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>> you are watching c-span, created for you as a public service by america's cable companies. next, we hear from academy award winning actor jeff bridges on childhood hunger. then come and interview with jane goodall on her life's work as a conservationist understanding chimpanzees and nature. later, sipping court chief justice john roberts on the state of the federal -- supreme court chief justice john roberts and the state of the federal judiciary. later today, a panel discussion on the legacy in career of former high court justice john paul stevens. we'll hear from some of whose

general and former law clerks of justice stevens. it was held at georgetown university last month, and you can say it today at 2:10 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> at the c-span network provide coverage of politics, public affairs, available on television, radio, online, and social media networking sites. find out comments anytime 3 c- span's video library. we take c-span on the road with our digital bus. it is washington your way. the c-span networks, now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided that the public service. >> earlier this fall, former british prime minister tony blair received the liberty award medal at the constitution center in philadelphia. he was presented the award by former president bill clinton. here is a look.

>> it is now my great honor to award the liberty medal to former prime minister and wonderful world citizen tony blair. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. >> according to the national constitutions web site, the liberty medal is awarded annually by the center to "men of women of courage and conviction to strive to secure the blessings of people the world over."

>> now, academy award winning actor jeff bridges on childhood hundred and his efforts to end the problem in america by 2015. he is the national spokesman for share our strength, no kid hungry campaign. we will also hear from maryland governor martin o'malley and bill shore, the founder and executive director of the share our strength foundation. this lasts for about an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i'm a reporter for bloomberg news and thisear pause president of

to donate to our programs, visit our website. i understand that the widow -- thof mr. free time is here today, and we welcome her to today's event. i would like to welcome our speaker and attendees at today's event, which includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalist. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. after the speech concludes, i will ask as many audience questions as time permits. i would now like to introduce to you our head table guests. from your right, eleanor clift, columnist for "newsweek" magazine. rick dunham, the president of the air free time national journal's and library, past president of the national press club. linda kramer jennings. kelly wright, anchor and reporter with fox news channel.

donilon want, reporter with usa today and the immediate past president of the national press club. billy shore, founder and executive director of share our strength and a guest of the speaker. andrew schneider, associate chair for killing her. skipping over our speaker for the moment, we have melissa sharpen know, a producer with news took media. clark bunting, president of the discovery channel. governor martin o'malley of maryland, a guest of the speaker. [applause] you can tell there were some elections last week. duckham. finally, paul mccullough, executive producer with -- thank you. [applause]

our audience may recognize today's guest as he is essentially no -- as he is a set -- as he is it affectionately known -- they call him the dude. he was in the 1998 cult film "the big lebowski." he was named oscar winner this year. at the academy awards -- [applause] bridges received the best actor award for his portrayal of alcoholic country singer blake in the film "crazy heart." his latest role is national spokesman for share our cement dust share our strength, no kid hungry -- share our strength, no kid hungry campaign. the initiative is to stamp out under in children by 2015.

this week he met with two top advisers of president obama, secretary tom vilsack and education secretary arne duncan, to spotlight a hidden epidemic. the children every day that do not have regular access to food. bridges in 1983 founded the end hunger network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to feeding children worldwide. he has juggled this with his acting career. he has appeared in films like sea biscuit, the fabulous baker boris, -- bigger boys, and fearless. "thunderbolt and lightfoot," "star man," and the pratt -- and the contender where he prayed they'd -- played the president of the united states. he is the author of these remarks -- he did not know his legendary star tell me what that

film meant when this filis over. thank you. he is also a musician. he plays guitar and sang on the crazy part soundtrack. please welcome the oscar-winning actor, the duke himself, mr. jeff bridges. de himself, mr. jeff bridges. [applause] >> thank you. thank you all so much. volkswagen. i say that because melissa challenged me. she has promised me she will buy me a cup of coffee if i work it into my speech, so i figured i would get it out of the way. well, i want to say thank you first of all to all the people here in this room and who are

not in this room who have maybe no kid hungry campaign a reality. i want to thank con agra foods foundation, the food network our friends in the culinary industry, bob lanier of the nba, and also to all the nba players involved, and the teachers. i especially want to a knowledge governor martin o'malley from maryland. [applause] the governor is the first to make his state a no kid hungry state, and he is an inspiration to all of us. hopefully all the rest of the governors. i would also like to a knowledge tony hall, a personal hunter hero of mine. thank you.

