they were excited. and i did hear that as well, don. obviously, this is something that s been on the minds of all americans and here in washington in the reaction to it and the fact that now this is an investigation. washington is very much involved in this. but we heard people saying, you know what, it s time for a little bit of a break and it s time to have to enjoy ourselves. can i talk to you about this, guys? because as i m looking at the list that you guys sent over of the people who are there, gaby douglas. we saw sharon stone, psy, julia louis-dreyfus, amy poehler, rebel wilson, a bunch of patricia arquette, michael j. fox, on and on and on. matthew perry. they re out in force, nischelle. yes. absolutely. this definitely is a night when hollywood s a-list does come play with washington s politicians. and they were calling it hollywood east meets hollywood west. so a lot of people were saying this was their first time, which i was surprised at, don, because people like
can i talk to you about this, guys? because as item looking at the list that you guys sent over of the people who are there, gaby douglas. we saw sharon stone, psy, julia louis-dreyfus, amy poehler, rebel wilson, a bunch of patricia arquette, michael j. fox, on and on and on. matthew perry. they re out in force, nischelle. yes. absolutely. this definitely is a night when hollywood s a-list does come play with washington s politicians. and they were calling it hollywood east meets hollywood west. so a lot of people were saying this was their first time, which i was surprised at, don, because people like matthew perry saying they had never been here before but then huh people like sharon stone who said oh, yeah, i think this is my fourth or fifth time. but she came here with a purpose. she s been fighting the good fight for aids research for so many years, and she said, i use this as an opportunity to keep pushing that agenda. and also she said she came here to say thank you becaus
0 she ll have some challenges ahead, no doubt about it. not the least of which making good on her promise to teach me how to dance. how to dance. i m anderson cooper. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, everyone, and welcome to our special coverage of the white house correspondents dinner. i m don lemon. headlining tonight s event, well, of course president barack obama. along with comedian and tv late-night host conan o brien, with an audience of journalists and celebs. insiders jokingly refer to this event as the nerd prom. we ll be carrying the president and conan live. and you will not want to miss one minute of it. but before we get to all of that we have to remember that this year is a little different. this is a live look at the memorial in boston s copley square. it has been a difficult two weeks for too many americans in boston as well as in west texas. the president has been to both places in recent days, and we re going to see how those two tragic events are changi
bill: continuing now with our coverage of the democratic convention is charlotte, north carolina, i will be there tomorrow evening. let s bring in fox news political correspondents john roberts, james rosen on the floor. all right, rosen, begin with you. what s the most interesting thing you saw today. well, bill, there were a lot of interesting cameos on the floor from the olympic athletes gaby douglas on the other way of the excitement spectrum michael dukakis, the big event we are all waiting for right now is former president bill clinton and who is going to place the nomination of barack obama formally tonight will be the first time we have ever seen a former president do that for a sitting president. we have some indication of what he is going to say. we know, for example, that is he going to take head on tackle head on this charge that mitt romney has leveled that barack obama somehow gutted welfare reform. and, also, we have gotten a few excerpts from the speech and can i qu
vigarossa who almost had to beg the delegates to stop the madness and bow to god. all those delegates in favor say aye. aye. all those delegates opposed say no. no. in in the opinion of the let me do that again. all of those delegates in favor say aye. aye. all those delegates opposed say no. no. i guess you have got to rule and then you have got to let them do what they are going to do. i will do that one more time. all those delegates in favor say aye. aye. all those delegates opposed say no. no. in the opinion of the chair two thirds have voted in the affirmative, the motion is adopted and the platform has been amended as shown on the screen. [boos] thank you very much. bill: so it s obvious some democrats still do not want any reference to god or jerusalem. so question the party has become extremely secular dominated by uber liberals. the performance today, the importance of it is that it shows america that the democratic party is not uni