so was seth meyers. president obama was joking about the so-called birth certificate issue.his birth video, which shows the lion king, a clip from the lion king with king mustafa holding up a new born simba and seth meyers making jokes about donald trump and osama bin laden. whale we were joking around, the order for this navy -- u.s. navy s.e.a.l. team to go in and strike on the obama compound in pakistan had been given. a lot could be going on behide the scenes. we had a chance to talk to jimmy kimmel who stopped by the briefing room on friday. he talked a little bit about what we might expect from him tonight. let's listen to that. >> so obviously, secret service thing is something i'm going to talk about, but not necessarily going to do 30 jokes about it. probably stop at 20. >> so any guess what we're going to hear. kimmel admitted to being nervous. it's a tough crowd. you have to do a delicate dance to make sure the humor doesn't go too far. >> come on, listen, this is life. you should take a jab at the president or several jabs. do it, right? >> well, absolutely. i me

. >> reporter: last year's performance by "saturday night live's" seth meyer is thought to be the goldndard. >> donald trump appears on fox, which is ironic, because a fox often appears on donald trump's head. >> reporter: kimmel is funny, though he's not particularly known for his mrt call humor. >> set up and running in santa ana. this is what it looks like. a vending machine made specifically for pot smokers. though, in a way, isn't that all vending machines? >> reporter: but now he's playing to one of the toughest rooms for political comedy that exists. though, he says, it's not hard to find humor in today's politics. >> well, you have dogs on the cars being eaten, you have secret service having sex all over the globe. hopefully dogs aren't intersecting there, i mean, i guess that would be too far. >> reporter: the president, just a few days before you're going to make fun of him, goes on the television show of one of your competitors. >> but their position is that students just have to make this rate increase work. frankly, i don't buy it. >> mm-mm. the barack-ness monther ain't b

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there was even a joke about bin laden from comedian seth meyers. >> people know that bin laden is hiding but every day from 4:00 to 5:00 he hosts a show on c-span? >> all the while no one had any idea they were going to get him. the white house correspondents dinner is tonight. jimmy kimmel will take jabs at the press, which is always fun. another moment, our pal jake tapper, honored for the third year in a row for intrepid and tough questioning. our congrats to jake and the jokes we'll have tomorrow night and george with the powerhouse "roundtable" will have fun with it all first thing on tomorrow's "this week." >>> and still ahead. the wildly dietary supplement promising energy and a buzz, but what has gone awry, the deaths of two american soldiers. "world news" gets answers. told me i have an irregular heartbeat, mber r and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa i

seth meyers took aim at romney poking fun at his recent primary wins. >> mitt romney on tuesday won theublican primaries on maryland, wisconsin, and washington, d.c. further increasing his delegate lead. republican voters decided it's better to phaemarry somebody yo don't love than to die alone. >> that was pretty harsh. >> the show also mocked romney, of course, by having him caving into pressure at various campaign events. musical guests, one direction brought down the house with teens lining up days in advance to get seats for the performance in "snl," and they were just here in washington. >> and sofia vergara, she was on as well. >> drop-dead gorgeous. >>> yes, and also gorgeous, you might want to hold on to the bonnet today, but a nice day. >> yeah, and 70 degrees with a cardigan? >> well, maybe. a thin one. >> it's a very light cotton mesh more than anything else. it will be a nice day today. >> it's 56 degrees right now, whether weather man. >> looking at her knowing the temperature and all. >> she is looking at the bug at the bottom of the screen. a little chance of a shower to

seth meyers was there, too. amy polar. it's a cool room. a cocktail party of people, egyptian activists all the way to the "snl" crowd. >> while you were at your fancy black tie thing i was having macaroni and cheese with your children at my house and i was watching "the voice." now they're narrowing it down so quickly it's terrifying to watch it happen. okay. so last night it was team adam versus -- and team cee lo. team adam had to pick one person to save. america voted. america voted for the guy in the middle. tony lucca. the guy who used to be in the mouseketeers. team cee lo, again the man in the middle. that's jamar. it came down to two people were team. i'm going to play these clips. you're going to say who gets cut. >> i did not see the show. >> you were out at your fancy gala. >> which was the secretary of state. >> team adam first. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay. so if you had to choose between katrina, who was the last one -- >> katrina was good. i have always wanted to say this. she was a little pitchy at parts. i've always wanted to say that. i

zlim very much looking forward to hearing seth meyers tonight. e eyes of his fans, seth, enjoy it while it lasts. >> when comedian steven colbert hosted in 2006, there was a controversy, watch this. >> i stand by this man. i stan by this man because he stands for things. not only for things, he stands on things. things like aircraft carriers, rubble, and recently flooded city squares. and that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to america, she will always rebound with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world. >> what do you expect to hear from mr. kimmel? do you think he will be as controversial or be more in the boundaries of what we expect on a night like this. >> it's so tough to know where that line is, and i think we should grow a thicker skin here in washington and laugh at these things a little more. i think the kmooed rusians that do this big are very aware of that line, and have a tough time figuring out where it is. honestly, a lot of really great stand up and comedy is really edgy. it's offensive. and that doesn

