. [national anthem instrumental] [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and the united states marine corps band. welcome to the 96 the dinner of the white house correspondents association. your queue is going to come after dinner. your kid to sit down will come when a light your queue your cue to sit down will come in about an hour when the lights dim and a video begins to play. we will be back in about an hour. thank you. [inaudible] that was ed chen of a bloomberg news. as president of the white house correspondent this year. we continue to c-span coverage of the white house correspondent s dinner. president barack obama is sitting next to ed chen as well as matt winkler of a bloomberg news. next to the mat is michelle obama, the first lady. next to her is jay leno. our own at steve escalate is also up there as a member of the white steve scully is up to their up there. this evening, michelle obama will be presenting an journalism sc