awareness of the striking power of the spoken word." the award ceremony by the way, shannon, underway here in hollywood right now. the television academy tells us samantha bee is attending and is still being honored. we want to see it, though, because the academy has barred the press from going into the ceremony venue. shannon? >> shannon: interesting. all right, jonathan hunt, thank you very much. a number of hollywood celebrities are standing by bee. tonight, talking about it with our panel. democratic strategist michael starr hopkins. host of "benson and harf," guy benson. again, i'll read the apology from samantha bee. "i would like to sincerely apologize to ivanka trump and my viewers are using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. it was inappropriate and inexcusable. i crossed a line and i deeply regret it."