says seth meyers, comedy writers are promiscuous and we want as many targets as possible.dian to make fun of obama is asking a priest to mock rice. if you look at government as religion there is only one a mighty savior. you want to keep your job so comics only make fun of stay-at-home mom -- [ inaudible ] a phrase that sar va silverman coined with her fake abortion pictures on twitter. so, instead, mock them. do comedians lay off obama because they can't find a handle? he is too cool. or they don't want to because they're afraid they will get in trouble. >> dana: it's interesting. i went to comedy cellar on saturday night. five comedians hadden the minutes each. no jokes about president obama. he has been president for three-and-a-half years. plenty you could make fun of. there is a hesitation because they like him or they don't think he is funny or he is so bland he is not funny? i don't know what is it. >> greg: 50/50. he blends in the background. he is just like them in the media. they all agree. >> eric: on board and more fun to make fun of righties. if you make fun o

vice president's club, if you will, we heard dick cheney's advice there, so i guess that means seth meyersesident if you are going with that model. >> i'm not sure we would expect different advice from the guy from wyoming on the -- >> don't target an ethnic group or a large state. >> but i was interested in something you tweeted about, the romney plan to be the anti-palin process as possible. i was curious what you were getting at. >> i was curious, you wouldn't be surprised, s.e., when you mention the word palin you get a reaction no matter how you mention. and the way it was characterized, no matter what, you're not going to be able to say it was like the process that led to sarah palin and that that is a -- whether it's fair or unfair criteria, that is a criteria the romney campaign has stuck with. >> sure. you can love sarah palin but if you're campaigning for mitt romney or you are advising that team you don't want to recall 2008 and you don't want to do that by picking susanna martinez who is a great governor, you don't want to conjure up images of 2008 again. i think the most impor

i think jimmy kimmel is good at doing current events stuff but seth meyers is really good. >> let's hope he's at least funny. usually the president and first lady attend the dinner and that's always fun. and lots of stars get invited. and one of them this year is george clooney. >> yeah. this is a repeat visit for george clooney. he's been all over washington. he was at the last state dinner last month. he got arrested at the embassy of sudan a couple days later. he came to the white house correspondents dinner in 2006. and it was like hallway gridlock. i mean, people were just mobbed around him p you couldn't see clooney because there were so many people around him but you could tell that's where clooney must be. he's coming this year with "time" magazine. "time" magazine has steven spielberg. there are so many hollywood celebrities it's impossible to even keep track of how many there are. but we have reese witherspoon coming with the daily beast, i think. daniel day lewis with the huffington post. a lot of repeat visitors like paul rudd, who came last year. john legend, who came last y

as omar epps told me along the red carpet, jimmy kimmel has a big banner to rise up to because seth meyers was so funny last year. we'll be watching, don. >> athena jones, thank you very much. she's an actor and a comedian who is waiting for the white house to send her an invitation to host the correspondents' dinner, but that doesn't stop her from telling presidential jokes. we'll hear from loni love coming up. and while we wait for tonight's one-liners, a trip down memory lane. here's cedric the entertainer, 2005, calling out former secretary of state condoleezza rice. >> there's two people, though. you know the neighbors broke it down. they said that connie, who that's the person you see on television with, you know, the nice hair and very professional. then there's daleeza. she the one with her hair wrapped up on the phone with her girlfriend watching b.e.t. talking about "girl, ain't that usher fine?" [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. (female announcer) most life ins

. >> seth meyers has done this, don imus, rich little -- have consulted with them or watched their performances? eth. spoke to sou i spoke to steven colbert as well. frank sinatra posted this thing, i found. there's so much history here. it really is an honor. i know it is a cliche, but it is an honor to be asked to do something like this. >> when were you asked and what was your initial reaction? >> secret service agents broke into my bedroom in the middle of the night -- [laughter] this.id, you're doing i said, cannot we relax, maybe go out and have a few drinks. they called my agent who called me and i thought, oh, great. then i realized that actually had to do it. >> what is your background? where are you from? >> i grew up in brooklyn. i'm from las vegas. i did not graduate college. i was in radio for a long time before wound up on television. somehow, i wound up here. >> jimmy kimmel, tonight's entertainment at the white house correspondents' dinner. >> the program has just started at the hilton and this is a video that they are showing. enjoy your evening. [captioning performed by nation

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watch seth meyers at last year's white house correspondents' dinner. sully sullenberger just walked by me. holly robinson peete says, headed to dinner. it is raining. the only people who can buy tables to this art organizations or journalists who are accredited by the white house correspondents association. everybody else is an invited guest. time magazine has invited george clooney, leon panetta, steven spielberg and kate capshaw. abc has invited paul rudd, chris christie, and the cast of modern family. you saw some of them are rise earlier. reese withspoon. you saw her a ride looking pregnant. governor brown of california was invited -- you saw her a ride looking pregnant. homeland security secretary janet paula terrorist -- janet napolitano was all so -- also invited. the white house communications director was one of their and my guess. people magazine invited diane keaton and olympia snowe. the national journal invited rosario dawson and the white house deputy chief of staff. includeited guests christene -- christine baranski. we want to go back t