it is an honor to be here today -- i am here to kick off the no kid hungry campaign. i'm the national spokesperson, and i thought i would begin by letting you know a little bit of my background regarding the hunker issue. back in 1983 i helped out of organization called the end hunger network. we are all about creating programs and events that make ending hunger a national priority, events like live aid. we were responsible for making all the facts and figures that were announced between the musical acts. we created the end under presidential awards, ceremonies that were held in the white house honoring under heroes. we created prime time to end

hunger, and this was the first time all three major television networks dealing with the issue in all of the prime-time television shows. we created the u.s. and under mayor awards -- the u.s. in hunter mayor awards sunday night at originally part of this week produced a movie called hidden in america, all about what it is like living in our country and being a member of the working poor and not being able to afford putting food on the table and putting a roof over you in your kids' heads, and health issues and so forth. one of the reasons i'm pritchett truly proud of this is that my brother started in it, and he was nominated for a screen actors guild award. the film was also nominated for

three emmys. we created a fast-forward to end hunger, raising $3 million for local food banks. most recently, we have gone into partnership with a wonderful organization that has been dealing with ending hunger for as long as the network has, and that share our strength, a wonderful organization. they have come up with a campaign to end childhood hunger in our country by 2015. and i am just so thrilled to be the national spokesperson for this campaign. according to the united states department of agriculture, currently we have 17 million of our children living in food- insecure homes, households where they are not certain if they are going to be able to get

enough nutritious food to eat a healthy, active life. that is one in four of our kids. we currently have 44 million who live in poverty, 15.5 million of those kids. poverty is a very complex issue, but feeding a child is not. there is some good news in all these statistics. the good news is that there are programs in place that we know work. and these are federally funded programs, step programs, formerly foods -- formerly food stamps. the school meal programs -- breakfast after-school and summer programs. so the problem is not having the

right programs in place, the problem is that they are not reaching enough kids. there are 19 million kids eligible for school breakfasts. only half of those get the breakfast. they're looking for school to be their main source of nutrition. only 15% of the kids who are eligible for that program are participating in it. we have got to turn that around. that is the key to ending hunger in our country. making sure that families know how to access these programs,

making sure that our kids have enough food to try. our ks, they do not have big direct political representation. no child really chooses to be hungry, and no one gains when a child is hungry. when a child does not get enough nutritious food, they fall behind physically, academically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. and of course, right along with them, their families suffer, their community suffers, and their country suffers. adults who experience hunger in their childhood -- they do not have the same educational and technical skills. so we create a work force that is not strong.

so ending childhood hunger -- you know, it definitely ends the need list suffering of our children, but it significantly to solve america's problems, problems like health care, education, the work force, competitiveness in the -- let me back up. in the movies, they would say take two. what i am trying to say is that it is not only about ending this terrible suffering going on with our kids, but ending hunger is important for our nation. i just found out that there was a report from the pentagon that only 25% of our citizens between the ages of 19 and 14 are fit to serve in the military.

very patriotic to end childhood hunger, don't you think? with the recent election, we have found out that there are many issues that our country is in disagreement about. ending childhood hunger is not one of those. there is a lot of common ground here. everyone wants to have our kids have a healthy start, so no kid hungry -- we are not proposing new programs, but we are proposing more effective use of the ones that are already in place. now, these programs that are available -- there are barriers to them. blockages that we have to look at. things like transportation, for instance. that might be a case of a child taking the bus to school that might not get them there in time

to take advantage of the meals that are available to him. or several meal programs, you may not have transportation to that particular location that the meals are being held. shame, embarrassment. there is a huge factor in all this for a kid to be pointed at, "yeah, that is johnny, he is a poor kid who cannot afford food. he has to eat the meal that the school provides." the parental side of that, being a parent and being ashamed and feeling i cannot provide for my child is -- it freezes your action. thinking i might not be eligible because i am working or the red tape -- there is too much red tape to figure out what to do here.

