stark contrast to larry wilmore. >> what did you think about larry wilmore?t it was over the line. a lot of jokes were not funny. you could evidently see on the journalist's faces it was deeply personal. and to end with that word, no. not classy. >> also the repetition. of the zodiac killer thing. with ted cruz, even if one like the joke, the joke was really belabored. it really got to a point. i didn't like the joke but even beyond that at some point he should have moved on from it. >> let's let liz. >> first of all, you're exactly right. larry wilmore wasn't playing, anybody sitting on the stage that wasn't playing to that room. larry wilmore hosts a show that is part of a legacy that has held the media accountable and that is why the show was created. he called people out by name because, you want to know what? people that watch "the daily show," people that watch larry wilmore and colbert see flaws in journalism and those people. whether or not you feel that way, that is right. obama said the same thing about msnbc. >> we did a poll, 60%, we don't have a

and right after that we'll get, we'll get larry wilmore up who will roast the president and larry wilmoreyou can see to the far left of your screen seated next to the first lady. a numb of folks have taken out their cell phones, doing what we have all come to do in this country. taking video. epic selfie as well. lots of that going on in that room. >> it's one thing that's so weird to me about, and it's wonderful to have access to taking pictures and photographs. but i remember i was at the president's second inauguration and no, i didn't have seats, i was -- you know, i'm sorry, the first inauguration, i didn't have seats, i was in the crowd what struck me was how many people had their phones up and were taking pictures of stuff and instead of putting the phones down and just like looking at what was going on around them. and many live and present in the moment. and it's kind of good, but it's kind of sad. i don't like the block between something that's really going on all the time, you know. everything doesn't have to be photographed. it's nice to be there. >> i can't hear you, nancy, i

and the office of the president was respected by larry wilmore during this time.t mr. madison keeps bringing up the k-word, but it has not been reclaimed at all by jewish people. it is not a word to be used as a term of endearment, and the argument falls flat on its face, and is it is not a comparison to be used. if you are at any barbershop or hanging out with the african-american men and women as well, wrote u will see this word used as a term of acceptance and acknowledgment, and it is not a slur in that sense, and everybody gets to choose when and how and if they use it. i think that part of the problem is that non-african-americans are upset that they can't use the word, and to be seeing it use sod freely by larry wilmore in a public space -- >> and most of the people that were upset were african-american s, and even bill o'reilly said that he was not offended. >> most? >> yes, that i saw offended were african-americans. >> most? >> well, wait a minute. excuse me. white folks don't have any problem using that word. i mean, are you kidding me? are you saying t

i am larry wilmore. big indiana primary tonight.fox and friends" had donald trump on the show discussing his major foe, ted cruz. hmmm, let's see what important election issues they covered. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being, you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. i mean, they don't even talk about that. that was reported, and nobody talks about it. ( laughter ) >> larry: nobody talks about it because it's not news! or is it? the "national enquirer" claims ted's dad had ties to lee harvey oswald. jesus christ, you guys. between this and all of ted cruz's zodiac killing, the cruz family offed-- they off-- ( laughter ) this is true! this is true. don't mess me up. they offed more people in the 60s and 70s than vietnam! oh, now it got sad. i know what you're thinking "larry stop it. ted cruz is not a killer." okay, well, then you tell me what he was trying to do with carly fiorina here. >> ted cruz! ( applause ) >>

also my exclusive interview with comedian larry wilmore.e cover a lot of ground including his use of the "n" word at the white house correspondents' dinner. >> you know, i've been called the word growing up and that type of thing. >> as you look at race in america and we deal with all of these issues, given the reaction, given the discussion this week -- >> sure. >> -- would you do it again? would you use that word again in that setting again? elves in for action flo! small business edition. oh, no! i'm up to my neck in operating costs! i'll save the day! for plumbers and bakers and scapers of lawn, she's got customized coverage you can count on. you chipped my birdbath! now you're gonna pay! not so fast! i cover more than just cars and trucks. ♪ action flo did somebody say "insurance"? children: flo! ♪ action flo cut! can i get a smoothie, pleaea? ooh! they got smoothies? for me. ooh! they ♪ got smoothies? gaviscon is a proven heartburn remedy that giveyou fast-acting, long-lasting relief. it immediately neutralizes acid and only gaviscon

