margaret carlson: bringing in >> "dynasty," they are cabled the tv show. think it teaches anybody what white house correspondents are. host: if you would like to make a comment about the dinner facebook.com/c-span. follow us there were on twitter @cspan.

margaret carlson: bringing in >> "dynasty," they are cabled the tv show. i don't think it teaches anybody what white house correspondents are. host: if you would like to make a comment about the dinner facebook.com/c-span. follow us there were on twitter @cspan. we are following the white house correspondents dinner on twitter if you want to make a comment as well. [indiscernible] announcer: anytime the president goes anywhere security is tight. many members of the cabinet, lots of politicians, a lot of security goes into this event. the general manager of the hilton spoke with us at. >> the security is operated by the secret service. the hotel takes guidance. it starts with the secret service. their plan is slightly different every year. they provide is the guidance on they will be operating. we take that and plan from there. it is very complicated. it requires a lot of experience. we are fortunate to have a good director of security who has worked with the secret service for many years. they are -- announcer: they are running a bit late for the predinner

announcer: and that was margaret carlson and patrick gavin talking about some of the critiques of these correspondents dinner. christi parsons is the woman you have seen talking with the president from time to time in our live coverage tonight. one of the things that the correspondents association does his hand on scholarships and she talked with us about some of the efforts she had made to bring the dinner more in line with the actual mission. christi: i wrote a letter to the membership this year saying, hey, everyone, please invite your white house correspondence to their annual spring dinner. it is a democracy. we cannot tell people who to invite to their dinner. a lot of news organizations did take that to heart and have made sure that their white house correspondents are at the dinner and seated in their most prominent seats, and we encourage that, we like that. if a news organization decides to go another direction, really it is their right to do that. all we can do is encourage them to get in the spirit of the dinner, which is celebrating white house correspondents. the way you

we talked to margaret carlson. he said he was "time." is now with "bloomberg view." both critique the white house correspondents' dinner. >> the dinner has grown beyond its original purpose, to put journalists together with officials and politicians to get to know each other in an informal setting. the cast of "duck dynasty," have nothing to do with politics -- mind you, i would be devastated if i couldn't go to the dinner. the best thing they could do is to get rid of the excess, where we spent more on valet parking then scholarships for aspiring journalists. >> my big take away it's not against parties that don't invite me to events or celebrities, to me, the critique is washington in general. i do not mind if the dinner exists. what i mind is that it is our super bowl. whose fault is that? they bear some responsibility for it. they have done a good job to encourage journalists. they have some responsibility, but my issue is with the level of prominence given to this event. that is the fault of everybody in washington. if things like climate change rallies or tea p

we talked to margaret carlson. he said he was "time." is now with "bloomberg view."correspondents' dinner. >> the dinner has grown beyond its original purpose, to put journalists together with officials and politicians to get to know each other in an informal setting. the cast of "duck dynasty," have nothing to do with politics -- mind you, i would be devastated if i couldn't go to the dinner. the best thing they could do is to get rid of the excess, where we spent more on valet parking then scholarships for aspiring journalists. >> my big take away it's not against parties that don't invite me to events or celebrities, to me, the critique is washington in general. i do not mind if the dinner exists. what i mind is that it is our super bowl. whose fault is that? they bear some responsibility for it. they have done a good job to encourage journalists. they have some responsibility, but my issue is with the level of prominence given to this event. that is the fault of everybody in washington. if things like climate change rallies or tea party rallies were more importan

margaret carlson, he used to watch frequently on cnn, she was with time magazine for a long time, anda columnist with bloomberg view, she spoke to c-span about how she feels about hollywood and the white house correspondents dinner. >> bringing in these people, it brings attention to them outside of their usual habitat. that -- it teaches anybody about what white house correspondents do. announcer: if you would like to make a comment about the dinner facebook.com/c-span. follow us they are. we are following the white house correspondents dinner on twitter if you want to make a comment as well. [indiscernible] announcer: anytime the president goes anywhere security is tight. many members of the cabinet, lots of politicians, a lot of security goes into this event. the general manager of the hilton spoke with us at. >> the security is operated by the secret service. the hotel takes guidance. it starts with the secret service. their plan is slightly different every year. they provide is the guidance on they will be operating. we take that and plan from there. it is very complicated. it re