jeff zucker head of cnn was at the. >> jeff zucker new chief of cnn.se christmas parties. i don't blame him for trying to show he has some clout. >> you used to work at cnn, didn't you. >> i did. >> are you happy that a lot more people see you now. >> a lot more. >> editor of the "new york times," jill aberson. she loves killing kennedy. she wrote the nicest review of "killing kennedy" i have ever seen. she was. >> there what's curious about that is she and other editors from banned white house reporters from attending the white house correspondence dinner too cozy and sends the wrong message. >> she can go to the dinner. i am sure she enjoyed the potatoes. julia louie dreyfus set next to biden because shelies vice president on hbo. do you think biden knows who she is? >> i think he does. i'm convinced. >> all right. and finally, al sharpton. now, al sharpton, is he a gangster, isn't he? >> no. he is friendly. he is not going to ask bill o'reilly type questions when he comes to the white house. let's admit that. >> what is he doing at the dinner? he do

it's the same message he gets every night from cnn president jeff zucker. the internet unloded both battles on piers, who put mock back on to policy for what he had said. >> i have spent literally 12 hours being viciously abused by the transgender community. i want you to explain why i had to go through this. >> stephen: yes, you transgender people don't understand what it's like to be ridiculed and abused. ( laughter ) i mean, they said mean things about him on twitter, and what's piers morgan supposed to do-- not spend 12 hours reading about himself? ( laughter ) ( applause ) the point is-- ( cheers and applause ) no, i'm mad. i am mad. the point is that transgendered community are never satisfied. apparently, it's not enough to treat them like women. now we have to treat them like human beings. ( laughter ) nation, this is a problem without answers. and when i come back, i'm going to get those answers from transgender author janet mock. than chocolate, it's an invitation to stop and savor the unmistakable taste that reminds us that life is delicious. so

it jeff zucker and steve holland , longtime white house correspondent for writers.in, you're looking at the arrival of the guests that began around 6:30 p.m. this evening in an area known as the bookseller. they then moved upstairs for a reception and then took a trolly a short distance on the south side of the white house for the actual debtor itself. the state dining room and east room not able to handle the 350 guests to honor the french president. so this is what the scene looks like inside the south lawn to and to to replicate a money money-inspired setting in much have that transportation of a spring-like the man and a test by the president of the united states in honor of the president of france. [applause] [applause] >> a good evening, everybody. please have a seat. [laughter] michele and i are so honored to welcome you to the white house as we host the president and his delegation for this historic state visit between our nation, the first in nearly 20 years. and our press conference today i quoted the son of france in 1831 set out across our young country

the no thanks to jeff zucker who didn't just destroyed nbc previously to put him in charge of ca the legislative that cnn the end of the us version but the whole operation there in documentaries they have to seriously get to the board am a stay at the board and is not good but he's certainly not news nbc is most recently under the gun for it sought to twenty fourteen olympics coverage. critics say exclusive rights to broadcasting the games are to blame. it's really lack of depth in coverage that the state but they don't have to do a good job because there's nothing else really competing with them. and so they could do a terrible job and still score a ratings hit meanwhile other mainstream networks have been competing in the game of who can ruin the image of saatchi the most of them are pretty does turning attention to any negative aspect that arise as to utah to live side by side and away from the actual sports the american newscast is waltzing we just were just interested in the end the game it's all about the game or not interested in anything else but then they introduced everythi

no thanks to jeff zucker who could have just destroyed n.b.c. previously said they put him in charge of c.n.n. and the legislature and c.n.n. you know the u.s. version but the whole operation they're airing documentaries they have a series i guess in the board they say of the wording is not good but he's certainly not news and b c is most recently under the gun for it such a twenty fourteen olympics coverage critics say exclusive rights to broadcasting the games are to blame it's really the lack of depth in coverage then b c but they don't have to do a good job because there's nothing else really competing with them and so they could do a terrible job and still score ratings hits meanwhile other mainstream networks have been competing in the game of who can ruin the image of saatchi the most some of them pretty distressed and turning attention to any negative aspect that arises to toilets i buy that i and away from the actual sports the american newscasters will all say we're just we're just interested in the in the game it's all about the game