so these are things that we have to look at, and these are the reasons that childhood hunger exists in our country. so this attention and needs to be paid to these programs -- who is going to find that attention? who is going to give that attention? we can do that. come on, we are the guys. this is our country. we are the ones who are going to do it. [applause] i am asked sometimes, why are

you doing what you're doing? why are you interested in that? it seems like kind of an odd question. it seems like the most natural thing in the world, really. i am so fortunate i was born in a very lucky bed. my folks, talking about my dad, my mom, who were wonderful parents that i had. they were fortunate enough to be able to provide for their kids, as i am lucky enough to provide for my three daughters. i can imagine what it must be like the feeling of failure and depression that that just freezes you, you're not being able to afford to put food in front of your kids to eat. my profession involves getting into other people's shoes and seeing what that experience is

like and trying to imane what it must be like. but then to imagine what it must be like not being able to provide for your kids -- that is available to all of us. we can all look inside and feel that. i think another reason that i'm doing what i'm doing is that i have hunter. a different kind of hunger, the oftger to create the kind world that i want to live in. and i want my children to be raised in, to live, to bring up their kids and their grandkids. and this hundred to participate, we are all in this together. and i find that when i do participate, i feel connected,

and that connection feels really good, and it feeds this hungry feeling i have. so that this kind of some of the reasons why i'm here. i would like to encourage all of you and anyone who is out there listening to us talk here today to go to know kid hungry.org -- to nokidhungry.org, and take the new kid hungry pledge -- the no kid hungry pledge. i'm adding my voice to the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hungr in our country. coming off i would like to encourage congress to do is a very important bill in the next

couple of weeks that is coming up, the child nutrition bill. this is so important that we pass this bill to end childhood hunger in our country. i want to invite the viewer is out there in tv land to call their congressman and encourage them to pass this bill. it is most, most important. [applause] before we get into the questions, there was a quote that i came across that wanted to share with you guys from the founder of the bank and the nobel prize winner. this is what he had to say. "the society that does not pay attention to its children is down to be on a rapid down slide. it can only make a dream come

thtrue through its children. thank you guys. [applause] >> thank you so much for your time today. we have many questions from the audience. please keep them coming, as well as you can send them on the internet and we will get them from the audience. the first question is, "do you recall the first time the issue of how to the hunger -- of childhood hunger caught your attention? >> back in the early 1980's, i was made aware of the enormity .f the problem of world undehunr the fact that number one we had enough food to end world hunger, we had enough money, and many countries had ended it.

we knew the solution. the missing ingredient was creating the political will. of course, governments are made up of individuals, so i looked inside myself and said what am i willing to do to create that political will, not just to make a quick contribution to some organization that kind of itch, butmy guilts it something that works with my life, something that i can continue to do until the problem is ended. and so i said, well, i am an entertainer, involved in the media. doing things like we are doing right now, maybe that could help. so i created, along with jerry, who is also here today, the end

hunger network. we work toward ending hunger doing the stuff we're doing right now, putting out the message. about 20 years ago, we shifted our focus from world hunger to hunger right here in our country, because some of the safety nets i mentioned -- they were not being fully funded and there were holes in the safety net. so we thought it was important that we shift our focus to hunger here in america, and that is what we are up to now. >> several questions along the lines of this one. "what do you suggest the average american can do to reach the 2015 goal?" >> i would advise kind of the path that i took, and i think it is a good one, to look into your life and figure out what you might do. if you are a teacher, for

instance, my gosh, the no kid hungry campaign is something that is falling right in line with what you can do. if you're students do not have enough calories to make as brain cells fire, they are not going to be able to learn. so feeding kids is also an educational issue. so you just kind of look inside, whatever you can do is something you can do. i love the title of the organization that we are in cahoots with, share our strength. we all have strengths. well, sure that. >> what can president obama due to reach the goal of childhood hunger? >> he has done a wonderful thing already. he has declared that we can end childhood hunger by 2015. that is like kennedy saying we are going to put a man on the moon in 10 years. that creates a whole new context

for the problem. the guys that are doing about the right kind of fuel in the shape of the rocket -- now, come on, we can put aside this agreement and figure out how to do this. this is something we can all do together. i think what president obama has done is a wonderful thing, and now it is up to us to support that. >> earlier you mentioned the pentagon study about the lack of physical fitness among 14 to 19- year-old. that study was not just about hunter but about childhood obesity. there is an issue about hundred and child who b.c. in the u.s. how do you square of those about childhood obesity in the u.s. how you square those happening together? >> obesity and hunger are kind of two sides of the same coin.

