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. >> the headline i'd like to write is selena meyers sworn in as president, but only good time. we can all look directly into the camera, kevin. the point is, you're not supposed to. ♪ oh. hey, selena, hey, joe. >> what ro you doing here? >> getting my tattoo done. >> do you know what the difference is between the koch brothers and a tattoo? they are both painful but you can do it. >> all right. let's do it. ♪ >> bring it on. >> oh, yeah. bring it on. >> hey, girl. >> hey, jay dog, are you going to this dinner thing tonight? >> hey i'm not going. important things going on here in the capital. >> all right. thanks. you know what, joe, i'm going to need to go to the dinner. you see, the thing is, i'm not really the vp but you are. i'm an actress from hollywood. >> i know. >> so can you give me a ride? >> hey, the secret service doesn't let me drive off the property. >> that makes no sense. >> you can get a cab. >> yeah. i've got my dress and this hair. thanks a million, joe. >> good luck. >> oh, my gosh. so they had a little fun there. again, all of that from the white house corres

he spent the time with his fictional counterpart, "veep"'s vice president selena meyer. ♪ >> bring ith. bring it on. >> biden was great last night by the way. we'll see more about what happened last night if you haven't already. stick with us here at msnbc. we'll have an update shortly. we are at the bottom of the hour. at the top of the hour we sowed you disturbing acid owe from the accident at the circus in rhode island today. nearly a dozen people injured. at least one seriously. the investigation under way to find out how this happened. plus, calls for action in nigeria where 270 young girls are missing nearly three weeks after being kidnapped. later a pennsylvania town wants to know why the kkk is setting up what they call a neighborhood watch. don't you feel safer? when you only have one hand, you're not doing anything as fast as you used to, which is funny, because i still do it better than her. [ afi ] i do not like sweeping. it's a little frustrating. [ zach ] i can't help out as much as i used to. do you need help? let's open it up. [ afi ] it's a swiffer sweeper. [ zach ] i

. >> that was vice president joe biden along with julia louis-dreyfus as selena meyer in a scene shotg us now the creator and executive producer of "veep" armando iannucci. i love your show. how did you come up with the idea? >> well, i did a politics show in the uk called "the thick of it" set in an obscure ministry where a politician has no power. and i then turned that into a film which involved them coming to america and got sucked into a war in the middle east that no one knew the reasons for. and on the back of that, hbo said do you want to do something set in d.c.? we've been trying to do something set in d.c. for awhile and you might have an approach we like. >> it's fantastic. how did julia louis-dreyfus become the character? how was she chosen because she's perfect. >> we thought what character in politics would give us the most -- the highest number of comic options. we went for the vice president because you can be so powerful in the senate and then you end up with no power but so close to power. we didn't want anyone to think this is about joe biden or al gore or dick che

now she's making us laugh as vice president selena meyer in the hbo series "veep." very personal one. it's a documentary called "generosity of i" and traces her father's decision to sell his extensive art collection to benefit the harlem zone, which is a charity that helps people at risk. jay fielden is the editor of "town & country," holding a special screening of the documentary tonight to kick off a philanthropy summit. >> good morning. that was well-spoken. >> we really got everything into that intro. >> i think we're done. >> i was nervous because you all were looking at me. it's such a pleasure to have you here. especially with such a personal project. i watched the film last night. and i just thought, this is a side of you we've never seen, and we really learn a lot about your dad. what was it like to do that? >> it was wonderful. when my dad first told me that i was going to gift his collection as part of an endowment for the harlem children's zone, i was utterly floored. i thought -- i spoke to my husband brad, who's the director. and we thought it would be