breaking news, larry wilmore., what monumental news, do you remember when you were when larry wilmore? (laughter) cnn on the other hand, cnn thought they could fool people by insisting every tuesday is supertuesday. >> welcome to supertuesday number four. >> supertuesday four. >> it's supertuesday number four. >> supertuesday number four. >> it's supertuesday four. >> supertuesday four. >> larry: yes, supertuesday four, the characters you have grown to hate back together again for one last delegate heist. cnn had not one by two tables of panelists with nothing left to say about these candidates. >> we're all sort of waiting to see which donald trump will show up. >> i think there is one dn all trump, i'm sorry to say this. but i think it's one donald trump who sometimes behaves one way and who sometimes behaves another way. >> like everybody else, i would add. >> right. (laughter). >> larry: i don't think anyone thought there were actually two physical donald trumps. but thanks for clearing that up, cnn. i appreci

but larry wilmore did not even bring it. it's like how hard is it to trim your set, just to give the good stuff and act like you're there to put on a show. it was so like insulting to the audience. if people were tweeting while we were watching this and they were like mad. be funny. like most people -- be funny. like that is the first job, if you're funny, you will take anything. >> you know, the interesting thing about president obama was you could -- you actually said it while it was going on. it's like watching a macy's, the thanksgiving day parade where the joke is like a float. >> here comes the joke. >> and no one will be seated during the punch line. >> exactly. >> at least obama, he hit the ball. larry wilmore was striking out playing t-ball. he was like the catcher in the outfield, like i got it, i got it. he was terrible. >> the producers of that show are looking at obama going you know he is going to be free next year. and we might want to -- jettison larry. >> let's play some of obama here. that -- do we have the

i'm larry wilmore. please have a seat. what a crowd, man. you know it's a good crowd when they're not just going larry. they're going, "larry! larry!" you okay, man? i appreciate it my brother. i said brother, i said brother. i am larry wilmore. comedian and actor paul scheer is here tonight. very excited about that. i have to tell you i'm excited about tonight's show. you know what? because we're going to be talking about weed in a new segment i like to call "larry's dank news stash." all right, we begin with the nfl. >> medical marijuana use is allowed in 24 states and the district of columbia, but for athletes in the nfl, using marijuana goes against their substance abuse policy. one player is looking to change that. >> larry: he should be trying to change their approach to that other abuse policy, but that's neither here nor there. neither here nor there. not talking about that. but the nfl should love the idea of marijuana and football because it's the only way to make league sponsor papa john's seem edible. right, right? that's a good

let's give it up for our host larry wilmore. also known as one of the two black guys who's not jon stewart. you're the south african guy, right? i love him. i love larry. and his parents are here, who are from evanston, which is a great town. i also would like to acknowledge some of the award-winning reporters that we have with us here tonight. rachel mcadams. mark ruffalo. liev schreiber. thank you all for everything that you've done. i'm just joking. as you know, "spotlight" is a film, a movie, about investigative journalists with the resources and the autonomy to chase down the truth and hold the powerful accountable. best fantasy film since "star wars." look. that was maybe a cheap shot. i understand the news business is tough these days. it keeps changing all the time. every year at this dinner somebody makes a joke about buzzfeed, for example, changing the media landscape. and every year "the washington post" laughs a little bit less hard. kind of a silence there. especially at "the washington post" table. gop chairman rei

i'm larry wilmore and so guys commencement season is upon us. and at the historically black university of howard this weekend students heard uplifting words from the country's president and quoted academic scholars. >> as larry wilmore pointed out last week -- >> larry: what? all right, mr. president. so you're quoting what i said last week now. wait, no, no. which part are you quoting. >> larry wilmore pointed out last week a lot of folks didn't even think blacks had the tools to be a quarterback. >> larry: i'm glad he went with the quarterback. i thought he was going to call the entire graduating class his -- well, let's just say i'm glad he didn't do that. that wouldn't have been good, man. all right. oh, by the way. this is true. look at how my name was listed in a transcript of obama's speech. this is true. larry wal-mart. seriously? a brother can't get any respect. incidentally, larry wal-mart is what i call myself when i go scoot'in. believe it or not obama's entire speech wasn't about me. no, it's true. it's hard to believe. i agree. no,