you know, it is interesting. i went to a terrific school here in d.c., the l.c. stokes charter school that is taking all of the federal money given to schools to provide food to their kids. normally the food that is provided is not very nutritious -- pizza and pizza pockets and these kinds of things. and this particular school, the l.c. stokes school -- they took that money and they hired a chef who goes out and shops, and it turns out it costs less for her to shop that way they use this food that the government has, you know, some kind of connection with that you get these fast food stuff. so at this school she encourages the kids to build a beautiful

vegetable garden, and they use that garden for the salad bar. we are talking about obesity. it occurred to me, you know, if you're a kid and you're having pizza pockets, kind of trashy food, your palate is going to dig that stuff. that is what you're going to be in the habit of eating. if you're an adult, you'll say i won a p to pocket. you can develop a taste for that stuff. so obesity and hunger are very closely related. that is my thoughts on that. >> the record federal budget deficits. we're concerned about cutting costs in government. sometimes it can be -- when you are talking about pizza pockets, which tends to be less expensive than other issues, it would seem that the trend from the overall

government perspective would be more pizza pockets, few were salads, rather than the other way around. so from a policy standpoint, how do you convince people? they see deficits and revenues, that they can actually support this and this should be a government priority? >> for one thing, it does not cost any more. this school, with the same money the government is providing, they are buying more nutritious food for their students. for a cheaper prize. because, you know, and the kids -- they shop specifically for what their kids are needing. when you think about it, you have to think long term on this deal. it is not only a hundred issue, -- and a hunger issue, it is an educational issue, an economic issue, and a military issue.

we are talking defense. it weakens us in so many other areas, we have to address it. not only for the suffering kids, but also for our nation's security. >> this is a question from the internet. "where are this country prosperities when funds for food stamps are cut to hire back laid-off teachers? why must children's nutritional and educational needs have to compete for government funds?" >> that is a good question. i'm going to shoot that over to my colleague here. billy? let me introduce billy shore, the founder of share our strength. >> thank you. [applause] >> first i would like to have the opportunity to thank jeff for your incredible leap -- during credible leadership. this has meant the world to us and you're making a huge impact. we just had the opportunity to meet with the secretary of

agriculture, tom vilsack, and one of the things report talked about as although some cuts had been made in programs for kids to fund teachers, there have been cuts made in the snap program's future benefits to fund the child nutrition bill. both secretary vilsack, president obama, most of the congressional leadership has said that if we pass the nutrition act, if that becomes law, they will make sure that these other offsetting cuts, which would detract from food stamps and other benefits, that those will be restored. we have tried to create a point with no kid hungry, a program that does not take from one to give to another, that -- jeff has used the figure accurately over the last day or so, there is $1 billion available to state governments to get kids more enrolled in these programs,

something that martin o'malley has made happen in maryland, something that other states are now looking to do. this does not have to be one side playing off of the other. [applause] >> actually, while we are being -- bringing the band onstage, governor o'malley can please come on down. we have a question for you, governor. you were one of the first states to embrace this. how are you going to make this campaign worked in maryland? >> sure. we first partnered with share strength, but the truth of the matter is that because of the existing problems out there, this is more than just political organizing, and addressing those -- what do you call them, gaps? areas of underachievement where you know where the kids are most vulnerable. it also happens to be the places

where you have the greatest opportunity to do the greatest amount of good if you would only focus your efforts. so increasing enrollment, you cannot do this sort of thing where you wake up in 2015 and say to yourself this is the year we are going to eradicate childhood hunger. you have to do it not even annually. the government usually only measures the input. you have to measure the output with the additional kids enrolled in these programs every two weeks. if you do that, it might only be a couple of hundred every couple of weeks, but over a period of time, you look back over your shoulder and you will see that you're making the grass move in the right direction. over a period of five years, you can say we signed up five times as many kids for school breakfast as we signed up three years ago. it is something that people work against deadlines. people worked against deadlines,

