prerecorded video featuring comedian shannon, the catholic character portrayed him as no is mary catherine gallagherher jokes were met with silence. i was there. >> does you know there will be a fact checker. who? jesus and don't say anything negative about catholics. >> i'd never do that no matter where i was. this like criticizing detroit in detroit. >> i thought so. coming down to the wire. for the understand? one of the best in the business, the house race, senate races, former speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. >> you want to peak too soon but there are no undecided voters left. you can get low propensity voters out and it comes down to what america needs to realize the last presidential election was decided 48918 votes, 50000 people in 150 million decided the selection and we are looking at the polls closer today so in savannah, michigan, wisconsin, arizona, nevada, you have a bigger psaki in the senate and house very close. the republican's will when the senate but the one thing is a five seat majority. democrats have more money, we used to raise more money than them but i will look to new

featuring molly shannon in her snl catholic school girl character, mary catherine gallagher. let's listen to that. >> is there anything that you think i shouldn't bring up tonight. >> well don't lie. thou shall not bear false wit to thy neighbor. >> especially of thy neighbors election results. >> so you know, there will be a fact checker there tonight. >> who? >> jesus. >> and don't say anything negative about catholics. >> i won't do that. that is like criticizing detroit in detroit. >> so mark, is there any down side for harris not appearing in person, do you think? >> zero. i mean, first of all, this is insiders telling inside jokes. most of which the insiders don't get and it has no impact on voters. so much better decision to be in a state, in a swing state. and yet this is an interesting psychological -- remember it was 2011 at the washington correspondent's dinner where president obama trolled donald trump and made him so mad that history said that that is when it inspired him to run for president in the first place. so you could see, he's not funny. absolutely just b

presidents since his pre-taped sketch, future molly shannon as her popular snl character, mary catherine gallagher, donald trump, however, appeared at the event in person what did trump do at the dinner? he got mad that he showed up and she didn't. then he had everyone just swayed a music i wasn't going to say that he aid is dinner without hands donald trump performed a tight 28 minutes this in a rare moment of clarity joe to varadkar saying obama, that quote only a few people got there. >> but is he told baraka said obama quote, she's not as strong as me. she's not as strong. do you understand that? >> and obama agreed saying that's true other than that, i think the democrats are getting along quite well, right? >> again, nobody got that one. point where we're the punchlines and how how did he expect it to happen to our ears were all talking trash about trump performance. but here's how he felt about his performance. the next morning, your material is real funny. who wrote it to help to it? >> well, i've had a lot of people helping a lot of people, a couple of people from fox actually, i shouldn'

it was a spoof with molly shannon playing mary catherine gallagher. trump did show up.ow you both. >> it's a pleasure anywhere in new york without a subpoena for my appearance. any time i don't get a subpoena, i'm very happy. they have gone after me. mr. mayor, you are peanuts compared to what they have done to me. >> is there anything that maybe i shouldn't bring up. >> don't lie. >> indeed, especially thy neighbor's election results. >> susan, you have attended many of the dinners, as have i. they are pretty funny. how important was it that she didn't show up? we also had bill clinton giving his first joint campaign event with tim walz last night in north carolina. >> north carolina is more important to her than new york. the catholic vote can be important, not to dismiss that. more important for her to be in a swing state than to be in manhattan. these dinners often are funny. you heard funny lines and stuff about being in new york without a subpoena. he had a tough message there, not the light touch we are accustom to seeing. you can see that chuck schumer, the sena

it now, harris did appear, but it was via video in a sketch with fictional snl character mary catherine gallagher is there anything that you think that maybe i shouldn't bring up tonight? >> we'll don't lie steady the whole armpit thing, but what whatever i watched it too many times, harris was actually a no show in new york because she was well busy campaigning. >> she made three stops and battleground, wisconsin today, mawasi lacrosse, and also green bay, which took a more serious shot at trump and once again, roll the tape at her rally i want to talk about ivf you don't hear that i'm the father of ivf unbelievable sometimes of ivf you listen to donald? trump talk it becomes increasingly clear. i think he has no idea what he's talking about. >> well joining me now, senior political correspondent for puck, tara palmeri, senior adviser that trump/vance presidential campaign, bryan lanza and democratic strategist, a man with pat chuck rocha, good to have you all here. shock. >> i got to begin with you. i mean, the al smith dinner. it's a pretty big event, yet 40 years or tradition jim should harri