some of the headliners, including cesily strong, and the president, of course, we ll bring you that all live. we just heard from cesily strong, the amazing story of how they called her dad to ask if she would headline the dinner, which is how great is that? what do people think of her as the headliner this year? i think people are excited. it s just so cool to see the camaraderie. a lot of comedians are tweeting right now saying good luck, kick butt tonight. for me as a woman, it s great to see a strong female role model up there doing what sadly there have not been many female comedians up there. until the 1960s, females weren t even allowed. so i m definitely rooting for her. i want her to do well. from your interview, she has a great way about her. she s totally humble.
experiences, but as a woman, she said there s a lot i can make fun of in terms of breaking through the glass ceiling. so i think we ll listen to that from her. i will be curious to see if there s any hillary jokes tonight. of course there will be. i hope so. it is 8:00 on the east coast, and all eyes are on washington, d.c. right now. it is certainly the place to be. welcome back. this is our special coverage of the annual white house correspondents dinner. i m poppy harlow with my great team here in new york. we ll bring you president obama live, cesily strong live and some of the biggest names in hollywood are mixing it up with the politicians on the red carpet. dinner is about to get under way in a few moments. a little later, we ll take you inside where president obama is going to throw out his best jokes. of course, you ll hear from cesily strong, as well. who has been preparing for this she told me for months and
if you look closely, you can see the obamas in the background. so you can tell she s probably a little nervous, but she s prepping. she told me when i interviewed her that she found out like six months ago about this gig but tried not to prepare until just a few weeks ago because it was way too much pressure. can you imagine the weight of that on your shoulders? we are just moments away from this program and cesily strong and the president speaking. we ll dip in as soon as that begins. but also, we ll hear from her, you know, the girl you wish you hadn t started a conversation with at a party. my interview with cesily strong, next. in small business you have to work hard, know your numbers, and stay focused. i was determined to create new york city s first self-serve frozen yogurt franchise. and now you have 42 locations. the more i put into my business the more i get out of it. like 5x your rewards when you make select business purchases with your ink plus card from chase. and with
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special thanks to kate anderson brower for talking, and congratulations. fabulous news about your book the residents, that it goes to the new york times best seller list. number one tomorrow, poppy. i got to have kate on my show a few weeks ago. i was super impressed with her. she sets the bar so high. because right now it goes right to new york times best seller list. congrats, kate. that s awesome. next, we ll talk about the woman headlining the night, cesily strong. i know she is preparing. she is, everyone is buzzing about her. they can t wait to hear from her. there are a couple of pictures that were just posted. there s one from saturday night live where it s a picture of her and the obamas. she s obviously getting ready for her big moment. you re looking at it right there. and then there s another one, i love this, poppy. it s a behind the scenes look at her practicing her lines.