pick up your gun, jay-z we have company coming over.you take him at his word he got white house clearance? >> no, it is a song, for the love of god. i love how they take rap so literally. every song is exactly what they said. you hear "wind beneath my wings" nobody really thinks you are the wind beneath anybody's wings. white people can get away with anything. >> that's right. when elvis was alive, he wasn't really a hound dog. why do we have to take rap literally? that's the only word i can think of. >> bragadocious. they brag, but everything is thought true. it is not a documentary. >> buck, welcome to the show. may i call you buck? >> please do. >> is this just a song or should obama be impeached and be beyonce sent to gitmo? >> just a song. i think jay carney missed an excellent opportunity to engage in a rap battle. >> they could say nothing rhymes are treasury. >> and he could say oh ya -- if rap lyrics were true there would be a bunch of people spending time in jail for shooting a lot of folks. >> and a lot of them did shoot a lo

he had the brilliant kbrd to go on jay leno. on jay leno he was funny.e show in the center of politics. do you think jimmy fallon will do that? >> that's an excellent question. leno is middle of the road, the last gasp of vaudeville, a lot of middle of the row people respect jay leno and what he does. does jimmy fallon bring that same thing you're talking about, not quite. maybe when he is on the throne a couple years, we will say he can, but to your point, no, i don't think we will see that. also he is bringing the show to new york. he is going to bring a different aesthetic. he is more absurdist, more ironic. is he going to want to traffic in that sort of stuff? we'll see, i'm not sure. i think bill carter would agree, it opens up things a bit for jimmy kimmel. he will be the only one in l.a. versus letterman here, stewart here, fallon here. jimmy kimmel is popping a little champagne as well. >> the reason johnny moved the show to l.a. was to get better access to guests. now he is going to be competing with other new york shows. >> to your other point,

. ♪ and jay z.efends his recent trip to communist cuba with a new song, if you can call it that ♪ obama said kill you going to get me impeached, you don't need this [ bleep ] anyway, chill with me on the beach ♪ >> greg: did president obama really give them the nod? we will get to the bottom of the controversy if there is one. caution, you are are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld in for bill o'reilly. jane fonda telling veterans and other critics threatening to boycott the new movie to "get a life." the far left fonda is playing nancy regan in the film "the butler" due out in october. many americans are objecting to the casting of who they still call hanoi jane. she was photographed seated on an antiaircraft gun. the factor caught up with fonda few years ago at an antiwar rally in d.c. >> we just wanted to follow up on the question about the people who died -- after people deed in vietnam what do you think might happen to the iraqis? will you

jay carney says no. out. >>> and later, why is accused murderer jodi arias following geraldo on twitter? must be the mustache. the g man will be here to tell us. we hope you stay tuned for th we're in los angeles with the bing it on challenge to show google users what they've been missing on bing. let's bing it on. [fight bell: ding, ding] how many here are google users? what if i was to tell you that you would actually like bing way more than google when it came to the results? prove it. let's look up some taco places. i like the left side. yeah? okay, do we need to find out what the waves are like down at the beach? what side do you like better? i like the results on the right. i'm gonna go with the one on the left. oh! bing won! people prefer bing over google for the web's top searches. don't believe it? go to biou're missing. >> greg: in the follow-up segment tornado the fallout continues over power are couple jay-z and beyonce's recent vacation that havana. the u.s. treasury department cleared up th

jay has dedicated his life to teaching people the benefits of drinking fresh juices.mes' bestseller the juiceman's power of juicing. jay has been quoted in such publications as forbes the washington post, usa today and people magazine. >> knowledge is the key to staying healthy. once you have that knowledge-- and then it'll be very easy to apply-- once you have the knowledge, you're gonna want to apply because it's gonna do ya some good, right? >> announcer: watch, as jay reveals the true fountain of youth: his new power grind pro longevity juicer with patented slow-juicing technology. it's the only juicer that easily makes fresh almond, soy, rice and hemp milks. plus, see how you can receive over $80 in free gifts. now here's your host terri ouellette. >> and now i would like you to meet the father of juicing jay kordich! >> yup. >> hi, jay! [laugh [cheering and applause.. >> well... >> you have a lot of fans here! >> with that ovation... >> doesn't he look fantastic? now, jay, i have to tell 'em-- you're 88 years old. >> 88 years old. [audience exclaims >> i know. y

