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he's impersonating president obama.y, he is going to make fun of himself on the front end, and naturally, he is going to make fun of republicans. and so, i don't understand why people are getting upset with a comedian who told jokes. shocker. >> all right, well, why did people at the rlc get upset? do you think that audience is different from, say, some other washington audience or an audience of democrats or non-partisan or what have you? >> okay, here's the deal. if you don't want a comedian to go over the line, a line no one can define, don't invite a comedian. and so, look, i've had this battle, this discussion with my folks on facebook and twitter. i have some african-americans who say because of the republican party's history, you shouldn't make these jokes. look, i love larry the cable guy. "get err done," okay? i'll laugh at his jokes. i may be one of the few black folks in the audience. i can laugh at jeff foxworthy. wanda sykes has a joke where she says if the president does great, that's the black side. if he

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. >>> and an obama impersonator got the hook at a big conference for republicans overnight. right after gop leaders issued a call for civility and political discourse. this comedian went on stage and made racial and gay jokes. it did not go over well. show you in a minute. >>> we begin with the deadly storms that tore across seven southern states. one woman killed in atlanta and thousands without power across the south. jackie meretsky has the latest. >> good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. yesterday at this time, we could already see the big storms bubbling up in the heart of the country. once the afternoon heat started cooking everything up, that's when everything intensified. a vicious swath of thunderstorms tore across the south. in all, there were 300 reports of damaging winds from the huge complex of thunderstorms across seven states. in atlanta, the storm turned deadly. a woman there lost her life when her car was smashed the one of the hundreds of trees that snapped in the powerful winds. lightning strikes may have even sparked house fires like th

. >>> a president obama impersonator is getting a lot of attention this morning after being kicked off the stage at a g.o.p. convention. >> thank you! thank you! >> comedian reggie brown was hired to perform at republican leadership conference. at first, the crowd liked his jokes, but they grew more uncomfortable. >> you may asking yourself what is going on here today. the budget is out of control. the deficit is rapidly growing, and there are threats of a government shutdown. so i figured i'd do what any great president would do in these trying times. head down to louisiana and polish up any golf game. >> brown was pulled off the stage before he could finish his act after mocking several g.o.p. presidential hopeful and telling a string of racial jokes about the president. >>> stay with us here on ktvu mornings on 2. coming up at 7:30, we'll have more on the gathering of presidential hopefuls. >>> minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann attended saturday's conference, but before she arrived in louisiana, she attended a conservative blogger's event in minnesota. that's where she becam

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the decision by republicans to invite an obama impersonator to address their conference in new orleansloved a black man and no she was not a kardashian. >>reporter: joke about obamagee boo in the republican crowd came when he joked about republican. >> you have the front runner mit romney. l now don't get me wrong mate make a great president along with his first lady, second lady, third lady. officials when he got to michelle bachmann. >> the other day she called me one term president. [applause]. >>reporter: microphone was shut off. and he was escorted away from the stage. >> as for governor perry advisors say he's looking at whether or not he still has enough time to raise the money you need to run for president. decision they say still several weeks away probably coming in july. jonathan karl abc news washington. >> if fbi is taking to the air waves to help find one of the most wanted fugitive. >> have you seen this woman? fbi is offering 100,000 dollars for tips leading to catherine green whereabouts. >> bay area among 14 market nationwide that the fbi is targeting with this unusua

to entertain party delegates, conference leaders hired a president obama impersonator.laughs, some were considered over the line. even offensive. including this one referring to the president's biracial background. >> my favorite month is february. black history month. you see, michelle, she celebrates the full month. and, you know, i celebrate half. >> organizers grew increasingly uncomfortable with the impersonator's jokes and escorted him off the stage. >>> the u.s. economy, libya and afghanistan all big topics on the sunday morning talk shows. here are the highlights. >> president karzai from afghanistan says that the u.s. is talking directly to the taliban in peace talks. is that so? >> well, i think there's been outreach on the part of a number of countries including the united states. i would say that -- that these contacts are very preliminary at this point. my own view is that real reconciliation talks are not likely to be able to make any substantive headway until at least this winter. i think that the taliban have to feel themselves under military pressure an

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we will hear from president obama impersonator, reggie brown, retired lieutenant colonel steve russell, and texas governor and potential presidential candidate rick perry. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal," with today's calls and see spends " newsmakers" to that. -- after that. on "washington journal," presidential politics in reaction to presidential politics at the republican leadership conference. then a former cia analyst at 20 years talks about the al-qaeda operation since the death of osama bin laden and the airport economist chief economist looks at the breakdown of airline fees. the airlines made $5.7 billion in revenues from those fees. >> the c-span coverage of the national cable telecommunications cable show continues today at 5:15 p.m. eastern. julius genachowski is interviewed by the former fcc chairman michael palle who held -- who heads the ncta. then they look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and former national committee chairman for the republicans, ed gillespie. >> the time ordered the world when i was growing up. >> page one pro

obama care. >> reggie brown impersonated president obama today. not all of his jokes went over well with the audience. brown delivered several racially tinged lines about obama. brown's mic was cut off and he was escorted from the stage. the rlc's president called the comedian's comments inappropriate. >>> it may not be the brightest bulb, but the longest lasting. it has been shining continuously since 1901. that's right, 110 years. the globe hangs inside a city fire station. >> nobody knows why it keeps burning. we've had scientists from all over the country look at this lightbulb. >> the 60-watt bulb was used as a night light and it gives off just enough lym nation. >> you're talking fine. it's so hot out there. we have low clouds making their way over the region. that high pressure system over the west right now. it's starting to push its way in and start to experience the temperatures increasing by tomorrow. in the meantime, let's take a look at the low pressure system making its way to the east. for the most part, some low clouds. definitely