wilmore.o read you a couple of thoughts this morning, she said as much as i support understand the use of that with obama, -- if only larry wilmore was saying you can keep degrading us. host: again, that is in the pages of "the guardian." larry wilmore and the use of the n-word last week towards the president of the united states, the focus of our discussion in the first 35 minutes this morning. the lines will be on your screen, which are next from teresa in chicago. teresa, good morning. what do you think? caller: good morning. i want to express that i feel that it was very inappropriate for mr. wilmore to use that. given the venue and the public that he was in the audience that he was speaking to. think that is something that she wanted to say that to the president, that should have been done very privately. i think this country still needs to have a conversation on race, which hasn't really taken place. there has been a lot of disrespect to the president during his presidency. it is continu

take a listen to him actually name checking larry wilmore in that speech. >> as larry wilmore pointedt week, a lot of folks didn't even think blacks have the tools to be a quarterback. today, former bull michael jordan isn't just the basketball player of all time, he owns the team. >> does president obama's own apparent lack of offense at what was said factor in at all in the way you feel about the way that skit went? >> well, no. first of all, i don't know that he had a lack of offense. i think he didn't want to raise it to that level because we know that president obama has said in the past, he's said in the music industry we need to be careful with our language. i think he didn't want to raise it to that level, and i think he knows very well that many of us were going to come out. but even if president obama says he agrees with it, i would disagree with it. i mean let's not act as though this is about somebody's personal feeling. you're talking about a double standard. and i think that that is what i've tried to say more than anything else. why do we have standards for everyone els

larry wilmore, very polarizing sort of speech. a lot of jokes that did not land in the room. he made people awkward and uncomfortable and i know some people, especially watching home at tv, thought it was funny. it was an interesting divide with larry wilmore. certainly the president up staged him, though. maybe he sh you had have been allowed to go first, and the president could go last. it's hard to follow the were he is with humor. >> as far as history and these white house correspondents dinners, where does this one rank do you think? >> well, it's not as big as the one when donald trump was in the audience and he veviscerated hi with humor. that was i think a very important moment in the biography of barack obama, but last night was good. it ranks after that one, as good as any of them. he pulled it off. >> all right. douglas, brian, the last time the president will deliver the jokes in that forformat. >> we've got a lot ahead on "new day." >>> hundreds of protesters stormed iraq's parliament over government dissatisfaction. we'll tell you what is behind their anger, and

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[laughter] host,give it up for our larry wilmore. the two black eyes who is not jon stewart. you are the south african guy, right? i love larry. and his parents are here, who are from evanston, which is a great town. i also would like to acknowledge some of the award-winning reporters who we have with us here tonight. rachel mcadams, mark ruffalo, -- thank you all for everything you have done. i am just joking. as you know, spotlight is a movie about investigative journalists with the resources and the autonomy to chase down the truth and all the powerful accountable. the best fantasy film since "star wars." [laughter] that was maybe a cheap shot. i understand the news business is tough his days, he keeps changing all the time. every year, somebody makes a joke about buzz feed changing the media landscape. every year the washington post laughs a little bit less hard. [scattered laughter] gop chairman ryan previous is here as well. glad to see that you feel that you have earned the night off. on all of your success. the republican par

i agree larry wilmore didn't know the room. when he started making fun of precipitation journalists especially, that got a little hair reservy. precipitation journalism is really threatened these days by all the different kinds of media out there. i don't think people dug that. >> i think it's also important to know inside that room you also have people who have been drinking the better part of four hours too so their patience is probably worn thin by the time 11:00 rolls around. >> david made a point when we were all watching this, in fact, it does seem odd the president should go last because he's so good. but you were saying what? >> without having been there myself i suspect that gerald ford wasn't upstaging the comedian. >> of course not. >> exactly. but this president, his timing is so good, his sense of audience is so good, he knows how to wake right up to the line without crossing it. that makes him a really tough act to follow. >> i think the fact that he's also so well versed in pop culture. he feels like a real conte