jay-z or jay carney? go to gretawire.com and vote on the poll.cer clinics across the country are turning away medicare patients, patients who need critical life or death chemotherapy drugs. the clinics blame the sequester cuts. now one republican congresswoman is trying to reverse the cuts. representative rene elmore joins us. nice to see you. >> to be with you, greta. >> greta: the sequester has basically cut off for some, from community centers, medicare patients who are getting chemotherapy. >> basically what it did is an unintended consequence of sequester, where medicare cuts, 2%, were put in place, but these drugs, chemotherapy agents, have to be administered under the supervision of a physician. so we have our cancer centers in our communities. they're going to be the ones who are harmed the most, because they're working at such an efficient pace. they take care of patients in their own communities. these patients will get care somewhere, but many will be -- >> greta: we talked about it in the greenroom before. i should point out that you'

>> eric: jay z versusus jay carny. the treasury and not the white house gave the green light for jay z and wife beyonce to travel to cuba. regardless of that he is rapping. snolt ♪ ♪ boys from the hood white house clamor. (bleep) to me except lie to me and distort history. ♪ >> eric: johnathon you don't think they are criminal but free market capitalist. >> i don't think they are particularly good musician either. but unlike cuba we protect individual rights and that is the right to travel. cuba is not a imminent threat but i believe americans should have the right to travel to cube a. they should denounce them as a slave society and people should be careful in traveling to places that don't invest in human rights. so you play with a lot of risks when you travel and invest in countries that don't invest in human rights. >> eric: is it time to open up trade. >> i think trade helps you cut a nation off. look at the problem with north korea. because we don't have any way to know what is going on in the country. you have t

the president did not talk to jay-z.ke of the fact that so many lawmakers, we just talked to harvey levin of tmz saying they were waiting if there was any kind of fallout here if in fact it was true what jay-z rapped about he had talked to the president about his trip. it's pretty odd, don't you think, so mitch attention being paid over this relationship between the president and jay-z? >> and beyonce for that matter. i guess people are very interested, obviously, in jay-z and beyonce and their trip to cuba which we now know did have approval from the u.s. treasury department which is to approve nonjournalistic if you will visits to cuba. in this case they did. there are a lot of american tourists who go and have this opportunity for a cultural exchange if you will. so what they really did was not all that extraordinary. a lot of americans visit cuba nowadays. and the obama administration as you well know, suzanne, they've made it clear they'd like to improve this dialogue, this openness if you will between cuba and the

if you ask me, at the inauguration, jay-z and beyonce were the stars. >> jay-z for president. >> jay-z be able to run for president because the right side would probably tear him down but -- >> why do you say that? >> did i say that? was that my outside voice? >> i think republicans would love jay-z. let me just say. >> let me tell you why he has the potential to make billions and billions and billions. i had a partner at the ad agency, russell simmons, what that allowed me to do, called budweis budweiser, because jay-z the superstar, he will continue to partner with tech companies, what not, he will end up with billions and billions. he will be one of the great business leaders of our time. >> to me, i think the story is in the symbolism, you have this modern american dream come to fruition. the question is, is he america's greatest new age businessman? >> no. come on, guys. let's -- he's not. >> you just built him up, now you're tearing him down. >> he's brilliant at what he does, but i don't think he will go down as america's greatest business -- >> he's certainly pop culture's grea

then later on a fun story, jay-z versus jc as in jay corny. >> you don't need this on the beach. >> i guess nothing rhymes with treasurer. >> cenk: and more on the drama between mitch mcconnell and ashashley judd. >> she's emotionally unbalanced. >> cenk: we know who made the tapes. we know. we're going to share it with you. it's go time. cenk: all right, welcome to "the young turks." now, boy the gun control advocates did such an amazing vigil last night into this morning. they brought family members of victims of gun shootings and they had them read the 3300 names of people who have been killed since newtown. now, it took all night. it was called filibuster the filibuster to counter the filibuster the republicans were doing on gun control legislation. we got to the sister of elementary school vicky soto. this is what happened. >> grace mcdonald, age seven. december 14, 2012, newtown connecticut. >> victoria soto, age 27, december 14, 2012, newtown connecticut. rachel davino, age 29, december 14, 2012, newtown connecticut. lauren russo age 30, december 14, 2012, newtown connecticut..

