there is steven spielberg. michelle pfeiffer.or mark warner, democrat of virginia, former governor of virginia. in the past they have allowed citizens and other people, just people who want to see the red carpet coming into this hallway. now they are not allowing them in. it is only the media that is allowed in. there is terrance howard, actor. michael douglas. alec baldwin, george stephanopoulos. he is a guest of "time," even though he works for nbc. majority leader steny hoyer is there in the background. [unintelligible] there is joy behar of "the view ." bill mahar is with her. it looks like the jonas brothers are there being interviewed by somebody. there is done attila -- donatella versace. she is wearing the resulting versace. there is clinton -- quinton aaron from "the blind side." he is a guest of cnn. there is kristen davis, "sex and the city." there is mayor bloomberg. they have been going to pre- receptions, sponsored by a lot of media organizations. the bloomberg party is actually the after party to go to. now, live i

steven spielberg. how many of you know steven spielberg and the touch he's had on all our lives with the movies and so many cultural things he's been a contributor to? he, for many reasons, not only as a film director and producers he set up foundation, and funded it with others, as a way of taking the written testimony of people who survived the hol austin to preserve it for -- the holocaust to preserve it forever. groucho marx, we all know him. i won't do the imitation, i see my colleague from denver from colorado over there, isoing to make fun of me if i do that. graucho marx is one of the truly great -- there were all the marx brothers. they came from that background of, you know, that early vaudeville era and sort of expressed that great sense of humor. there are so many and i know that our colleagues are going to mention one after the other here. i'm just happy to be here tonight to celebrate this important milestone to celebrate it every year as part of this communi, to talk about it to learn ab

and obama is looking for the support of hollywood people such as steven spielberg and some of those, and he is trying to please that part of the democratic party? guest: there is always a question of what role the supreme court choices are affecting presidential elections. there is not a lot of evidence that it plays a greater role. i do not know that this would be any different. host: have the justices themselves said anything about this? guest: i have not heard anything. host: independent line. caller: thanks. good morning. host: ignore what you are hearing on your television. leave your question or comment. caller: as a fellow new yorker, i appreciate the academic standings of the nominee. i am proud to see that occur. a question is what is happening in terms of the lack of experience? i am in the financial industry. i have a tough time standing in front of clientele and having no actual experience relative to certain situations and being entrusted with a large situation that the nominee is. i am having a difficult understanding of what is going on with that. can you help me under