union over the course of the next, what would have been probably the next year or two, the hilton corporation said maybe there is a way we can avoid the drama and turmoil that is brought to this city all too frequently because of concessionary bargaining that some employers try to impose on the union. so, after several months we have reached an early agreement, our contract doesn't expire until august 2013, so the hilt on and our union reached and agreement. i think this shows a commitment to go the highroad. often there are too many hotels in this city that want to go the low road, the meridian and the hyatt corporation have been notorious for the way they treat their workers. mike dunne has shown corporations there is a better way of guaranteeing customer service and for workers that provide that customer service. this contract provides three things: no. 1, addresses food and beverage issues that is going to be an issue with this hotel where we have to get some of those under control and make sure those restaurants are successful. no. 2, this agreement strengthens and secure our job provisi

the washington hilton. the security suite has finished. people are starting to filter and. from is eric stonestreet modern family. people are starting to filter into the ballroom. it gets a little messy. we just saw "modern family" cast member eric stonestreet, but there are a lot of other guests attending. you have to be part of a media organization to attend, but you can invite guests. and jeffreyberg captain berg of dreamworks. "huffington post" has governor chris christie along with musician jon bon jovi. george condon is a journalist with the "national journal." we talked to him about the history of the dinner. here is what he had to say. >> how did the white house correspondents dinner evolved? >> the correspondents association started in 1914 because they were terrified that president wilson was going to have press conferences and he would pick who would come there. they wanted to regain control. that crisis passed. 10 years went before they started the dinner in 1924. it evolved from a very small di

no, i love the hilton. i love the hilton's motto, sorry, the radisson was booked. you know, i was worried because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious, then i was told that's not possible. i want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon b and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that either. quick announcement before we really get going, before we continue. if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use hash tag, incapable of living in the moment. yeah. also to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you'd like to switch your dessert or your position on gay marriage, please, signal a waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner. tonight's entrees -- there's a gavel here and i don't know why. here's a fun fact about tonight's food. everything you ate this evening was personally thought by wain lapierre. don't worry, it was during a home invasion, though. the fish ca

that's right, the hilton, it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or time to stop using price line to book this event? i love the hilton, i love the hilton aets motto, sorry the radisson was booked. i was worried we would be forced to hold this event at the less prestigious hotel than i was told, that's not possible. but i do want to thaching the hilton for accommodating us. they were able to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. for those here nor the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to sal on b on the mez nine. if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that either. quick announcements before we get going and continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the hash tag incapable of living in the moment. yes, yes. any u.s. senators if you would like to switch your dessert or position on gay marriage, please signal a waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, tonight ''s entries with hali but or fillet mignon or as john king reported it, kous kous. there's a gavel here and i don't know why. here's a fun fact

that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using price line to book this event? no, i love the hilton. i really love the hilton's motto. "sorry the radisson was booked." you know, i was worried that because of this sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel than the d.c. hilton. then i was told that's not possible. but i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon b on the mezzanine. and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement before we really get going before we continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event please use the #incapable of living in the moment. yeah. yes. yes. yes. also to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you'd like to switch either your desserts or your position on gay marriage, please signal a waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, ton

[laughter] that is right, the hilton. it is great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using priceline to book this event? i love the hilton. i love their motto, sorry the radisson was booked. i was worried that because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel then the dc hilton. then i was told that was not possible. [laughter] i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. [laughter] by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that has been moved to salon be on the mezzanine. and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement, before we really get going, before we continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the #incapableoflivinginthemoment. [laughter] yeah. yeah. yeah. also, to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you would like to switch your dessert or your position on gay marriage, please signal a waiter. [laughter] speaking of dinner, tonight's en

and then to the hilton, mike an did dunne and the leadership who took a chance here. they took quite a rest while the rest of the industry was actually preparing for a major war with our union over the course of the next, what would have been probably the next year or two, the hilton corporation said maybe there is a way we can avoid the drama and turmoil that is brought to this city all too frequently because of concessionary bargaining that some employers try to impose on the union. so, after several months we have reached an early agreement, our contract doesn't expire until august 2013, so the hilt on and our union reached and agreement. i think this shows a commitment to go the highroad. often there are too many hotels in this city that want to go the low road, the meridian and the hyatt corporation have been notorious for the way they treat their workers. mike dunne has shown corporations there is a better way of guaranteeing customer service and for workers that provide that customer service. this contract provides three things: no. 1, addresses food and bevera

