known as the night the media and the administration set aside th

national editor for "the cook" political report and carol tumulty for the "washington post" and gridironand the chief congressional correspondent, chris drake. thank you very much all. karen, first to you, can you recall the president going to the republican senate and house caucuses on the hill? i remember him going in 2009 to the house republican retreat. but i don't recall him doing these caucuses before. >> no, i cannot recall it, either. i think there are a couple of things going on here. one is an apparent change in opinion on the part of the white house, that they have been a little neglectful in the kind of outreach they need to be doing in washington, if they actually want to get something done. i also think they have begun to realize that what is turning the public off entirely is just this idea that washington is this totally dysfunctional place where people can in the talk to each other at all. and i think they want to make sure that the public kind of throws up its hands on all of this, that they're not going to be blamed for being part of that particular problem. >> i seem

one of the president's jokes from the gridiron club dinner over the weekend, and there were a lot of them. quote, as i was saying, we face major challenges. march in particular is going to be full of tough decisions, but i want to assure you i have my top advisers working around the clock. after all, my march madness bracket isn't going to fill itself out. he probably delivered it better than i did. and if you read only one thing this morning, in my opinion you have to work really hard to get a bad meal in rome, but my must read from "time" magazine is about what happens when the world's top restaurant serves up the norovirus. it's up on our facebook page at facebook/jansingco. there's new neutrogena® naturals acne cleanser. acne medicine from the wintergreen leaf treats breakouts. no parabens or harsh sulfates. for naturally clear skin. [ female announcer ] neutrogena® naturals. for naturally clear skin. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadban

her husband, meanwhile, got bellies going in a different way getting laughs at the gridiron dinner.the president's best punch line votes. because of su kwefrt they cut my fails. my joke writers have been placed on furlough. i know a lot of you reported that no one will feel any immediate impact because of the sequester. well, you're about to find out how long you are. some of you have said that i'm ignoring the washington press corps, that we're too controlling. you know what, you were right. i was wrong. and i want to apologize in a video on white house.gov. >>> and finally, in the words of one of my favorite star trek characters, captain james t. kirk of the uss enterprise, may the force be with you. by the way, donald trump is saying that he will foot the bill. the tours got nixed due to the sequestration cuts. michael bloomberg promises to keep fighting for special gun laws saying special interests shouldn't be dominating this conversation. >> up until now it has only been the nra that has been talking about guns to the public and to congress. and i'm trying to level of playing

tonight he will trade jabs with republicans at the gridiron dinner. >> air traffic control towers couldhut down because of the forced spending cuts. faa control towers at 238 small to medium sized airports are onto potential chopping block. nearly every state faces control tower shut downs. in california the faa said 23 towers could close. that's the most out of any state. >> overnight on april 7th you are looking at more than 170 facilities closing down, the scope of that is obviously unprecedented. >> airport executives say the faa has closed only a handful of towers over the past couple decades. they said it'll finalize the list of closures by march 18th. here are the five in the bay area that could close. the tower at the charles sonoma county, napa and concord, livermore and the tower located in san carlos. >> and new york congressman has called for the review of the newark liberty airport after a federal agent with a fake bomb made it through security. according to the new york post the agent had it in his pants. he made it through two security screenings including a pat down at n

host: the white house announced that he will be attending the gridiron dinner later this month but it is closed to cameras. we're joined from detroit michigan on the independent line -- caller: thank you for receiving my call. if you're a democrat or republican, you are running for office. once you become a senator or congressman, you become a u.s. congressman or senator. you should be working for the people of united states. the 55,000 pound gorilla in the room is that you have an historical example. -- a black president in the united states. everybody seems to be falling short of recognizing that he has been the most disrespected president in this country and it is a shame. you've got two mines -- you've got a mind that is going out and you've got the new mind and we see that. you're not reporting the fact that they would not do anything this president put forward. they have dug their heels in. we have seen a president who he vents his policy and the congress and the senate carries it out. guest: i think that is what the issues that the obama administration has raised several times

