of members of both parties enjoying themselves tonight. well, pretending to. or pretending to. let me tell you something, how many times have i been in a tuxedo where i wasn t pretending to enjoy myself. i hope it wasn t your wedding. no, that was the one. one. one. now i m not enjoying this. [ laughter ] all right. we were just talking about the president s re-election announcement this week, right? it s also a big week on the republican side. one major, there are many announced candidates so far but donald trump is leading the pack right now. his rape accuser e. jean carroll testified against him in a civil trial and his former vice president just testified before a federal grand jury investigating trump in january 6th. and then there is florida governor ron desantis who almost definitely is a presidential contender, a lot of people think he had a rough week with a showing of the polls where he may be slipping some, maybe some donors backing away, what the trump people are
annoy the hell out of me, i d like to introduce you to someone who covered me during my great time in the state of california, please welcome the white house correspondents association president, tamara keith. ally of the people has a nice ring to it. thank you, governor, and welcome to the white house correspondents association dinner. for the first time since 2016 we have both the president and the vice president here as well as their spouses. their presence is a statement and endorsement of a free and
the of the winning photo the judges said doug mills excellently captured an unscripted moment with president joe biden as he emerged from the shadows to celebrate the passage of the inflation reduction act of 2022 at an event on the south lawn. the image is striking for its composition, symmetry, and use of light. the president s expression and posture intensified the atmosphere with a sense of gravity as do the gazing marine honor guards who frame him. let s congratulate the new york times photographer doug mills. [ applause ]
time when i said a thing, clinton had been laughing and been so supportive to me, and i said that thing about the military and i looked at his eyes and there were like clouds going by. he just abandoned me like but the whole time he was laughing like anyway, it s tough. and just like that. it is. you re right. it s a high wire act for sure. we re cheering on roy wood. and it s fun to walk down memory lane with you. darrell hammond, thank you so much. great to see you. my pleasure. great to see you both. we re going to be back with more of a special coverage including comedian rowood jr. and president joe biden. stay with us. when bucket lists need checking. points need redeeming. work tririps need crushing. or anniversaries need. celebrating?
are here with us tonight. if they come to talk to you, give them a job. now would your students please stand up and let s all give them a round of applause. [ applause ] and watch out because these journalists are going to be hitting you up for scoops and jobs at all of the after parties. last year at this dinner we announced the creation of a new award for lifetime career achievement as a white house correspondent, the dawngon payne prize. it was named in honor of two trailblazing women, the first two african american women to serve in the white house press corp. they were also the first