jay-z couldn't come up with a better rhyme. who do you believe? jay-z or jay carney?"fox & friends" hour two for a friday starts now, baby! ♪ ♪ >> announcer: you're watching "fox & friends," the number one morning cable news show in america. [ roosting crowing ] >> gretchen: we have a lot of stuff to talk about today. let's get to the headlines. powerful spring storms now to blame for three deaths from the midwest to the southeast. this twister caught on camera in mississippi, the storm damaging mobile homes, toppling trees and flipping over an 18-wheeler. in kemper county, mississippi, one person was killed and several others injured after a reported tornado hit a business. that is all is left is metal. debris scattered through the woods across the street. >>> shades of the benghazi terror attack all over again? the obama administration changing the story on the homicide attack that killed american diplomat and four others in afghanistan. the state department now says they were walking on foot at the time of the attack. the family members were initially told they wer

and one of the things i spoke with someone very close to jay leno yesterday and he said jay leno's aorkaholic. they mentioned to me that jay continues to still do standup all these years after hosting the "tonight show" he's still in the comedy club perfecting his act. he works hasrd. they also told me when i spoke to the source yesterday they told me jay was expecting an announcement. they thought maybe it would come a little later, maybe at nbc up front. but they also said he had been prepared for change. that he wasn't happy about how this was presented. basically that he was bothered by the presentation, but he did feel like he knew it was coming. and he had been upbeat about the whole thing. i've been told that the "tonight show" staff that's in place right now they've all stayed and remained upbeat because all of them always felt like it would come at some point in time. they knew they couldn't do the show forever. >> sure. >> but i'm sure they all are pretty sad today because it's going to be a change in the guard for sure. >> yeah. passing the baton. that happens. but as you

jay z. took to the mike today releasing a title "open letter" in which he was questioned the legality of his recent trip to cuba. he also says he had a conversation about the trip with the president of the united states. >> after that song was released, the white house was very quick to distance itself suddenly from jay z's trip. >> i guess nothing surrounds treasury. because treasury offers and gives licenses for travel as you know and the white house has nothing to do with it. >> so are you saying he did not, the president did not have a conversation with jay z? >> i'm absolutely saying the white house to the president on down had anybody to do with anybody's travel to cuba. that is something that treasury handles. >> there is something about the look on jay's face that is priceless there. >>> "outfront" tonight, ari fleisher, can you imagine how jay felt? you're like oh, please. elsie kranderson also joins us. this made a top story. the headline is jay z raps about cuba trip. these two gu

which is how jay-z and beyonce got there.ery to this. >> no, rev, there's no mystery to this. there's also cultural exchanges. that's clearly what this is. the fact that another news network chooses to say that the president is behind some overall big push and conspiracy to get jay-z and beyonce to cuba is ridiculous. i'm sorry. i think the president is busy addressing real issues. the last time i checked, he was pushing gun control heavily in communities that matter and have been so severely impacted by this crisis. nobody cares where these folks go to travel. we wish them the best but we definitely think this is a waste of news time. >> and i think, jonathan, that angela's right when she talks about the distraction. because they don't want to deal with why they're going against 90% of the american public on background checks. they don't want to explain a lot of things that they are elected to the senate and congress to deal with. they want to worry about some pop hip-hop stars going to cuba legally, if all that is reported

