opportunities to advance a political agenda, a radical political agenda he said that here in manhattan the scales of justice are being weighed down by politics, and they are but only today an america being rich, being powerful, even being president of the united states does not intitle you to violate the law with impunity. the republican-led house judiciary committee travels to new york city for partisan political theater. we ll is much more about this grievance-filled hearing in just a moment house speaker kevin mccarthy was also in new york talking about a plan to raise the debt ceiling but his proposal was messing several key details. and we have the latest from eastern europe following a rare trip out of russia by president vladimir putin good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 18th i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. following a two-week recess congress was back in session yesterday. but instead of legislating
would ever see johnny alive. many people would probably like that but i would need a new assistant. the outrage from the democrats and the media would be humongous. they would throw johnny in solitary, probably shackle him. they would need very small shackles though because johnny s leg are very skinny. his tan face would be plastered all over cnn and msnbc. they would dox his family poor, poor mrs. bell saraio. meanwhile poor johnny sleeping on a cold concrete floor. diney one meal a day through that tiny slot. worst of all, no one on the inside to steam his shirt. johnny would never survive under these conditions. but the media and the left would be perfectly fine with johnny behind bars. in fact, they would probably celebrate it as a victory for democracy. you see, johnny does not have liberal privilege. so he has got to watch his back. he can t just stage a comedy koop and get away with it. only democrats are allowed to do that like stephen colbert and his dog face puppet
fox is going to have somebody on the ground covering it, media columnist, long time media host said he will actually be covering the trial from willing mngten, which is a bit of the change because they kind of tried to avoid this a little bit. they initially said they didn t want to talk about something fox didn t want him to cover it because it was ongoing now it seems that s shifted. it s going to be all over this network, all over cnn. to the latter point i think it really depends whether fox comes out of this victorious and, you know, there s always the possibility that could be the case the standard they re trying to meet is called actual malice, which is really, really hard legal standard to reach. so, you know, this could remain unchanged. unchanged. you know, one of the hosts is still a host on fox news, and she has said, essentially, that she still believes she doesn t know what to believe about the 2020 election and whether or not there was fraud you know, even though the
would ever see johnny alive. many people would probably like that but i would need a new assistant. the outrage from the democrats and the media would be humongous. they would throw johnny in solitary, probably shackle him. they would need very small shackles though because johnny s leg are very skinny. his tan face would be plastered all over cnn and msnbc. they would dox his family poor, poor mrs. bell saraio. meanwhile poor johnny sleeping on a cold concrete floor. diney one meal a day through that tiny slot. worst of all, no one on the inside to steam his shirt. johnny would never survive under these conditions. but the media and the left would be perfectly fine with johnny behind bars. in fact, they would probably celebrate it as a victory for democracy. you see, johnny does not have liberal privilege. so he has got to watch his back. he can t just stage a comedy koop and get away with it.
pays a dividend or not. howard: then we d be into a season where he s looking at 2024. exactly. howard: and, of course, the media will be doing it the day after the midterms. kevin corke, thanks for coming in. now to last night s white house correspondents dinner. i m really excited to be here tonight with the only group of americans with a lower approval rating than i have. [laughter] this is truly the golden era of conspiracy theories whether it s the right wing believing trump can still win the 2020 election or the left believing joe biden can still win the 2024 election [laughter] howard: so the dinner was back after a two-year hiatus for covid, and there were a lot of shots taken. joe biden had a couple of funny lines. trevor noah swipes at fox, swipes at cnn over cnn+. a lot of journalists didn t go because of concerns about the virus. ballroom, 2,000 people. that s it for this edition of mediabuzz. i m howard kurtz.