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first, were going to discuss the annual washington event with mcclatchy's white house correspondent steve toma. how long have you been attending these events and how have they changed over the years? going to 28've been or 29, it might be 30 years, but close. i've been going since reagan. >> how have they changed? >> have become much more crowded. >> we start with ronald reagan and he goes about eight minutes and george bush goes about 20 minutes. clearly there getting longer by the presidents. what do you account for that? >> age. ronald reagan was getting up there and was ready to go home. 20 minutes is about the average now. for all the presidents they insist that they want to get out and go home. so when we are working on the schedules, the white house always reminds us whether it is barack obama or ronald reagan that they want that done by 10:45 or 11:00. >> to you find that the president's take a different approach with each year? do they get more comfortable, do they enjoy themselves as the years go by? >> absolutely, they get more relaxed. humorn see that the changes. barack obama at t

first, we will discuss the annual washington event with mcclatchy senior white house correspondent steve tomaw long have you been attending these events and how have they changed over the years? steve: i have been going about 28, 29 years -- likely 30 years, but close, going since reagan. >> how they changed? >> they have become much more crowded. we have squeezed more tables into that same ballroom. it has got a lot more holly wood and celebrities can always happen, but got a lot more. >> what about the length of the speeches. the speech we are going to show in a moment we start with ronald reagan. he goes about eight minutes. we ended this program with george w. bush. he goes about 20 minutes. clearly, the speeches are getting longer. reagan,onald particularly in his last dinner, was getting up there. he was ready to go home. 20 minutes is about the average now. to be fair, all the presidents, they insist on getting out of there and going home. so when we are working on the schedules for the white house always reminds us, whether it is barack obama or ronald reagan, they want that done by 1

our program includes remarks by senior white house correspondent , steve toma of mcclatchy news. house correspondent 's dinner is april 30. it is one of the biggest social events in washington every year and the dinner includes a guest celebritiesng major , remarks by president obama, in this year's featured comedian, larry wilmore. democratic presidential candidate, bernie sanders, holds a rally in brooklyn this afternoon. campaigning with him is danny devito and justin long. new york holds it primary on tuesday. ohio congressman jim jordan, chair of the freedom caucus, talks about the role of the caucus in blocking republican leaders from meeting the april 15 budget deadline and the conservative approach to spending and other legislation they support. that's "newsmakers" this afternoon on c-span. >> the obama administration's immigration policy goes before the supreme court tomorrow. justices will hear oral argument on president obama's executive action that would allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in the u.s. we'll have cameras at the court to get reaction tomorrow on

. >> we will talk with senior white house correspondent steve toma, past president of the white house correspondents association. join us saturday night at 10:00. be sure to tune in for our live coverage of this year's white house correspondents' dinner on saturday april 30, at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >>> the head of medicare and medicaid programs testified before congress today about his agency's payments to health insurance companies covering high risk patients. those payments total $3.5 billion. this hearing chaired by tim murphy from pennsylvania. >> good morning. we are here today at the oversight investigation hear, unlawful reininsurance payments to examine the transitional reinsurance program established under the patient protection and affordable care act. the administration has changed its position on a major component of this program, specifically how reinsurance payments are allocated. despite issues two final rules that i'll indicate aid portion of the reinsurance payments to the u.s. treasury, cms changed its position to prioritize programs to ensurers. cms ruled t

also a little background on the tradition by senior white house correspondent steve toma. is -- we willnner take you there live. it is one of the big social events of the year. it will feature comedian larry will more of the nightly show. delaware's primary is this coming tuesday. to supporters in delaware. and hillary clinton is campaigning in pennsylvania, which also holds their primary on tuesday. c-span two will have live coverage this evening at 7:30 eastern time. eastern, theght supreme court oral arguments over the obama administration's policy stopped implementation of the executive orders that would result in some undocumented immigrants staying in the u.s.. here are the arguments -- hear the arguments tonight. 23 is they, april fourth anniversary of william shakespeare's death. the library here in washington dc, which has the documentsllection of and memorabilia around the world will be hosting an event commemorating his life and impact, on our literature, language, politics, and history. book tv begins at noon eastern time. not --rds we will have a we will have

. >> we will talk with steve toma, past president of the white house correspondents association. for our live coverage of this year's white house correspondents dinner saturday, april 30 on c-span. nina olson is the national taxpayer advocate, an office within the irs that aims to resolve taxpayer problems and improve customer service and testified on capitol hill about some of the problems facing taxpayers as part of her annual report to congress. this is one hour, 10 minutes. >> the subcommittee on covert operations will come at order and without objection the chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. i want to thank you both for coming. we have a few other things that are going on so we will have members coming in and out your we are here today to examine the taxpayer advocates 2015 annual report. the taxpayer advocate is a statutorily required, statutorily required to provide report to congress and is also identified 20 of the most serious problems facing the american taxpayer. so i look forward hearing from my friend nina olson, the taxpayer advocate about how to be

. >> we will talk with senior white house correspondent steve toma, past president of the white house correspondents association. join us saturday night at 10:00. be sure to tune in for our live coverage of this year's white house correspondents' dinner on saturday april 30, at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >>> the head of medicare and medicaid programs testified before congress today about his agency's payments to health insurance companies covering high risk patients. those payments total $3.5 billion. this hearing chaired by tim murphy from pennsylvania. >>