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let's listen to jay carney. >> -- today. i know there are several matters that i'm sure you'll be interested in discussing today. a couple of issues that are under investigation by the fbi. and i thought i would start with that and then take your questions. as you saw from a statement from the fbi as well as a statement from the united states secret service there was a letter sent to, addressed to the president that at a offsite mail facility was noticed to have contained a suspicious substance and tests were undertaken. the fbi has a lead in that investigation of course and has said in its statement that they will be conducting further tests to determine what the nature of the substance is. of course there was another letter as you know sent or detected by capitol police that was sent to a united states senator. that also has been -- a subject of investigation by the fbi. and for more information about these matters, i will refer you to the fbi. the president, i'm sure you'll ask, mr. president has been of course briefed on

jay is after dave 1k3* jimmy after jay. it is like watching guys in maseratis trying to steel each other's parking spaces. it is hard to get excited. and i am really tired of tv writers. when there is a story on jay leno it is jay takes it on the chin. we get it. he has a big chin. find another joke, pathetic hacks. >> it is nice to pick on jay. i like jay and i like jimmy kimmle. >> i like them all. any one of the -- well i don't like letterman. >> letterman better look out. >> letterman's show has expired. he is not funny. jimmy fallon and jimmy kimmle are fantastic. they are great, young artists. leno, genius, brilliant. the older generation may love leno. i don't think -- nbc is lucky to have both talents in house. the question is will he stay? will jay leno step aside? >> he was offered a panel information on "red eye." we are waiting on it. >> a lot of this has to do with jay leno took over for johnny carson there was outrage everywhere. the word was because carson was getting too old and wanted to get out. but i thin

. >>> beyonce and her husband jay-z take a vacation to cuba. why that has caused such a big stir with lawmakers on capitol hill. good evening, i'm ken. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. he was passed out at a party when three claz mates allegedly took advantage of her, but her family said it's what happened next that led the south bay teen to take her own life. kpix 5 tells us the tragedy may be a kons kwen of a cruel new social media trend. kit. >> well, liz, this investigation took a total of seven months. detectives confiscated cell phones and computers and conducted several dozen interviews. more information is coming to light. the details are said to be sickening. >> audrie pott got drunk on hard liquor mixed with gay toreade at a house party last september, went upstairs and passed out. three boys went into bedroom armed with cell phone cameras. >> there were photographs taken op the sexual assault and those photographs were distributed in some manner. we were able to recover photographs from during our forensic search of computers and cell phon

jay leno is next. hope to see you back here tomorrow. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> jay: hey brad, thanks for coming by to do the show. i know it's been a crazy week for you with all the controversy over your song "accidental racist." >> yeah. i mean, when ll cool j and i decided to write that, it really came from a good place. and i think between the bloggers, twitter, and the media, next thing you know, i'm in the middle of this twitter firestorm. and i don't know how to handle it, really. >> well, i can help with that. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- from "anger management," charlie sheen. college basketball coach andy enfield. the music of brad paisley. and "jaywalking." and now, j

jay, where do you fall on it? >> i think the department of justice right now has done the right thing by utilizing the public policy exception to the mirandaizing. that gives the department of -- >> explain briefly what that is. >> if in fact based on evidence that this plot was more extensive. if it is more extensive, and we have no evidence of any of this, the government's going to find that out quickly. then they can make the decision to declare him an enemy combatant that way. i think it gives him time. look, this is not a crime. this is an act of terror, an act of war against the united states. the fact that they're a u.s. citizen, the supreme court just said even if you're a u.s. citizen, you could be held as an enemy combatant. i think based on what we're hearing, that decision will ultimately be made by the attorney general. but i think this is the clearly the case based on what we know for enemy combatant status. that would give us more time to investigate. do we want a prosecution or an investigation. an

jay's team, shannon's team. by having both of those units in place i think there is going to be a really powerful team. because you can't just open up the data. you have to do things like this, where you get the community together or you have people actually talking about it because the demand side, as we were talking about it, will be there because there is going to be someone there. there have to be people working with it who are getting out there. i think this is what this city is going to be really powerful. in terms of other cities doing as well, chicago is doing some really interesting stuff. scary cool stuff. they're taking 3 in 1 data, pothole request and crime report and matching it up with social media. they're getting this really deep and rich picture of what is going on in the city. and you can do that with data when you think about it creatively. philadelphia as i mentioned, they are really active in open data. and new york, again with 3 in 1 is doing smart analytics. i think that's what you'll see