>> a lot of jokes he did at the gridiron. talking about eric holder. >> i see eric holder is here.o, he wasn't. >> that's cpac. yeah, pretty likely. >> you need to draw that line there that. >> he did a whole slot on knotsberry farm that fell flat. nobody got it. >> two wig winners, rand paul and won the straw poll going away and receiving with his speech and marco rubio did really well. i think you see chris christie sitting there with 7% -- >> who? >> chris christie. >> he was not only excluded, he was insulted there by some extreme voice. >> insult chris christie, you only make him stronger. >> i know. ron, chris christie couldn't have had it any better. first of all, he didn't have to go to cpac and, secondly, he was on everybody's mind at cpac and, third, he fred ahead from the vice presidential nominee in the polling. all in all a big success. i would say the three big winners, rand paul and marco rubio and the guy who wasn't there, chris christie. >> i agree. the democratic party is always the worst three days of the year for the republican party when you have all of these w

two early favorites on "dancing with the stars," jacoby jones, of the ravens, his moves from the gridironon has it for us. >> reporter: this season exploded right out of the gate with the youngest star, 16-year-old zendaya and her partner, val chmerkovskiy, with the lead. she shook loose. >> 8! >> 8! >> reporter: while newly minted super bowl winner jacoby jones and his partner, karina smirnoff, fired off and became the ones to watch. the excitement causing her to break out into the squirrel. how do you feel about your performance from week one? >> it was all right. i got a lot to learn. the posture. >> reporter: you keep hearing about it? >> yes. posture, the smiles, and the toes. >> reporter: toes, clearly a sore spot. >> them things right there? >> this is not even the heel. >> that thing right there, you hit my toe, i'm going down. i can take a hit to the chin, a punch to the face, whatever. step on my toe? >> reporter: what do you call him when he's in trouble? >> jacoby jones. if he's in really big trouble, jacoby rashad jones. and he go, don't call me by my full name, woman. >> rep

all girls who take to the gridiron owe thanks. nearly 110,000 people signed the online petition.op of philadelphia responded by reversing a ruling to ban girls from football. last year, she slipped through the cracks. playing with the boys since she was 5, plow says she'll be ready for the fall. look at the city of brotherly love. a little change of heart. >>> keep your head up. that's what the nfl is telling its players as the league tloox implement another safety measure. this time the new guidelines are focused on the new ballplayers. a running back to receiver may not officially lower his helmet. many times the rules apply to the defensive side oftentimes giving advantage to the offense. this new policy could level the playing field and of course help limit concussions. the owners vote next week. >>> buzzer beater thursday. we hit the jackpot. brandon paul, they made their parents proud. paul in the white illinois jersey for the win. you betcha. paul. sends illinois to the win over minnesota. a tough blow for the golden gophers who may now not make the ncaa tournament up next

. >> reporter: the quintessential george peach and he's a gridiron great.r portia and kordell stewart were one of hotlanta's hottest couples until their love seemed to go cold with nearly 4 million viewers watching. >> i'm disgusted. why can't you act right? >> the tension played out between kordell and portia. her wanting to maintain a career and kordell maintaining she should either be a mother or choose a career but not both. >> not trying to sound like your daddy. >> reporter: even fellow castmates noticed trouble in paradise. >> i guess papa kordell didn't sign her permission slip to go on a field trip. >> reporter: now stewart is filing for divorce calling his nearly two-year marriage irretrievably broken and the man nicknamed slash during his football days is slashing spousal support calling her an able-bodied person capable of supporting herself. >> from the filing it appears as if they have a prenuptial agreement. in addition, they have no children together. the only issue left would be is she entitled to any spousal support and for how long? >> re