that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using price line to book this event? no, i love the hilton. i really love the hilton's motto. "sorry the radisson was booked." you know, i was worried that because of this sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel than the d.c. hilton. then i was told that's not possible [ laughter ] >> but i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar [ laughter ] >> by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon b on the mezzanine. and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that, either [ laughter ] >> quick announcement before we really get going before we continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event please use the #incapable of living in the moment. [ laughter ] >> yeah. yes. yes. [ applause ] >> yeah. also to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you'd like to switch either your desserts or your positio

that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using price line to book this event? no, i love the hilton. i really love the hilton's motto. "sorry the radisson was booked." you know, i was worried that because of this sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel than the d.c. hilton. then i was told that's not possible. but i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon b on the mezzanine. and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement before we really get going, before we continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the #incapable of living in the moment. yeah. yes. yes. also, to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you'd like to switch either your desserts or your position on gay marriage, please signal a waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, tonig

this is the hilton though, i don't know if it was personal, had a problem at the hilton, i thought it was interesting but maybe to him it was a segue of something that was not a target to anyone, just like, it's funny and let's get to the heart of it now. >> while we're talking, we'll let our viewers at home know they are watching the nerds go home, the lucky ones have cars booked for them. the rest of those people are going to have to do what folks in d.c. have to do a lot of and that's wait for a cab. on a night like this down on connecticut avenue, good luck getting a cab. we'll see and they'll make their way to the afterparties. some of these are close by and some others are going to be in the car for a while. >> some of the parties are in the building, literally. >> i thought that was pretty funny. but a lot of them they'll have to make a trek. bumper to bumper to bumper. i saw somebody leaving the hilton with no shoes on, it was that serious. not because hilton is a bad hotel or brand, if you cover the correspondents dinner you expect it to be a lush hotel, it is a older hilton.

[laughter] that is right, the hilton. it is great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using priceline to book this event? i love the hilton. i love their motto, sorry the radisson was booked. i was worried that because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel then the dc hilton. then i was told that was not possible. [laughter] i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. [laughter] by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that has been moved to salon b on the mezzanine. and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement, before we really get going, before we continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the #incapableoflivinginthemoment. [laughter] yeah. yeah. yeah. also, to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you would like to switch your dessert or your position on gay marriage, please signal a waiter. [laughter] speaking of dinner, tonight entr?

they beat out qvc 2, and the hilton hotel how to checkout channel. that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to start using priceline to book this event? i really love the motto -- sorry, the rad i son was booked. i was worried because of the sequester we would have to hold it as a less prestigious event than the hilton. i do want to thank the hilton r accoodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold semin seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon b on the mess anine. if joe biden asking, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement before we get going, if any of you are live tweeting, please use the hashtag incapable of living in the moment. yeah. 6 yes. yes. yes. also, to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you'd like to switch either your dessert or your position on gale marriage, please signal a waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, tonight's entrees were halibut and filet mignon or as john king reported it, lasagna and couscou

the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time too stop using priceline to book this event? i love the hilton. i love the motto. sorry, the radisson was booked. you know, i was worried that because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel than the d.c. hilton and then i was told that is not possible! but do i want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. by the way, for those here are for the cash for gold seminar, that has been moved to salon b on the mezzanine. and joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that either. quick announcement before we really get going before we continue. if any of you are live tweeting this event please use the hash tag incapable of living in the moment. yeah. yeah. [ applause ] >> yes. yes. also to u.s. senators here tonight if you would like to switch either your dessert or position on gay marriage please signalle a waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, tonight

that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using priceline to book this event? no, i lost hillon. i really love the hilton's motto. sorry, the radisson was booked. you know, i was worried that because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel than the d.c. hilton, and then i was told that that's not possible. but i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon "b" on the mezzanine, and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that either. quick announcement before we really get going, before we continue. if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the #incapableoflivingin themoment. yes, yes, yes. also, too any u.s. senators here tonight, if would you like to switch either your dessert or your position on gay marriage, please signal the waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, t

that's right, the hilton. it's great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using priceline to book this event? no, i lost hilton. i really love the hilton's motto. sorry, the radisson was booked. you know, i was worried that because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel than the d.c. hilton, and then i was told that that's not possible. but i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that's been moved to salon "b" on the mezzanine, and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that either. quick announcement before we really get going, before we continue. if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the #incapableoflivingin themoment. yes, yes, yes. also, too any u.s. senators here tonight, if would you like to switch either your dessert or your position on gay marriage, please signal the waiter. by the way, speaking of dinner, t