they also heard from the nightly host, larry wilmore. we will show you the event beginning with the red carpet arrivals. host: welcome to the white house correspondents dinner. nearly 2700 white house correspondents into their guests, including president and mrs. obama, will gather in the ballroom tonight for speeches, jokes, and networking. with thatl be live all beginning with the arrivals. if you would like to make a comment as you are watching, though to facebook.com\c-span. follow-up on twitter using the hashtag wh cd for white house correspondents dinner. now let's watch the early sponsored by different media organizations. the dinner itself begins at 8:00 eastern time. [indiscernible] [crowd mingling] [indiscernible crowd mingling] announcer: live coverage. heyman, who have you seen how arrives so far? j.d.: everyone from a kardashian host, and aion wreath was one of the first arrivals. host: she was one of the first arrivals. .d.: she got an enormous reception standing next to jeff goldblum. people think it has always been this w

joining me now is larry wilmore.t clear, yes, it's okay. >> i find this interesting because i think you clearly care about this stuff. you're a long time comedian and you have an incredible resume but there's moments in your show where it's unclear if that's a joke or you're like this is messed up. >> i think one of the thesis of our show to use although non-comic term in the beginning was we're going to keep it 100, which means we're going to keep it 100% real and sometimes we were keeping it 100% real it's not always a glib response to a situation. sometimes it's a -- response and then you find the comedy after that but sometimes you got to go in there and as we say keep it real and do you'r comedy around it. >> how do you feel watching this campaign unfold. you keep hearing it's not funny anymore. hillary clinton was saying it's not funny. my feeling is that it's both not funny and very funny all the time. >> it's both. i mean it's funny because it's absurd. >> right. >> it's not funny because it's like that's ado

how would you rate larry wilmore's performance?t's debatable some of his jokes were funny or mean? >> i think he was funny. i would give him a b or b plus. >> higher than the president? >> yes, higher than the president. i think this is honestly the first time i think president obama didn't upstage the comedian. i wouldn't want to go after obama normally. in the room, clearly president obama did better than larry wilmore did. but when i look at the response from other people, i laughed at larry wilmore more than president obama. i thought he had fewer stinkers. i thought he had some jokes that missed as well, but not nearly as many. i thought he made people uncomfortable. sometim >> we all want to jump in on this. >> i thought he had a terrible night. he looked like he was mean spirited and want ed to settle the score with a bunch of ex-girlfriends in the crowd. it was awkward at times the way that he was trying to make things funny in a mean spirited way. i think if i had to buy a ticket for each pick one of the people there last

but i will say for larry wilmore, he's taking a lot of flak.e toughest job in entertainment to confront and make fun of a room of the biggest egos on planet earth to their faces. that's an awfully tough gig. and to follow president obama, with whom i agree with on virtually no issues. but he is so good at these dinners. it's a tough job for larry. >> you u know what we should do? larry should do the state of the yawnon response for the next president. that might be a fair follow up. >> fair enough. that's a tough one too. >> that's a tough one to follow. why is this event so highly sought after? i presume this is the ticket to get. >> we used to say that washington was show business for ugly people. but they look better and now they are hanging around with the hollywood people. >> why do hollywood people want to come to this? >> this is the oscars for ugly people or politicians. it's kind of developed into more of a place to see and be seen. it's become more heavily covered and broadcast live. this used to be a c-span event, which would be watc

you mentioned wilmore and posted, if i were larry wilmore, i would grab a bottle of red and sit in themean, let's face it the president of the united states is a tough act and he fell kind of flat. >> i mean, again, obama is an ultimate performer, we've seen him on comedians with cars with larry seinfeld and larry wilmore was the big act but how do you follow that? i think being on the same age obama came across fresher, more in tune with what folks wanted to hear and you can see reactions on twitter. everyone said, more obama please and larry wilmore fell flat in a lot of ways. >> a star is born. president of the united states, i think he's going to be all right after this. chris witherspoon. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> up next, we'll go inside california's san quinton prison and look at the inmates and culture behind the bars. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. muddling through your morning is nothing new. ...yo

