going to discuss the annual washington event with the mcclatchy senior white house correspondent steven thomma.

bob: steven thomma, the senior white house correspondent for mcclatchy news. thanks for joining us. now, we will show you the last white house correspondents' dinner speeches by president reagan, president george h. w. bush, bill clinton, and george w. bush. we start with ronald reagan from 1988. [applause] ronald reagan: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. please. thank you all. i am delighted to be here. my, what a crowd. looks like the index of larry's big book. [laughter] [applause] ronald reagan: it is good to see norm sandler and your incoming president, jerry o'leary. in his book, larry said that jerry used to fill his coat pockets with pastries. jerry denies it. earlier tonight, just to be safe i told him, keep his hands off , my dinner roll. [laughter] larry also said that preparing me for a press conference was like reinventing the wheel. that is not true. i was around when the wheel was invented, and it was easier. [laughter] [applause] baker reagan: even howard is writing a book about me. it is called "three by five, the measure of a presidency." [laughter] mike,

bob: steven thomma, the senior white house correspondent for mcclatchy news. thanks very much for joining us. now, we will show you the last white house correspondents' dinner speeches by president reagan, president george h. w. bush, bill clinton, and george bush. we start with ronald reagan from 1988. [applause] pres. reagan: thank you. thank you very much. thank you all. i am delighted to be here. my, what a crowd. looks like the index of larry's book. [laughter] [applause] pres. reagan: it is good to see your incoming president, jerry o'leary. in his book,arry said that jerry used to line his coat pockets of pastries. jerry denies it. earlier tonight, just to be safe i told him, keep his hands off my dinner roll. [laughter] said preparing me for a purse conference was like reinventing the wheel. that is not true. i was around when the wheel was invented, and it was easy. [laughter] [applause] pres. reagan: even howard baker is writing a book about me. it is called "three by five, the measure of a presidency." [laughter] pres. reagan: mike, in his book, sai

also, with remarks by steven thomma of mcclatchy news.his will take place april 30, and we will take you there live starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. it is one of the biggest social events here, and the final one by obama, as president. >> saturday, april 30, cspan provides coverage of the 2016 correspondents dinner, one that typically has prepared remarks by the president of the united states. coming up in just a few minutes here, we're going to show you the last white house correspondents dinner speeches from presidents reagan, both bushes, and clinton. but first, we will discuss the annual washington event with mcclatchy white house correspondent, steven thomma. attendw long did you these events? 28, 29, could be 30 years, plus. since reagan. bob: how have they changed? steven: they have become much more crowded, weise wheezed more tables into the same ballroom. a lot more celebrities, we have always had them, but more. bob: what about the length of the presidents speeches? ronald reagan does about eight minutes. george w. bush goes about

bob: steven thomma, the senior white house correspondent for mcclatchy news. now we will watch the last white house correspondent dinner speeches by president reagan, president george h w bush, bill clinton, and george bush. we start with ronald reagan from 1988. [applause] ronald reagan: thank you. thank you very much. i am delighted to be here. what a crowd. it looks like the index of larry speak's book. [applause] president reagan: it is good to see your incoming president, jerry o'leary. in his book, larry said that jerry would line his coat pockets of pastries. jerry denies it. earlier tonight, just to be safe i told him, keep his hands off dinner roll. larry said preparing me for the conference was like reinventing the wheel. that is not true. i was around when the wheel was invented, and it was easy. [applause] president reagan: even howard baker is writing a book about me. it is called three by five, the measure of a presidency. [laughter] president reagan: mike in his book he said that i had a short attention span. i was going to reply, but let's move