they like measurable results. if you measured it openly and transparently and do it against the deadlines and people are accustomed to working against in their own businesses, you can make a lot of progress. >> ladies and gentlemen, billy shore and governor o'malley. switching over to a different topic, we have several audience topic -- audience questions about your film career. transitioning into that, there are many celebrities with many causes promoting many were the causes for many were the reasons. there's a certain amount of attention you can give for these issues. how do you set yourself apart from other celebrities with your cause? do you think people are getting celebrity fatigue, as yet another hollywood actor saying what to do for the world?

>> i do not know about that. i'm just a guy out there trying to make the world -- like the man said, "i have a dream." well, me, too. i got to feeling like the other guy said, i am not the only one, you know. i think we can all use our imagination and imagine how it could be better. i do not know about that thing that celebrities are not supposed to say stuff or something. i'm not sure. i do not have a sound bite for that one. i do not know. >> that you talked during your speech about getting into the shoes of your characters. what was the character's shoes that was most difficult for you to put on. >> well, it is funny. two come to mind. one was -- anybody seen "the

vanishing"? i played a terrible person. i buried people alive. that was kind of challenging. [laughter] the opposite of that was "crazy heart," extremely difficult because music is so dear to me and i was getting a chance to work with my dear friend t bone burnett and john goodwin. man, i was anxious. i did not want to drop that ball. this is going to be such a great opportunity. that created a different kind of difficulty for me. >> what kind of research did you do for opel quote crazy heart"? what sort of like for you living for the preparation of that road? >> well, the boozing.

us actors have something called cents memory that i use. -- called sense memory that i use. what we did was, when i first got the script, i turned it down because there was no music attached to it, no songs. i thought if this movie does not have good music is not going to be any good. then one at -- then when i found out that my good friend t. bone burnett was going to be involved in the music, that was good. but we did not have many songs. so the preparation as far as being a musician and so forth was writing those songs and working with a wonderful band that t-bone put together.

getting the guitar and being the guy as soon as i could. >> you are a prolific actor, and there always seems to be other projects coming up, and one of those is a remake of a famous film. how does one prepare to be in a remake of a film such as "true grit," with so many know as an iconic performance? >> when i got the call from the coen brothers to do true grit, and the coen brothers are -- c'mon, "lebowski," and i said why are you guys doing that? and they said we are not really referencing the film, we are referencing the charles portis book. and i read the book and i said that now i see why.

it is a wonderful book. >> if there were any film that could be remade, what would you want to act in and what role would you play? >> that is interesting. what pops into my mind is " sea hunt." and the role i would play with the producer. i do not think i would step in to those particular flippers. but, you know, my father did such a remarkable job. [applause] scientists and oceanographers come up and say, "your dad is the reason i am doing this." i got involved recently with a wonderful organization called the pollution coalition, that is trying to get rid of single-use plastic bottles.

they say they are biodegradable, but really happens is they just break down into very small little particles, that microscopic organisms in the ocean eat, and the fish eat those and the birds eat those, ended prudand it pollutes the we planet. we have these five big world pools that are just packed with plastic. i do not have the facts in my mind right now, but it's billions, i want to say -- millions, millions, i get that confused some time. but this is a job for mike nelson, you know? it is a big concern for me, and i'm working on saving our oceans as well. that is something that popped into my mind. >> how about roles that you

would like to play and films that you would like to -- >> ok. how long do i have to think about that? i'm not one of those guys who says i have got to play lincoln or something like that. i sort of take it as it comes. every once in a while i will produce a film like "hidden in america," that beau was in and i produced, and that was very gratifying. "american heart" is something i really went out in an aggressive way to get a movie realized. but i mainly just kind of feel the stuff that comes in, a lot of wonderful stuff that comes in.

