myers. [ applause ] hello, i m seth myers and i cannot thank you enough for having me tonight. let me just say i m going be making a lot of jokes about many of the people this this room but don t worry i assure you no matter how harsh the jokes they have all been vetted by the man at the top, chinese president. truthfully i m humbled to be sitting at a table with president obama a man i greatly admire. it is such and honor to perform for the leader of the world s most powerful slash poorest country. before i start, these are my birth certificate jokes so thank you for the timing on that, mr. president, now unusable.
probably taking a sip of wine right now, i would imagine. joining me for our special coverage this evening is political comedian scott blakeman, associated press entertainment editor alicia quarles but now we re going to listen to seth meyers, who s jumping to the microphone right away. let s listen in to what he has to say and how does he follow the president. i m going to be making a lot of jokes about many of the people in this room. but don t worry, i assure you no matter how harsh the jokes, they ve all been vetted by the man at the top, chinese president hu jintao. truthfully, i m humbled to be sitting at a table with president obama, a man i greatly admire. it s such an honor to perform for the leader of the world s most powerful slash poorest country. and before i start, these are my birth certificate jokes. so thank you for the timing on that, mr. president. now unusable. we were working on these jokes for months. one of my guys said, are you worried we re a little heavy o
from 2011 which brings the start of the 2012 contest. on the republican side, we asked republican voters only, who would you be likely to support in 2012 for your party s nominations and gave four names. mike huckabee, and right below him, mitt romney, former governor of massachusetts, and newt gingrich, and look at sarah palin at 49%. she was john mccain s running mate. look at the next board. 49% of republicans say they would be likely to support her. it was a different story two years ago after the last election when 67% said they would be likely to support her if she runs. nobody has announced yet. let s look at the democrats. we have been talking about the tax deal that the president mads with the republicans. overall, all democrats, 78%, say they want barack obama as their man at the top of the ticket in 2012. only 19% say they want another democrat, and that s the lowest
another giant step forward for the future of space travel. a commercial spacecraft slashed down safely in the pacific ocean after flying a low orbit around the earth. cnn s john zarrella has been following this space program and the pressure for it to succeed. four, three reporter: when a falcon nine rocket lifted off from cape ka naf ral earlier this year, the successful flight was huge for the lean company called space-x. in the control room, billionaire, former paypal co-funder and now the intense man at the top. he says space-x as his david ver t suss goliath. they re waiting for a misstep to say, i told you so. it s to be expected. reporter: expected because
paypal co-founder involved here. and you know, john, for more than 50 years, places like cape canaveral, coco beach, defined by mercury, apolo, they may be defined by companies like space ex. reporter: when a falcon 9 rocket lifted off from cape canaveral earlier this year. falcon has cleared the tower. reporter: the successful test flight was huge for the 1,200-employee upstart company called space ex. in the control room, elan musk, the man at the top, he sees space ex as his david versus goliath. those big aerospace companies. they re looking for one misstep to say i told you so. and, you know, it s to be expected. reporter: expected because