even more unconventional -- the decisions by republicans to invite a obama impersonator to address their conference in new orleans. >> yes, my mother loved a black man and no it wasn't a kardashian. the boos came when he joked about republicans. >> you got your front-runner mitt romney. don't get me wrong, he might make a great president. along with his first lady. second lady. and third lady. >> when he got to michele bachmann -- >> the other day she called me a one-term president. >> reporter: his microphone was shut off. and he was escorted away from the stage. as for rick perry, his advisers are looking at whether or not he still has enough time to raise the money you need to run for president. a decision, george, they say, is several weeks away in july. >> okay, jon karl. >>> let's bring in josh elliott with the morning's headlines. >>> we're going to begin with the midwest walloped with weather. two feet in 24 hours, that's how much the missouri river has risen now, breaking through several levees in northern missouri. thousands of acres have been lost. people in at least three mor

it was weeks and weeks ago we started talking about obama impersonator reggie brown.ntion to the center of attention. joe johns is here with more on this. joe, talk to me. who is reggie brown? >> you know, reggie brown first caught our eye weeks and weeks ago, as you said, with this remix of a notorious b.i.g. rap video, and this is something that we thought was very funny, played very well, but we weren't the only people really who sort of looked at this thing and thought it was good. we also noticed over at fox news, those people brought him in and had him debate ron paul. it's all because he looks so much like the president and can really sort of mimic his mannerisms. well, this weekend at the rlc, he is brought in to be a comedian and tell jokes. next thing you know, he's told essentially to get off the stage, and the question is why? obviously, from our perspective, we'd like to know that. the answer apparently is that he was telling racially tinged jokes that were said to be inappropriate. let's just sort of listen to one of them. >> okay. >> my favorite month i

well, an obama impersonator.as well received with health care and birth certificate jokes, when he started telling republican jokes, things got ugly, like this one, about mitt romney being mormon. >> a little birdie told me that you're all looking for someone to challenge me in 2012. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, really? well, how's that going for you? okay. well, let's see, you have your front-runner, mitt romney. now, don't get me wrong, he may make a great president along with his first lady, second lady, third lady. >> it was shortly after that when he started a michele bachmann joke that organizers turned off his microphone. here's how he described it to us earlier today. >> i was just entering my set where i started having some fun with the republican candidates, i believe i was over my time by a few minutes, and i also believe that the material was starting to get to a points where maybe they started to feel uncomfortable with where it was going. >> the head of the rlc said he thought brown had gone too

a lot of you probably saw or heard about the president obama impersonator who was entertaining at theepublican leadership conference in new orleans. here is the headline from politico. a comedian impersonating obama made it racial jokes at the conference before being pulled off the stage by any event organizer. here are a couple of those jokes. >> my favorite month is february. black history month. i celebrate half a month. [laughter] [applause] look at this. i love this boat. we are ready to take on the world. i had my team of experts use technology to predict what michele and i will look like at the end of my first term. [laughter] [laughter] >> if you watched the whole event, you could hear the audience laughing. it was about four or five minutes later after some other jokes when he started insulting the republican candidates. he was about to tell and michelle bachmann joke when he got pulled off the stage. you concede the whole video on our web site. the front page of the new york times, this photo of the gulf summit. president obama and john boehner playing golf at andrews air fo

laugh racist jokes directed at the president of course brown a guy who's made a living impersonating president obama most and fox news spoke at the event and wasn't president all about commenting on the president's race to what. my favorite month is you were black history month this is michelle she celebrates the full month and you know celebrate. the republicans proved they could dish it out of the bashing president obama's skin color but as soon as reggie brown turned his jokes. and started poking fun at republicans the crowd probably couldn't take it and he was kicked off stage. it's unfortunate that some plenty could make it here. but cut him some slack he's having his butt surgically removed from his mouth i don't know what luckily for him it's covered under obamacare i so yeah that a lot along with spinal transplants i get. the much. john king served to not call it softer than barney frank's backside i. because it can people are asking me when am i going to explain the details of my health care plan and i've got three works for you so am i. doing. think you notice that the end there they even

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obama? no, that is not. fox news channel with an impersonator.his going all over twitter and face book as they say, what in the world is this? although they use a slightly naughtier term when they ask. this happened on thursday but nobody noticed till now because nobody watches fox business channel. >> interesting. you can tell right away that's not him. >> you really can. it really was gary johnson, the former new mexico governor. >> okay. hey, welcome back from vacation. >> thank you. it's great. >> you had a nice time? >> a great time. with the boys, it was great. >> good guys trip. good to have you back. 6:57. thanks for joining us this morning. the "today" show is up next. i'll have a local update in about a half hour and every half hour after that. ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass.

obama is focusing her trip on youth leadership and education, and she'll also meet with key figures in the anti-apartheid struggle. >>> and the resident impersonatormuch controversy at this weekend's republican leadership conference is now speaking out. reggie brown insists he was escorted off stage because he had gone over time, not because of his material which included jokes about the gop presidential field as well as racially tinged remarks. >> my favorite month is february, black history month. you see, michelle, she celebrates the full month and, you know, i celebrate half. >> okay. the event organizer says brown's jokes went too far, and he should have been pulled off sooner. >>> well, president obama's twitter account is about to get a little more personal. an aide says mr. obama himself will be writing some tweets during his re-election campaign, and they will be signed with his initials. his first initial tweet on sunday when he said being a father is sometimes my hardest and most rewarding job. happy father's day to all the dads out there. a nice first tweet. had a great day yesterday >> i read all my own tweets. you write your own twee