then in charlotte and then mixed up the same growth -- the party needs to growth speech with his gridironncluding where he said it's great that we have attorney general eric holder with us and then elizabeth warren is in the audience. >> that's awesome. >> bill: you would think he would be able to self edit. >> a little bit. >> too bad we don't have eric holer here tonight. >> bill: yeah. oh, my gosh. and then of course the -- we know that the reason you dedicated four days of your life to cpac was to hear sarah palin again. here is sarah palin, she -- she seems -- she was invited to throw one liners at president obama, huh? like this one. >> and background czech czech -- checks i guess to learn more about people's thinking. more background checks the idea, mr. president would have started with yours. >> bill: it seemed like it was a pretty lame performance. >> a lot of republican establishment types were joking that sarah palin should have been vetted too before john mccain chose her. >> bill: yeah. >> i mean she's -- she's changed from politician to entertainer. she brought her -- >> bi

with just one kick, lauren silberman shattered the glass ceiling above the gridiron. becoming the first woman in history to try out for the nfl. though, not with the outcome anyone expected. all she wanted to do was make a field goal. instead, she made history. the 28-year-old former college club soccer player competed for a spot as an nfl kicker alongside dozens of men at the league's tryout sunday, the first woman to ever audition. >> it's always been a lifelong dream. it shouldn't be just for one gender or another. someone tall or short. you should go after your dreams and make it happen. >> reporter: her tryout, the result of this cell phone video. showing her nailing a field goal at a super bowl fan event. and while the m.i.t. graduate had never played football, she said she playing video games gave her a leg up. >> i used the game and tried to think about what i was doing on the field. >> reporter: her appearance at the regional combine on sunday was much hyped. ultimately, her performance fell short. her first kickoff attempt traveled only 19 yards. the second,

the 11-year-old was told last year the gridiron was no place for girls. an earlier ruling. now allowing girls to play youth football. caroline's mom started an online petition which received nearly 110,000 signatures for helping push the change in policy. playing with the boys, caroline says she'll be ready for the upcoming season. the nba says my bad. kobe bryant should have been awarded two free shots. the referees didn't blow their whistle. laker fans say it's a day late and a dollar short. it still shows up as a loss in the standings and the hindsight announcement doesn't heal kobe's severe ankle sprain. he is not expected to play tonight. >>> it's march madness and a weekend of buzzer beaters. thursday we hit the jackpot, big ten tournament brandon paul make your parents proud. paul for the win, you bet! illinois knocked off minnesota, a tough blow for the golden gophers who may now not make the ncaa tournament. up next are for the illini, the quarterfinals against the number three team in the country, indiana. like filling out march madness brackets

to participate in the gridiron dinner.e president in a speaking contest. for me, i caught a break this time. it is my understanding chuck hagel prepared the president for his remarks this time. [laughter] want to get started, i talk to you seriously about where we need to go as a conservative movement. i would like to share with you a few jokes i shared with the president that night. maybe a couple of lighter moments before we get started. for theer is a night president to kick back. a night to share a few laughs. just generally enjoy each other's company. kind of like the president's interview 60 minutes the other night. [laughter] the gridiron dinner used to be known as the night the media and administration set aside their differences. back when they had differences. [laughter] i told the president, i have got no press -- plans to run for president. come on, what chance does a skinny guy with a dark complexion and a funny name have to be limited president of the united states? [laughter] am too skinny to run for preside

host: the white house announced that he will be attending the gridiron dinner later this month but it is closed to cameras. we're joined from detroit michigan on the independent line -- caller: thank you for receiving my call. if you're a democrat or republican, you are running for office. once you become a senator or congressman, you become a u.s. congressman or senator. you should be working for the people of united states. the 55,000 pound gorilla in the room is that you have an historical example. everybody seems to be falling short of recognizing that he has been the most disrespected president in this country and it is a shame. you've got two mines -- you've got a mind that is going out and you've got the new mind and we see that. you're not reporting the fact that they would not do anything this president put forward. they have dug their heels in. we have seen a president who he vents his policy and the congress and the senate carries it out. guest: i think that is what the issues that the obama administration has raised several times in its defense which is that this president