>> a couple of people have questions about your marriage. they are good questions. they both say you have one of hollywood's most admired marriages. any tips you can share? and our susan and your children involved in the fight against childhood hunger? >> was the first question again? >> jeff bridges, tips on a healthy marriage. >> with me and my wife, it was love at first sight. i have a picture. i can tell a long story, i have a bit of time. i have a picture in my pocket from way back let me start the tail in a different way. i am in montana, we are shooting "rancho deluxe," and i see this

gorgeous girl who was working there at this dude ranch making beds, serving food and stuff. she is gorgeous but she has a broken nose and two black eyes. but i cannot take my eyes off her. i keep flipping over the paper of the magazine, and she bust me every time. i finally get up the courage to ask her out, and i said would you like to go with me? and she says, no. and i said, really? and she says, no, it is a small town and maybe i will see you around. 15 years later, we are married and we have a couple of kids. i go through the mail and i open up the makeup man from a particular show, and he says that he was going to my files and he says i came across a photograph of you asking a local girl out. i thought you might like it.

it is a picture, two photographs a two shot and single shot of my wife. capture a shot of the first words you ever uttered to your wife, asking why you ever go out? no. that is one secret. i have that in my pocket whenever i think, was she the right girl? c'mon, who are you flying? -- who are you fooling? practice -- that is how you create a good marriage. you practice. you pay attention. this stuff about ending childhood hunger is all the same stuff. you pay attention to what is going on and you participate. we have been married 33 years

now. it comes up. [applause] we have this little technique that we do sometimes when it gets kind of rough. we sit opposite each other, look at each other, and one person's task is to express, say what they are feeling. the other person is to receive, listen, do not be thinking when she stops talking i am going to say this. just listen, get her side, and then when she kind of runs out, now i go. and we go back and forth like that. it might not solve the problem in that instance, but something has shifted out of that. that seems to be a good technique that helps our marriage. >> what is the greatest challenge you have had to face as a "salesperson"?

-- as a "famous person"? there are the quotes. [applause] -- [laughter] >> it is a moving question. i'm trying not to break down because it is right here. give me a second and maybe i can get something else out. you guys know what i'm talking about. this is the most important thing .ight now the m

the movie, the reality of ending childhood hunger in our country is the most significant thing i have ever done. [applause] >> following on that, do you have any film projects planned or documentary projects that may be spotlighting the hunger issue? l.c.ah, visiting thel.c stokes school, i thought maybe let's share a documentary about the school. we are looking toward may be a documentary of that school and other schools doing this, and try to, you know, share our knowledge. one of the things that the governor here -- in stepping up

and being the first, and now we're talking about california where i am from. i hope that governor o'malley will help jerry brown get with the program, to come and make california a no kid hungry state. >> you are going into the recording studio after you leave washington. what are your plans for the new album? >> i get to work with my buddy t-bone. i get to go to texas tomorrow where he will receive the stephen bruten award, our friend who died shortly after "crazy heart" was completed, and will be playing there. then we are going to zip back to l.a. for maybe six days, and we will go to a recording studio with this incredible ban that he

has put together. as far at -- with this incredible band that he has put together. as far as the songs go, t-bone went through a bunch of my songs the other day, and a bunch of john's songs, my oldest friend that goes back with me to the fourth grade. we have been painting together and doing all sorts of creative things together. maybe some greg brown tunes. anybody know who greg brown is? yeah, man. check him out, he is good. >> one question that you're much less likely to be asked once you leave washington, d.c., but it is pretty common to be asked when you are here. you have been an actor, politically active. would you advise your children or grandchildren to go into movies or politics? [laughter] >> a couple of things come to mind with that. you asked before where my kids

involved with this issue. all of them are and they all participate in different ways. my eldest daughter, isabel, she joined the not too long ago on the first socially engaged buddhist symposium that my friend bernie glassman gave in ssachusetts, and it was a wonderful gathering. and isabel is close at my side to me, many projects getting to hunger. >> tomorrow is veterans day. this questioner from the audience would like to hear about your experience in the coast guard. >> it was the coast guard reserve, seven years, and i kind of -- i was very proud to serve