[laughter] that is right, the hilton. it is great to be here at the hilton. is it just me or is it time to stop using priceline to book this event? i love the hilton. i love their motto, sorry the radisson was booked. i was worried that because of the sequester we would be forced to hold this event at a less prestigious hotel then the dc [video clip] [video clip] -- then i was told that was not possible. [laughter] i do want to thank the hilton for accommodating us. they were kind enough to reschedule a cash for gold seminar. [laughter] by the way, for those of you here for the cash for gold seminar, that has been moved to salon be on the mezzanine. and if joe biden asks, there are no extra tickets for that, either. quick announcement, before we really get going, before we continue, if any of you are live tweeting this event, please use the #incapableoflivinginthemoment. [laughter] yeah. yeah. yeah. also, to any u.s. senators here tonight, if you would like to switch your dessert or your position on gay marriage, please signal a waiter. [laughter] speaking of

the hilton showed leadership at that time and we are still dealing with the contract from the 2007 settlement. this will start us on the next phase. >> i thought it seemed familiar. >> the workers packet, where it goes [inaudible] >> we have several unions that that's the way it works at this point. it's not unique to say. it's something different that we've done . i think over the last years with our contract between the hotels and here in the city but other unions that work in this building and in the city, that's a pretty common practice. in our union, we have not used it very often. we've only used it with a handful of employers in san francisco. but, kind of industry wide city agreements we have not done this except maybe if you go back 15-20 years ago there might have been handful. the reason that it's so critical right now is because of the uncertain nature of what's going to happen with health care. with the affordable care act coming in next year and the exchanges which will provide that health care for millions of californians who don't have health care right now, it's expected that

the white house correspondents' dinner. it is at the washington hilton. and there you see the folks are all filing in now. it's a fancy dress ball, really. you know, the presidential press corps has been hosting the event since 1920. it's become the white-tie opportunity for celebs with a cau cau cause. here's cnn's nischelle turner. >> reporter: swoon-worthy, glamorous, and often unexpected. >> jane. >> reporter: the celebrity turnout at the annual white house correspondents' dinner is always interesting. >> i love the kind of chance encounters. i love that you don't know who you're going to run into. >> reporter: and you never know what headlines will happen when washington pundits and politicians mix it up with hollywood heavyweights. so what brings the stars out each year? >> a lot of talented people together. a lot of people concerned about the direction of the country. >> i want to basically meet anyone who's for marriage equality, and i want to talk to them and give them a hug and thank them for their hard work. >> reporter: some celebrities show u

. >> reporter: the union has signed contracts with other hotel chains in the city including the hilton which agreed to a 4% increase. hyatt employees say they want to sign the same deal. >> we offered the same wage increases that the hilton now has a signed contract that starwood has a signed contract and all the other hotels here in san francisco have signed contracts. >> reporter: but the sticking point is a clause that would allow union members to strike in solidarity with nonunion members. it's a stalemate that has some calling for the picketing to change. >> get back on the table. let's talk. this isn't helping anything. >> reporter: there are no negotiations scheduled. what is scheduled is another picket line at the fisherman's wharf tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. reporting in san francisco, jana katsuyama. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> six people were arrested today as chp officers used bean bag projectiles torouse a group of tree sitters in mendecino. those tree sitters had been ruing in the trees since late january. they were arrested along with three other demonstrators. the chp said one t

the white house correspondence dinner is tonight at the washington hilton. we'll have it live for you starting with the red carpet arrivals, through the awards presentation and we'll hear from this year's featured speakers, president obama and talk show host and comedian co-naan o'brien. we're looking at past correspondent dinners. in 2000 president clinton was giving his final speech as president. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. am really happy to be here. happy to be reunited at long last with the white house press corp.. if i may, let me direct your -- ntion to a paragraph photo graph. it proves beyond a doubt that i indeed happy to be here. wait a minute. it seems that my hair in that photo is a little longer than it is tonight. [laughter] so maybe i am happy to be here and maybe i'm not. eel free to speculate. it proves that looks in frothes can be deceiving. look at this one. this is the vice president applauding one of my policy initiatives. but look a little closer. hose are not his real hands. now this photo. it

