 Mr. Schuch, a dear friend of mine and the White House News Procurator's Association, we please welcome Bob Hope. So proud of him and Hollywood is the greatest thing to happen. Hollywood since George Burns made God. He keeps looking better and better. I hope I look that good when I'm his age. A lot of people say he's using the White House as a stepping stone to get back in the pictures, but I don't know. He met your mother Theresa and Mr. Reagan gave him an absentee ballot. He ever heard beat it, he said, only from the Democrats. Michael Jackson was wearing military equipment with cheap ones out and there hadn't been that much spark in the White House since Jimmy Carter had his teeth clean. Anyway, it's interesting when you think that Michael Jackson made $20 million on his last record, just $20 million. The different kind of money that different people and different businesses make. You know, here is our president, makes $200,000 a year and Dave Winfield plays Yankee's outfielder, he gets $2 million a year and he doesn't have to jump over Tip O'Neill to get the first base. The answer is yes, but since last time Rich Lipsky was quick enough with the camera to catch it, this year I'm going to make my moves a little bit faster and I'm only going to do it once. Seriously, it's a pleasure to be here. You know, in Washington there are a lot of big dinners like this. Tonight is special. I've been around photographers all my adult life, most of them, and I think that I can say that I've developed an appreciation for your craft. So it's an old pro that I admire the work of each of you and that each of you performs. You demonstrate true professionalism and artistry and time and again I find myself pausing to admire a wonderful picture that one of you has produced. As you record history and the making, you yourself are a part of historic tradition. Ever since Matthew Brady took his stirring pictures of Abe Lincoln in the Civil War, photographs have been imparting immediacy to American news and it isn't true that I carried Brady's camera. News photographs show us what's specific and different. A story might explain what happened during World War II, but it was a photo that gave us that unforgettable image of four Marines struggling to voice the star's instruction on the Eugene. And although news analysts might discuss the presidency, it's your photos that show JFK working in the Oval Office, John John playing under the desk, or me giving a briefing with Nancy waiting in the wings to surprise me with a birthday cake. Pictures like that remind us the presidency isn't an abstraction, but an office held by ordinary men who do their job the best they can. Often news photos remind us that the of the first things, the fundamentals of human experience that makes do what we do. Living in the United States, for example, we might begin to take democracy for granted, and then we see a news photo of people lined up at ballot boxes in El Salvador, simple men and women brave death threats to travel to the town and cast their votes. We see the care in their faces and the life of hard work in their shoulders and hands, and we remember once again why we strive for democracy and peace. My admiration for news photography is going to the root of my political philosophy. In too many countries, photographs of top officials are only released once in a while to show that the leaders are still healthy. But in our country, your right to snap anything you want is protected by the Constitution and each of you represents a vital part of the great and lively American system. Earlier this year, one event set it all took place at an air base in South Carolina shortly after a plane in return from Grenada carrying the medical students who had been trapped in St. George's Medical School. As one student got off the plane, you all know he dropped to his knees and kissed the good earth of the United States. And nearby, there was a news photographer who clicked his camera and caught that moment for all Americans to share. Although there will always be some early, early and tugging between the White House and the press, I know that photo captured the way that all of us feel about this great land. We just came by the moment in the state we didn't dress. Just want to thank you all for allowing us to share even for a few minutes in this particular event. God bless you and keep up the good work. Lipsky from UPI. That way works for NBC. We've got the key, but they will be photographed with him. Both of you, I think did a wonderful job this year. Congratulations. Thank you for I know you have to run. Thank you for joining us. This is Reggie.