they also heard from larry wilmore.e'll show you the event beginning with the red carpet arrivals. al white house correspondents dinner. 2700 correspondents and guests will gather in the 30,000 square foot hilton ballroom tonight for dinner, speeches, jokes and networking. and c-span will be live through it all, beginning with the arrival at the hilton, which you are watching right now. if you would like to make a comment while you are watching, go to facebook.com/cspan, or follow us on twitter using the hashtag, the view ages cd -- whcd. now we will watch the early arrivals who are on their way to the reception, sponsored by different media organizations. the dinner itself will begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. [chatter] [lots of chatter] >> hello, hello. >> live coverage of the arrivals at the washington correspondent dinner. heyman.es mr. who have you seen so far? heyman: i have seen everyone from a kardashian to a cnn host. a real mix of people. >> i think i saw aretha franklin. mr. heyman: yes. >> she was the entert

i think so, just to be kind to wilmore. he didn't want to embarrass wilmore.nk it's a personal decision. i think everybody should make up their own mind on that. >> so basically in guessing about you, i got it right. will you acknowledge my $u8lrñ yes. insight. >> i'm so shallow that's not really accomplishment that you can pretty much guess everything i'm going to doorvelings it's true. fishing in very shallow waters, true. >> here hillary clinton gets in trouble with the politically correct crew. roll it. >> i have had a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak. i'm not going to deal with their temper tantrums or their bullying or their efforts to try to provoke meet. >> so off the reservation has angered some people. >> well, that's lunancy since it has no association. i do think -- let me speak in defense of what some call political correctness there are words that we shouldn't use. and it isn't a matter of being politically correct. it's a matter of being respectful. i will give you

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let's give it up for our host, larry wilmore.e of the two black guys who is not jon stewart. you are the south african guy, right? i love larry. and his parents are here, who are from evanston, which is a great town. i also would like to acknowledge some of the award-winning reporters who we have with us here tonight. rachel mcadams, mark ruffalo, liev schreiber. thank you all for everything you have done. i am just joking. as you know, "spotlight" is a movie about investigative journalists with the resources and the autonomy to chase down the truth and all the powerful -- and hold the powerful accountable. the best fantasy film since "star wars." [laughter] pres. obama: that was maybe a cheap shot. i understand the news business is tough his days, he keeps -- tough these days. it keeps changing all the time. every year, somebody makes a joke about buzzfeed changing the media landscape. every year the washington post laughs a little bit less hard. [scattered laughter] pres. obama: kind of silent there. especially at the washingto

i'm larry wilmore. so house of your weekend? (cheers and applause) mine was pretty good. hosted a little dinner party with a few friends -- me, don lemon, the president -- you know, my boys. right? and i was wrapping up my little speech and giving the president some props, telling him how much i appreciated him being the first black president and what that meant to me. and i buttoned it with a little... let's say, uh, colloquialism. >> larry: so, mr. president, if i'm going to keep it 100, yo barry. you did it, my nigga. you did it. >> larry: thank you very much! (cheers and applause) now, there was a lot of reaction online, many people were upset about it, many people supported it. like the president himself, the reaction was mixed. oh, shoot. i did it again! (laughter) i'm fine. don't make those jokes, larry. seriously, though. i completely understand why people would be upset about that -- it's a very charged word, i get it. but there was one particular critique from across the pond that brings up a very important distinction. piers morgan. star of stage and screen, pr

carol lee is going to be introducing comedian larry wilmore in a few moments. a slow morphine drip. he spoke as slow as malcolm in the middle. the whole time i was thinking, get on with it. it was a -- you know, his closing remarks i thought were borderline offensive. it is the essence of good journalism. he thanked the journalists because they didn't cover his illegal drone war. >> political commentary, now we're going to larry wilmore, aren't we? >> thank you, thank you, thank you for keeping that applause going all the way, too, i appreciate that. that is how they do it. nice to be here, though, at the white house correspondents dinner, where you know they will call it next year, donald trump presents to the jury's evening paper by mexico. very scared of that. but thank you so much. it's an absolute honor to be here tonight. i want to thank the president, the first lady, carol lee in the white house, the correspondent's association for hiring me and mitch mcconnell for not blocking my nomination. you have to give him credit, he could block lebron james. it's