. >> reporter: the union has signed contracts with other hotel chains in the city including the hilton which agreed to a 4% increase. hyatt employees say they want to sign the same deal. >> we offered the same wage increases that the hilton now has a signed contract that starwood has a signed contract and all the other hotels here in san francisco have signed contracts. >> reporter: but the sticking point is a clause that would allow union members to strike in solidarity with nonunion members. it's a stalemate that has some calling for the picketing to change. >> get back on the table. let's talk. this isn't helping anything. >> reporter: there are no negotiations scheduled. what is scheduled is another picket line at the fisherman's wharf tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. reporting in san francisco, jana katsuyama. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> six people were arrested today as chp officers used bean bag projectiles torouse a group of tree sitters in mendecino. those tree sitters had been ruing in the trees since late january. they were arrested along with three other demonstrators. the chp said one t

if anyone hasn't seen the cranes coming into the city, we want to welcome them as well, the hilton san francisco union square. we want to welcome them and be a part of it and the city. thank you. >> i'm mike casey, president of the united local, i want to thank you mayor for the leadership in not just creating and bringing new jobs to san francisco but making sure they are good jobs, quality jobs, where workers can retire in dignity for their families. mr. mayor you have been showing that leadership since you have been appointed. we

the hilton garden inn on powell zreet street. >> filming started on the football team at de la salle high school and coach lad retired after another championship. his teams won 399 games during his 34 years on the story. a storied career. spartans had 12 undefeated seasons in a row. do you remember those undefeated seasons? amazing. >> very, very cool. something else is cool we know whether boys or girls on the falcon nest interest there. >> yes. >>> coming up at 6:00 apple stock free fall comes to an end. tonight why investors decided to bite on the shares today. also, the man refused to mail it in. when his request to the postal service went unanswered. how michael finney came through for him z an east bay girl showed off a science project during a special visit to washington. those story smorz coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> we know about the trio of feathered celebrities in san jose. >> a biologist went to determine the sex of the falcon chicks. >> so cute. turns out all threes are boys. a biologist repelled off the roof into the nest box. >> he was able to examine the boards

hilton san francisco. for tickets and information call 641-3460 or go to women's initiative.org. womensinitiative.org. thank you for being here nicole. >> thank you for having me. >> good ideas. okay. stay with us. much more ahead! ,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> welcome back! remember when you went to a bookstore and went to the self help section and couldn't find a book about self help? neither do i! well, welcome to this one man show about steve siebert, the one man show about that very subject! >> i bet a lot of people here are grabbing the engine but you haven't let out the break. that is the voice in your head saying change is scary! so, which foot should you take off the pedal? i say both. just coast! [ laughing ] you know, if you have an automatic transmission, and i think you do, you will still move forward if you take both feet off the pedal and don't think so hard about it. >> okay. kurt, welcome! >> i feel like i am going to get it because i have a file of these books sitting at home on my bookshelves. okay

how can you not love the beverly hilton hotel with a story of history, welcome back lifer from the milken conference where mike milken is so powerful he had a coffee and tea leaf cough machine installed there. which is good for me. i love it. s&p 500 new highs, talking with that with nicole, and you know what, we couldn't shortchange teddy, could we? >> that's right. we're going to squeeze it into one shot. that's the idea of the closing bell show, teddy, we talk about a lot of things,ing, including e utility names and financials. the s&p is pushing all-time records intra-day highs, and what do you think about the action we've seen. we chatted about a weaker dollar, and that would be one of the reasons, what do you think? >> somehow or another we left the dollar off the -- out of the equation, but the weak dollar, the weak dollar, stroke euro, and when it turns green, the market does better. >> which got us out of the financial crisis, the weaker dollar to help the multinationals along. what about sell in may and go away? worked in may of 2010, 2012, and looking back and charting it befor

president obama and comedian conan o brahman -- conan o'brien spoke at the washington hilton. we begin with some of the red carpet arrivals. >> i will need everyone to be quiet because i have some secret video that was shot in the process to put together this dinner. you fight so hard to get tickets for this dinner and for better table placement. but i was stunned at how intense a god. i thought i had seen it all. until a certain congressman appeared tried to take over this dinner. , we can't have you stop filing all of these tickets, deciding where everyone gets to sit. i really need you to release some of these tables. >> you know my motto. you scmy back and i won't irritate yours. i've seen your work. let's not kid ourselves. this is the part where you leave. >> what on earth happened, frank? >> is for the greater good, valerie. >> please don't tell me has anything to do with north korea, same-sex marriage -- i'm not done. >> all right. , gun control, the fiscal cliff, pipelines, education, social security and iraq, afghanistan -- >> valerie, it's not going to happen. >> if