one asked this question to jay carney at yesterday's briefing. >> jay-z released a rap today.u said that treasury was the one that cleared their trip. he suggested that he got white house clearance and that he personally spoke with the president. i'll just quote, i turned havana into atlanta, boy from the hood, i got white house clearance. obama said, quote, chill you gonna get me impeached. you don't need this expletive anyway, chill with me on the beach. >> it's a song. the president did not communicate with jay-z over this trip. >> north korea has a nuclear missile and we're talking about rap lyrics here. i don't get it. >>> earlier this week, russian president vladimir putin -- >> oh, you are back one day and showing topless women? >> look at him giving that thumbs up. he's a life long friend to animals. feeding an elk, whispering to a puppy. look. he's got a connection there. and now these photos. putin walking in the russian wilderness. he's dressed in a red track suit frolicking in the snow with his two dogs. there is no explanation for these pictures. do we ever need a

are they going to look again at jay? is jay going to get that call in his garage?e think jay truly never goes away. let's talk about david letterman because you describe him as the last heir to the old tradition of "tonight show" and somebody who is not only comfortable interviewing heavyweight figures but in recent years has been delivering himself of various opinions. him and rachel maddow the other night talking about same-sex marriage. >> i'm just sick and tired and it has come close across the line of nonsense. this ongoing, politically nuanced, religious discussion of gay marriage, gay rights. it is absolute stupidity. >> so, is letterman the last quote serious late night comic? >> i think so. there is a core of seriousness that makes him surge above his competitors at moments of great national import. after 9/11, he was the guy everybody turned to. the first guy everybody wanted to hear how he would frame it because we were told irony was dead. we were told humor would never be the same. letterman carries the whole tradition in his head. he is the last guy w

final prediction, where will jay go next?e places like fox which will i'm sure bite his hand off. could he do that, do you think? >> if they decided not to do it when conan was available, why they would do it for jay is a question that will have to be answered. i'm sure they are calculating right now. >> ken, would you go to fox if you were jay, if you were offered it? >> if i were jay, i would take my dignity and leave quietly and count my millions. >> i don't know. i think he's a bit of a street fighter. i've got a feeling this isn't over yet. anyway, ken and kim, thank you both very much. fascinating story ongoing. >>> coming up next, exclusive master's champion bubba watson. warming up in my green room, already promising to create merry hell after the break. watch that club. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas

. >> the controversy between jay-z and beyonce trip to cuba after he released a song about the visit. >> it was a rap song he used it to say he received white house clearance for the trip. elizabeth prann is here to talk to us about it. something gate. j gate. >> it was released on-line. he is responding to criticism about the purpose and legality about his trip to cuba. in the latest title called open letter he says he was singled out because of his relationship with the president. he mimicked republicans who talked about the treasury. he talked about restriction of trade with cuba. here's a little of the song. ♪ >> despite the numerous white house references jay carney says in no way shape or form was the president involved in the couple's 5 year celebration. >> i would say a couple of things. decisions made about cultural travel and academic travel are made by the treasury department and i would refer you to specific cases to the treasury department it has been the case that under this administration we have eased the ability to travel to cuba for those purposes. but the decision t

and now, jay leno!s and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much! thank you. wow. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] big friday night extravaganza. thank you. nice to have you all here. well, listen to this, this is kind of interesting. according to a new study, our views on immigration are changing. that's what it said. for example, when asked if they support a path to citizenship, 40% of the respondents said, "si." so i thought that was -- [ laughter ] >> and anthony weiner, remember him? the peeter-tweeter? remember anthony weiner? [ laughter ] well, he told "the new york times magazine" he's thinking of running for mayor of new york city. well -- [ audience ohs ] i guess he got tired of sitting around the house all day in front of the computer in his underwear. [ laughter ] well, president obama now telling north korea to tone down some of their crazy rhetoric. the same thing he told jay-z

