white house correspondent association vice president and npr news correspondent tim eric keats -- tamara keats. karen travers. justin frank of bloomberg news. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome white house press secretary jen psaki. [applause] tonight's headliner and host of the daily show, trevor noah. [applause] the president and chief executive officer of cbs, mr. george cheeks. and the president of the white house correspondents association, cbs news radio correspondent stephen portnoy. [cheering] ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the nation's colors presented by the joint armed forces color guard and please remain standing or our national anthem performed by the united states marine band. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> present arms. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ >> now, ladies and gentlemen, the president of the white house correspondents' association, stephen portnoy. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you to the band into the sergeant. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the white house correspondents dinner. [applause] we are very grateful that you have all been vaccinated and tested toda