next. tonight, a celebration of the first amendment and the importance of a free press in the united states. also, jokes, lots of jokes. all the most powerful people in washington except us all in the same room and about to be roasted by the president and a comedian. the white house correspondents dinner starts now. members of the white house correspondents association, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, here i am. f announcer: fora time honore tradition bringing together s washington s people and powerful laughs. i invited luther, my anger translator, to join me here tonight. i mean, really. what is he saying? tonight, roy wood jr. takes aim at the politicians and president biden himself will get in on the fun. i told my grandkids and pete buttigieg they could stay up late and watch this show tonight. from roasts. donald trump has been saying he will run for president as a republican. i just assumed he was running as a joke. to jokes. realit
The whca partners with the university of florida to present the collier prize for state government accountability, which is designed to encourage coverage of state government focusing on investigative and political reporting. for their series about the spectacular failures about the state bar of california to regulate and enforce the integrity of lawyers in the state this year the award goes to hariate ryan and matt ryan of the the los angeles time. the university the university said the series showed the bar s failure to prevent a trial attorney from using client settlement money to buy his wife $750,000 diamond earrings and his mistress, a sitting appellate court justice, a $300,000 beachfront condo. it also showed that disbarment rates for black male lawyers are nearly four times more than