also kevin mccarthy, the whip talked to the president at the gridiron dinner the other night and apparentlychat as well and he said, the president said if the republicans are going to get entitlement reform, he says, you need me. >> brian: no kidding. is that big news? >> alisyn: yeah. they do need him. >> brian: they'll bypass the president and get that passed. paul ryan spoke out for the first time about meeting the president. the only time he spoke to the president was at a caucus in which the president was invited and kind of took over and singled paul ryan for having a nice family and later invited him to a big event and kind of singled him out as the bad guy. >> steve: that was the awkward part. >> brian: that was kind of awkward, too, the first time, 'cause that didn't go for well for mike pence in particular. last night he talked about meeting him. >> alisyn: shockingly, congressman paul ryan says that he's never really talked to the president for more than two minutes. he's never spent any substantial time with him. listen to what the congressman said on hannity. >> this is the fir

a little moment from saturday's gridiron dinner showed us how far there is still to go.ccarthy the number three house represent, during one of those breaks when everybody was milling around, saw that up on the head table there was an empty chair next to the president. he is like, this is my chance. so he went up and sat down next to president obama who was on his blackberry. when the president and mccarthy was thinking to himself the way that some other presidents would have been working that room at the moment. when the president looked up from his blackberry kevin mccarthy was kidding him. so when is my dinner invitation? the president said, i listen to paul. deal with paul, paul ryan, someone who is intellect, he respects. they had a chilly, short conversation. the president said if you're going to get what you want, you need -- it was definitely a mars and venus conversation what people were looking at in an era of good feelings. >> the quote that congressman mccarthy gave us after the encounter about the president, he is still a law professor and would rather lectur

saturday night i was at the gridiron dinner with the president and some republicans and democrats.host was msnbc's one and only young and fabulous andrea mitchell. >> she is young and fabulous. i second both of those. michael steele, what does this tell you about where we are with afghanistan? what does it tell you about what happens at the end of next year in 2014? >> we are nowhere. what is the advance here? i mean, you know? congresswoman rightly notes we are dealing with somebody who is ma curial. we have been holding this guy's hand and walking through this process with him. there is back channel and front channel observations how this would unfold. everybody knows the united states wants to get out. the president has set the deadline to do that. we want to turn over assess much control as possible but want stability in the end. why is all of this? i think the question that a lot of folks are asking what is the objective that karzai would have to have this kind of display this weekend that would cause these kind of frictions as this process unfolds? jane, would you have any id

knew deal president obama leading the gridiron club dinner. the political elite.d saying with there's one thing that didn't get cut the length of this dinner. it is a three course meal including girng roasted bean soup. all unaffected by the sequester. >> now here is actress ashley gud. she said she will announce in may. if true judgment could make face for the kentucky pete. >> that will be int entertaining. the weather has been entertaining and a powerful winter storm moving into the midwest today. colorado getting wounded overnight. blizzard conditions cancelling hundreds of flights and causing icy road conditions. some got up to 14 inches of snow. >> maria molina is tracking that storm. maria what's going on? >> good morning. still tracking the storm that is producing areas of snow across kansas, nebraska. we could pick up 6 inches in some of the areas. moves on from iowa and we have pride spread areas of rain light showers in sections of the southeast heavier batches in chicago all of the way down into the widespread area. otherwise we have cross-sections of

on that happy note -- >> [inaudible] >> on saturday, the president will deliver remark at the gridiron dinner. i suspect many of you will be there to see him. on monday the president will attend meetings at the white house. the president on tuesday will welcome his majesty a sultan to the white house. they have a shared interest in working together to ensure the continued peace and prosperity of the asian region. they will discuss the summit that will be held in october. he will also discuss a broad range of economic issues of equal concern. later he will travel to capitol hill to meet with the senate democratic caucus. on thursday, the president will travel to capitol hill to meet separately with the senate conference and then to meet with the republican caucus. the time of the meetings are still up in the air. as i mentioned, friday will travel to illinois for an event focused on american energy. more details on that trip will be released early next week. with that, i hope you have a great weekend. >> here's a look at our prime time schedule here on c-span. the funeral for hugo chave