>> i do know a lot of these players, one of the reasons i was against jeff zucker -- >> wonderful guynn, he was for the nbc/comcast thing because he was at nbc but he knows and i -- we had a hearing in which i pointed to a decision was made about something called financial syndication that the network swore -- they wanted to get ownership of the shows they put on tv and i said, this is years before i was in the senate. i said, that's going to hurt competition for independent producers and boy did it. and this is exactly the same kind of thing that is going to happen and it's going to be less choice, higher cost, poorer service. >> i want to ask you one question about obamacare as long as i have you. in minnesota, people are concerned about the -- >> i got my policy through that. >> they are concerned not enough people have signed up on the paying end of it as opposed to those who get -- >> medicaid. >> medicaid. are you concerned at all? i mean, it looks i can look the projections are not being made in minnesota. >> well, we are concerned with the level -- it's i mproving. we've had a

the best dressed, cnn president jeff zucker, i'm not saying that because he gave me a new show. >> whatas he wearing? >> black tux, white shirt and black tie. it just sparkled. >> oh, man, you're sucking up big time. >>> coming up, he said he had no choice but to shoot. an emotional testimony as a man explains how an argument with teenagers did end with an unarmed teen dead. >>> and should airlines let you make cell phone calls in flight? here's a hint, no. congress is pushing for an answer. that's coming up next. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! wow, my excedrin reallye.t? does work fast. not gonna happen. excedrin ends headaches fast. in fact for some, relief starts in

well, no, because i didn't want jeff zucker to know i'm stealing money from cnn today, being poolsideilton. we're here early. you see they're just starting to set up, because the oscar luncheon itself doesn't start well until lunch time, still before 9:00 in the morning here in los angeles. so what happens is, you have every star and every third hand to the second assistant that are nominated for an academy award. they all come together for this lunch of if he oweship with each other. you get to know people you might not know in hollywood, that you've nephew met. it's definitely -- i know, it's the chance that the biggest a-list actor could meet the second assistant on a movie. it's really kind of cool. and all the big celebrities will be here today. think of somebody, just think of anybody who is nominated for an as core. >> meryl streep. >> yep, they'll be here. >> there you go, sear? >> martin scorsese. leonardo dicaprio. will they be chitchatting? what's got the biggest buzz right now? >> well, that's a good question. i don't know if it's so much campaigning, this is the friendly

it jeff zucker and steve holland , longtime white house correspondent for writers.rea known as the bookseller. they then moved upstairs for a reception and then took a trolly a short distance on the south side of the white house for the actual debtor itself. the state dining room and east room not able to handle the 350 guests to honor the french president. so this is what the scene looks like inside the south lawn to and to to replicate a money money-inspired setting in much have that transportation of a spring-like the man and a test by the president of the united states in honor of the president of france. [applause] [applause] >> a good evening, everybody. please have a seat. [laughter] michele and i are so honored to welcome you to the white house as we

he didn't say yes because i was like you can't scare me jeff zucker, i want this job.t see your way out of the weeds. part of this big is you have a significant event, fast forward ten years. sometimes in that moment, you're so deep in it that you can't imagine what your life would be like if you go beyond this stuff. >> you from and she thought there was nothing worse outside of where she was. and she decided one day after being beaten senseless and her child finding her that she said that's it, i've had it. i mean, you saw the after picture of her physically. can't believe that someone can go from 500 pounds to the weight that she is there. and i think it just shows you that when you're in your deepest despair, the moment that's terrible in your life, if you could only fast forward -- >> it's interesting. i've always said you have to embrace value. is there an ah-ha moment that someone at home can say i wish i could do that because i'm this low. is there a set of words? there's a way of reframing things. >> i think most of the people who did it it for someone else, t

among the news media figures ofe jeff zucker, president cnn, and enjoy brinson, executive editor of 'new y ork times.'" also, the 2 presidents talk to during this trip about nsa surveillance. attending the dinner was keith alexander of the national security agency, along with dr. clapper, who heads the national intelligence agency, martin dempsey, and other national security officials last night's dinner. ron in a new hampshire, democratic caller. caller: how is everybody today? host: doing fine, ron. caller: i would like to applaud john boehner for passing a clean debt ceiling yesterday. maybe we can get onto other things, other pressing things that need to be dealt with, without getting downgraded yet again. though, id that, would also like to say that i am a little tired of the republicans and republican leadership talking about reducing the debt when they put currentlyebt we have on the books, under republican leadership. at leastbama's debt, half of his current debt that he is put on the books since he has been in office, he has used to try to fix what the republicans broke back