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tonight you can read facebook comments as well and follow us on twitter, so if you are tweeting remember to tweet to the white house correspondents dinner. the post-dinner festivities get underway at about 8:30, and it will all be live on c-span. now lives get ready for the 2015 white house correspondents dinner in washington. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] announcer: and you are watching live coverage of the red carpet entrances at the washington hilton for the 2015 washington correspondents dinner, and areata huffington and correspondence from huff post are currently posing, and earlier you saw mark halperin from bloomberg politics interviewing a guest. anyone who is not a white house journalist has been invited by a news journalists organization such as this, and we invited joyce woodhouse and the political consultants brad dallas woodhouse, one is a republican and one is a democrat permit you are going to see some ....
you are watching live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner. as we continue to show you a little bit behind the scenes of what is happening at the dinner. we talked to margaret carlson. he said he was time. is now with bloomberg view. both critique the white house correspondents dinner. the dinner has grown beyond its original purpose, to put journalists together with officials and politicians to get to know each other in an informal setting. the cast of duck dynasty, have nothing to do with politics mind you, i would be devastated if i couldn t go to the dinner. the best thing they could do is to get rid of the excess, where we spent more on valet parking then scholarships for aspiring journalists. my big take away it s not against parties that don t invite me to events or celebrities, to me, the critique is washington in general. i do not mind if the dinner exists. what i mind is that it is our super bowl. whose fault is that? the ....
president of the united states and michelle obama. { announcer: please stand for the presentation of the colors. [applause] [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen seated at the head table, dallas morning news. major garrett, cbs news. olivia knox, yahoo!. robert title, bloomberg. josh henderson, the white house. carlee, the wall street journal. cecily strong, scott orson national public radio. just mason, writers. doug mills, new york times. ladies and gentlemen, would you please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in thanking john major master sergeant wayne king and the marine corps band. [applause] we are glad you are here tonight. we inject you to enjoy your dinner, and our program will begin when you are finished eating. announcer: live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner held at the washington hilton. they are about a half hour behind schedule at this point but that is kind of typical. as you can see, a lot of people were ....
to replace furlough. you can get in touch on twitter it s @annita mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. hundreds of students at universities in scotland are self isolating and all students are told not to go to pubs or parties this weekend. it s obviously the right advice, we should be maintaining social distancing and stuff but to be honest, i don t think it s very realistic. royal finances are down £35 million as visitors to buckingham palace and windsor castle fall dramatically. good morning and welcome to bbc news. we start with some breaking news this hour a police officer has been shot dead in south london. the officer was shot by a suspect at croydon custody centre. our correspondent alastair leithead can tell us more. awful news coming in in the last few minutes, i know that details are pretty sca nt minutes, i know that details are pretty scant but what do we know about what happened 7 pretty scant but what do we know about what happened? this incident happened at ....
to avoid social contact for around 12 weeks. government ministers are meeting along with their chief medical advisers. they ll give an update on the latest information for us later today. the government is also set to announce new measures to support the economy, after warnings that the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. the eu looks set to close borders to most foreign travellers for at least the next month. in a further development, germany has closed non essential shops, most leisure facilities, and suspends religious services. france is in lockdown for the next 15 days, with people allowed to leave their homes only to shop for food, go to work, or seek medical help. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. people around the uk are today facing tougher measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus after the prime minister urged everyone to avoid unnecessary social contacts, to work from home where possible, and to stay away from pubs and restaura ....