comedian larry wilmore suddenly found himself campaigning to win back the room. we have more from the white house briefing room on two very different performances. julianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the annual event brings together washington and hollywood, and it's affectionately known as nerd prom. you can always count on the president to take shots at everyone from the press to his political friends and foes. this year, for his eighth and final year, he showed no mercy. >> you all look great. the end of the republic has never looked better. [ laughter ] >> reporter: on his last night as comedian-in-chief, president obama spared no one, not even fellow democrats angling for his spot next year. >> i am hurt, though, that you've been distancing yourself a little from me. i mean, that's just not something that you do to your comrade. [ laughter ] if this material works well, i'm going to use it at goldman sachs next year. >> reporter: the president really sharpened his knives for the republican front-runner. >> you see, donald lacks the foreign pol

and that's what i think larry wilmore did in that moment and his appreciation for the president.en i was a kid, i didn't -- i didn't get to see black quarterbacks even. thought that -- >> let' play a piece of that because it was really almost like this one-two. so heartfelt and then the n-word. here he was. larry wilmore. >> a black man was thought by his mere color not good enough to lead a football team. and now, to live in your time, mr. president, when a black man can lead the entire free world. [ applause ] so, mr. president, i'm going to keep it 100. yo, barry, you did it [ bleep ]. you did it. >> i think we were like ah. >> we were sort of yelling. >> did he really? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. he sort of code switching in that moment, right? >> right. >> kind of going saying i'm going to keep it real, 100 and slang saying, i would love to read an essay from wilmore about the construction of that passage. this is all text. there's a performance. at some point it's texas wets a well. >> stelter, what did you think? >> i thought his performance up until that point was a lot of hits

. >> comedy central host larry wilmore was the featured guest and took the podium after the presidentt's a tough thing to do, and, you know, a lot of people on social media are saying he was more -- wilmore, that is, was more mean than funny or humorous and so forth and dropping the "n" word was a little unfortunate but that's my opinion. >> and i have two seconds so i'm not going to say anything. i can't address that in two seconds so i move on >> you can't. >> it is a condition that impacts millions of people. coming up, we're going to talk about some of the biggest warning signs of stroke and what you can do about it. baas we asked a group of young people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we'll all be better prepared tomorrow. prudential.

not so much for the other performer, larry wilmore, who had to follow obama last night.'s talk about what the president said and how he said it with an our all-star panel here in washington. here at the table, tammy hidad, a former executive producer of shows like cnn's "larry king live" and msnbc's "hardball." thank you, all, for being here this morning. >> it's our morning. we had to be here. >> well, you were in the room, tammy. you thought the president received rave reviews from the audience. >> he did, indeed. he had a great time. i don't think this is partisan politics. i think it's the appreciation for the president as a performer. he took his time. he waited. you just showed the pause before he started to get the room together with him. that's what a master performer does. then he hit it out of the park, according to most people in the room. >> let's watch his comments about donald trump. this was certainly the most anticipated part of the evening. here's what he said. >> they say donald lacks the foreign policy experience to be president. but in fairness, he ha

but nevertheless, what we do know is that the president appreciated what larry wilmore said.im the double chest pound, the president, instead of looking shockd and appalled, instead of giving a polite clap to indicate that his hosting duties were over, he returned that pound to larry wilmore. in effect saying thank you for making this statement. >> oh, come on. >> was he just being diplomatic, joe? >> i bet the president of the united states would not want one of his daughters have the n-bomb dropped on the two of them in a heart beat. i understand that the president always tries to rise above some of this type of controversy and i did say earlier that he did say in the news conference or briefing that he appreciated the spirit. he didn't say appreciated the word. he said he appreciated the spirit. >> but the president had used the word in 2015. and in fact the word has been used on cnn, right? the word has been used on -- >> i'm sick of -- >> then you head to to talk to don lemon. what content -- >> it depends on context. the president was talking about racism and saying it