and beyonce and jay-z's cuba trip sparked outrage. other celebrities have done it, so what's the big deal? >> for years, the debate in this town has raged between reducing our deficits at all costs and making investments that start to grow our economy. this budget answers that argument because we can do both. >> welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm stuart varney if this week for paul gigot. at long last, president obama released his budget for 2014 this week, calling it a fiscally responsible blueprint for middle class jobs and growth. and pitching it as a peace offering to republicans. but after looking at the details, shouldn't we be hoping for gridlock? dan henninger, james freeman and kim strassel. dan, hoping for gridlock? you don't like this? >> it sounds good for me based on what i heard president obama say, so, on the one hand he says, in the past we've been trying to reduce deficits at all costs. that means cutting spending, as opposed to making some of the investments we need which means increasing spending and he

we continue to wait for white house spokesman jay carney.ected to start his daily briefing any minute now. no doubt today a great deal of that briefing will be devoted to three different things. the first being the suspicious letter that was sent to president obama that was intercepted at an off-site mail facility. also a suspicious package at senator shelby's office. his office firming that officials have cleared the hallway in the russell office building as they investigate what's being described, and senator roger wicker, the letter that initially tested positive for ricin, officials are saying that the letter sent to the president is very similar to the one that was sent to senator roger wicker as well. i want to bring in pete williams, our justice correspondent standing by for us in d.c. pete, again, for folks who are just joining us, i think once again it's probably a good idea to stress the fact that there is at this point according to officials no connection between these letters and what happened in boston. is that correct? >> right

questioning jay carney, like jonathan carl last week, because it is an insummit -- insult to listen, report something and then the next day find out it is not true. that is because the white house is overhyping the impact of sequester and saying they did not deal fairly with republicans when it comes to a deadline. >>steve: jay carney said the law was inflexible but now we're finding ways to move money around. like we predicted. >>brian: we showed you this video. rutgers basketball coach rice and the university facing heat. yesterday a video showed the coach assaulting his players in various practices. the school knew about it. live now at the rutgers campus with more on this and the aftermath. >> good morning, brian. it's not just the assault people are talking about. it's also the verbal

this i think we are making a lot of jay-z and beyonce going there.ve probably done things that no one else can do. but it's time to open the lines. it's time to allow free travel back and forth and free transactions. it's just time. >> what about the explanation here, greg, from the administration saying that the treasury department told politico on wednesday while the department approved the trip's organizers to travel to cuba as part of this cultural learning experience, they didn't know they were going to be there. that jay-z and beyonce was going to go. >> yeah. another really transparent answer. you would get straighter answers from lombard street. you are not from san francisco. [ laughter ] >> i lost that one completely. >> couldn't celebrities please -- it's not about going on the trip. i think going on the trip is okay. it's what you do when you get there. do a little bit of homework about where you are going. i mean, i think beyonce probably thinks the merrill boat lift is a cosmetic procedure. they go there and follow the propaganda path a

jay, you're still in the game.'ve been brought in to now turn around cache which is a mall store, high-end clothing. looking at all your past background and seeing what jc penny tried to do, shake things up, that didn't work. what do they need to do, and is mike ullman the guy to do it? >> i'm so disappointed this chapter in american retailing is coming to a close. i think ron johnson did a lot of right things that mike ullman started. he started american living, he started the concept of having exclusive brands that in multiple channels can be controlled by pennies and differentiate themselves, kind of the terry lundgren model with macy's. i think ron came along said i have to keep going with this, i have to get more brands in, and i'm not sure he had all the time he needed. now, he did fire his consumer by stopping couponing and discounted in a whole different way. that was the big mistake. i think him getting hold of these brands that mike ullman will continue. he's brought in people like michael fisher who does

>> reporter: jay, following on julie's question. >>> that was press secretary jay carney confirming that indeed a suspicious package was sent to the white house. he would not confirm the nature of the substance and said that law enforcement officials are determining exactly the substance, and has ponted reporters to an fbi investigation on the matter. not linking at this point the suspicious packages sent to congress and to the white house to the bombings in boston. for more, let's go to kelly o'donnell nbc news capitol hill correspondent. kelly, as jay carney was speaking we got a update that carl levin also received a suspicious package in his regional office in michigan. this certainly must have capitol hill on high alert, to say the least? >> reporter: what it points to is the level of scrutiny people are giving to anything that looks slightly out of the ordinary, which is what official have told the public to do. you have a senior united states senator putting out an official release, to say at his saginaw, michigan, office the staffer believed the letter appeared suspicious, it was