they're showing a video there inside the hilton ballroom, featuring kevin spacey, john mccain. let's listen in. >> we focus exclusively on an elite audience. that said, we want kim kardashian at our table. >> i need them to wear pants to white house briefings. >> i refuse to do that until the president gives more access. >> just do as i say and politico gets a kardashian. mike, what is your home address? >>. >> why do you ask? >> to send you tickets, of course. >> nobody knows where he lives, we mail checks to a po box. >> mike, there's no reason to be nervous. is valerie bad mouthing me to the president? >> reply hazy. >> is she out for revenge? >> ask again later. >> look, i need you -- >> frank, you want to talk immigration, we can talk about immigration, we can talk about the budget. i'll even talk to you about jazjay z and beyonce. >> what's the problem? you two played basketball every tuesday. >> nerf ball. >> we don't want the rest of the world to know that. >> i'm willing to break you up if you can give me tickets to a ravens game? >> i'm all out, how do you think i ele

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and this is a live look inside the washington hilton. the white house correspondents' association dinner lets politicians and the press have a bit of good natured fun at each other's expense. also a banquet with 16 college students receiving $132,000 in tuition help. and this year's host is conan o'brien. >>> roberta is joining us again. i have a feeling people are going to be using some ac in the east bays this week. >> especially to friday. right. i would say just open up the windows butylene the pollen tom -- but then the pollen comes in right? the poll season off the charts and blame it on the tree counts, good evening everybody. today we had high temperatures that banked from the 50s all the way through the mid 80s. everybody was out and about on this maritime weekend. >> yes. >> 150 years really? >> wow. >> check this out. out on the bay small craft advisory remains in effect through tomorrow. with late afternoon gusty winds up to 20 knots but mean meanwhile on store, in the corner where it says live? that's the leading edge of fog

you're looking at live pictures now from the hilton in washington. in the meantime, anderson cooper's special report "boston terror: behind the bombings" terror: behind the bombings" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>>> here >>>> her in boston, two bombs, two brothers, accused of turning the marathon into carnage. now we follow the terror from the boston suburbs to a war-torn part of russia, investigating who the suspects were, how the deadly plan took place, and crucially, what turned a pair of striving immigrants into alleged killers. drew griffin begins our special report, "boston terror: behind the bombings." >> reporter: from the moment two bombs exploded at the finish line of the boston marathon -- >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: -- another race began. to catch the perpetrators of the deadly attack. >> today we are enlisting the public's help. we are releasing the photos of these two suspects. >> reporter: april 18th, 5:21 p.m. these two men, later identified as 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev and his 19-year-old b

with all this history and the amazing buildings, and here we are at the hilton. >> it is hard to be funny with the president of the united states looking at you, and yet, day in and day out president biden manages to do it. takeover the white house correspondent center. and-- >> the white house correspondent center. coverage begins with red carpet arrivals. that is live on c-span sunday. >> attorney general are colder talked about emigration rights and voting issues last night. remarks are 15 minutes. >> good evening. i was telling john a good introduction. any dates.ion people start calculating and say he is old. so thank you. such a warm welcome. a pleasure to be in such great company this evening. of privilege to join some of friends, colleagues, committee partners and distinguished award recipients for tonight's celebration. i want to thank tom for the strong leadership since becoming president and general counsel. [applause] to tie a bow tie. that is a real skill. becomingrship since president legal counsel of the mexican american legal defense fund in 2009. i would like to acknowled

she said my son is getting married tomorrow at the caribbean hilton, could you please come? and i went. i hadn't seen her in 30 years. we were kids together. and after the wedding, there was a reception and she introduced me to her daughters, very beautiful girls, then i met the last one, very beautiful, green eyes, and she said, i want you it meet my son. all this is in spanish, you know? so i said, sure. so she called these 3 boys over, about my complexion, curly hair, and this is barry, brian, and brady. you expect jose jimenez, you know. what's your last name? murphy. murphy? si, si, murphy. very close to the way the irish pronounce murphy. i said, that's amazing. did you marry a serviceman from the -- military person who came to puerto rico. no, the family has been here since the 18th century. and i said, really? so we began tracing -- we still haven't found the actual person, but evidently it was an irish conscript in the irish navy that came to puerto rico. puerto rico was owned by britain, as they liked to do with their colonies, and efficient evidently the sailor ca