and now, jay leno! ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you. thank you. hi, guys. thank you very much. hello. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "the tonight show." nice to have you all -- nice to have you all here. hey folks, i got to tell you, the tensions continue to mount in this north korean situation. it's getting pretty serious. the u.s. has moved a navy warship off the coast of the korean peninsula. is that going to scare the north koreans? you really want to scare them, don't send a warship, you send a carnival cruise ship, okay? [ laughter ] just the stench. oh. well, kim jong-un says that war could break out today or tomorrow. who plans a war like that? i'll declare war today. oh, i got to take the dog to the groomers, i am sorry. come on, i'll make it tomorrow instead. in fact it's time for a segment we call is his head big than mine? tonight's edition features kim jong-un. is his head big

and now, jay leno!ers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: hey! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. welcome to "the tonight show." thank you. very kind. welcome, welcome, welcome. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. nice to have you all here. well, let's see what's going on. oh, tomorrow, congress will return from their spring break. and you thought north korea was a threat to our country? oh, my god. [ light laughter ] folks, according to the latest report, little is known about the north korean dictator, kim jong-un, other than the fact he is ruthless, he supports torture, and he's a a huge basketball fan. [ laughter ] i'm sorry, that's not kim jong-un, that's the rutgers' basketball coach, mike rice. i'm sorry. [ laughter and ohs ] i had -- i had them confused. [ applause ] sorry. i had them confused. well, something happened last night that could bring us closer to war with north korea. this is really frightening

and he weighed in. >> -- to beyonce and jay-z, jay-z released a rap today.e other day you said treasury was the one that clears those trips. he suggested that he got white house clearance and that he personally spoke with the president. i'll just quote "i turned havana into atlanta, boy from the hood i got white house clearance obama said "chill you're going to get me impeached" you don't need this explative anyway chill with me on the beach. >> i guess nothing rhymes with treasury. because treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know. and the white house has nothing to do with it. >> so are you saying that he did not -- the president did not have a conversation with jay-z? >> i'm absolutely saying that the white house and the president on down had nothing to do with anybody's personal -- anybody's travel to cuba. that is something treasury handles. these are tough words to rhyme. it's a song, donovan, the president did not communicate with jay-z over this trip. >> that's the first time in all my years following the white house anybody has quot

what did he say when he said, hey, jay -- what did jay say to him? have a good show?t, you missed nothing. enjoy the pork chop. >> isn't that delicious? >> and what happened on "the voice" last night? >> blind auditions, one of them was this texas college kid, she looked kind of scared, a little bit nervous, she was with her parents. she got out there and killed it. her name is holly tucker, take a look. ♪ when the rain is blowing in your face ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i could offer you a warm embrace ♪ ♪ and make you feel my love >> wow, that's a stunning voice. hoda, was that the mother and father who seemed like they were from the real country? >> they said when she was younger they used to sing "amazing grace" together and they would try to let their daughter when she was younger, hit their pitch and all of a sudden they realized, oh, my god, she's harmonizing. >> good for her. >> there's another one, kind of an unassuming girl, michelle. she seemed a little nerdy when you saw her, but let's listen to her sing. ♪ i kissed a girl ♪ i liked it ♪ taste of her che

and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much. thank you, guys. welcome. welcome to "the tonight show." [ cheers and applause ] i got to tell you. i had the scariest drive coming into work today. i was carpooling with al michaels and reese witherspoon. oh, my god. we're all over the -- [ laughter ] i guess you heard that story by now. oscar winner reese witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct when she interfered with a police officer's dui arrest of her husband. now, reese admitted she had also been drinking. apparently, she told the police officer she once played johnny cash's wife, june carter. but they didn't believe her -- [ laughter ] because she couldn't walk the line. you know, so, that was -- yeah, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] and nbc sportscaster al michaels -- he got arrested over the weekend for dui. his blood alcohol -- .08. [ audience ohs ] .08. and of co