gala at the hilton where politicians, hollywood and dc insiders and news folk like me make conversation. what the hell could butler have to talk about. being on "the cycle" for a month doesn't make the cut. >> russell simmons i concur. one of the best of the night was starring kevin spacy. >> new faces, old faces and new faces and old faces. and i do sympathize not just for the back stabbing leno but having to host. it must be hard to make jokes about a town that is one. democrats, republicans, the white house, congress. you all came together to make th spoof. i may lie, cheat and intimidate. mr. president, welcome. >> only thing better is the house of cards. i saw it through the whole weekend the way d.c. loves it. kevin spacy is going to all of the parties. famous afternoon brunch. they said here comes the president and they brought up the president from scandal. there was the spielburg piece that the president went through where he talks about daniel day lewis playing him in a movie and then obama pretending to be daniel day lewis playing himself. so it's this metaphor for how d.c. l

i'm maria bartiromo from los angeles coming from the global conference sponsored by the hilton institute. >> you have that glow about you, maria, you must be in los angeles. i'm bill griffeth here at the new york stock exchange. markets are closing out the month kind of flat right now. we're waiting for the fed meeting tomorrow. we'll get some more guidance there. earnings this morning from the likes of pfizer, sent

and this is a live look inside the washington hilton where things are getting underway. the white house correspondents' association dinner lets politicians and the press kind of make fun of each other. it's also a journalism awards and scholarships banquet with 16 college students receiving tuition help. conan o'brien is this career's host. >>> -- year's host. >>> a nationwide crackdown on drugs and it all started with what is in your medicine cabinets. ♪ >> and you get a free concert from one of the country's biggest stars. where bay area fans got up close with blake shelton. >> wow that was great. good afternoon everyone. today was warmer than yesterday. but not quite as warm as it will be tomorrow. your pinpoint forecast as the news continues right here on kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,, sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! it's your last chance to get 3 years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry, sleep train's interest-f

without this amazing building and here we are at the hilton. >> is hard to be funny with the president of united states but cannot you and somehow day in and day out, joe biden manages to do it. >> one of the problems of the judges appointed public errors is the public defender's job is reliant upon their approval and judges are judged on their efficiency off and, how fast they process cases? how quickly do they get through the docket? they are going to want a public defender that goes along and gets along. that is a real challenge. in new orleans for a long time, the system was one public defender was assigned to one courtroom in the same judge. they were always arguing before the same judge. the problem with that as they were then trading client to the way, like okay, my private paying clients come if we spend a little time and take his case to trial, i will persuade this client to plead guilty. there was this sort of trade-off going like you cash in your favors and it really made for a very corrupt system down there. richard richard cordray was responding to questions to republicans

., all the history, the amazing buildings, and yet, here we are at the hilton. >> it's hard to be funny with the president of the united states sitting right next to you looking at you, and yet, somehow day in and day out, joe biden manages to do it. >> the white house correspondence dipper, president obama, and late night talk show hosts headline the event before celebrities, journalists, and the white house press corp.. it starts with the red carpet arrivals live today at 6:15 eastern on c-span. >> gary schapiro outlines strategies used to strive in today's economy now on booktv. >> thank you, rick, i appreciate the introduction, and thanks to all of you who give up your time to be here, and listen, and i hope this will be interactive after awhile. the map is i speak a little bit, and then we have some interaction and questions. i spoken of many, many groups around the country and around the world about the issues, and every group is different with different interests. a little bit more about my background. i do head a trade association. it's a non-profit organization of over 2,000 te

., all the history, the amazing buildings, and yet, here we are at the hilton. >> it's hard to be funny with the president of the united states sitting right next to you looking at you, and yet, somehow day in and day out, joe biden manages to do it. >> the white house correspondence dipper, president obama, and

i'm maria bartiromo from los angeles coming from the global conference sponsored by the hilton institute. >> you have that glow about you, maria, you must be in los angeles. i'm bill griffeth here at the new york stock exchange. markets are closing out the month kind of flat right now. we're waiting for the fed meeting tomorrow. we'll get some more guidance there. earnings this morning from the likes of pfizer, sent that stock lower. pharmaceuticals lower. but that bond offering from apple was a huge success. that stock is up 3% right now. so a mixed day, but generally, the bias is to the upside right now, maria. >> yeah, big success on apple. lots of buzz around that. we, of course, are on top of these historic markets and we'll be getting into that in a few minutes with a very special guest. we have major asset allocators here at this conference. scott minerd is coming up soon and talk about how he's placing capital. later, i'm speaking with the former british prime minister, tony blair, john calamos, and eric cantor. a hot show coming here, a huge day at this global conference. >> eve