my country in that way. my brother was also in the coast guard, and i remember doing i would go out and do these sorts of things for weeks at a time, and in a way kind of reminded me of a movie. i would be dressed up to play a character -- i am an actor, been raised as an actor, so most of it seemed like movies to me. >> a question once again about film remakes. if "big lebowski" gets remade, what young actor would you like to see in your role? >> they will make it so many years down the role, but there will be new guys. what actors could play lebo

wski? who is that guy in the movie with robert downey jr., a greek? gelifanopolous? [laughter] >> who is a young actor that people should be paying attention to, watching more closely? >> good question. no one is coming to my mind. well, i know a perfect one. jordan bridges, my nephew. yeah, jordan. >> also, how did your father influence your acting? >> good one. well, unlike a lot of people who

are actors, he really encouraged all of his kids to go into show business. he just loved it. my first movie was when i was 6 months old. his good friend john cromwell was making a movie, and he was visiting the set with my mom and they needed a baby in the scene. my mother said, here, take my baby. i was a rather happy baby, and in the scene i was supposed to cry. so my mother said, just pinch him. so they pinched me, and now we cut maybe 30 years later and i am making a remake of a movie that jane may. her movie was called "out of the past."

my movie was "against all odds." and jane is playing the mother to her original character's part. i have a scene with her, and i said i am having a little problem in voting here, would you just give me a pinch? [laughter] anyway, my dad was very enthusiastic and wanted all his kids to go into acting. i can remember him sitting on his bed, teaching me all the basics, seeming like is happening for the first time, do not just wait for my mouth to stop and then you say your line, you have to hear what i am saying and then respond. come back and i want you to do is completely different, things like that. he told me all the basics, but the most important lesson -- and

this is really evident when i got to work as an adult in two movies in "tucker" and "blown away." whenever he came on the set, the joy that he was experiencing was contagious. he loved what he was doing so much, and i think that kind of this what i learned, his whole approach not only to his work but just his life was it -- he was a very joyous guy. >> a few minutes ago you were talking about the most difficult parts of dealing with fame. how do you encourage other people who are well-known actors, celebrities are such, who may not be involved in hunger or other causes, how and why they should get involved to use their platforms as well? how do you encourage other people at an event who may have

some power to draw upon, how do you encourage them to get involved in hunger or whatever you choose? >> just do it. you make that declaration to yourself, and things will pop up and people will support that. >> we are running low on time, but there are a few important matters to take care of. we appreciate that. we would like to remind our members and guests of future speakers here. on november 29, we will have steven chu, the secretary of the u.s. department of energy. and we'll have the chairman and ceo of the coca-cola co. speaking here at a national press club luncheon. the second important item of business, the presentation of the coveted national press club

mug. >> wow, isn't that good? >> governor o'malley does not even have one of those. we will get that taken care of. we do have a final question here. dealing with -- a lot of the words have been spoken here, and you were quoting something the speakers in your own address, and many famous names have come up in this address as well. people have words to live guide by. to abide i'm just wondering, what are the words that the dude abides by? >> connection, joy. those of the words that pop up in my mind. participation, you know.

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use the audience have for supporting the national press club today. for more information about joining the national press club and had to acquire a copy of today's program, please visit our web site www.press.org . this meeting is adjourned. and [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010]

>> the house and senate return to their land that session. house gavels and for legislative work at 2:00 eastern. among the issues members will deal with after their thanksgiving break, sanctions were charles rangel for 11 house ethics violations. federal spending toward the remainder of the budget year india expiring bush administration tax cuts. this and also returns monday at 2:00 eastern. there resume debate on expanding fda oversight of food recall and imports. all of a house here on c-span and the senate on c-span2. -- follow to the house here on c-span and the senate on c- span2. >> saturday at 10:00 eastern we

have james zeogby. >> last week the associated press reported at least a rakowski won reelection despite being a right in candidate. that is the first time that has happened in almost 60 years. with that race called, the senate finally has a complete 100 numbers for the next congress. democrats retain control with 51 members, including two independent to have announced they will caucus with democrats. republicans picked up six seats and will have 47 members when the senegal's and next year. one of those new republicans is the the senator from new hampshire. she fills the open seat left vacant by a retiring senator judd greg. she served as attorney general

from 2004 to 2009. now an interview with jane goodall. during this event cheaper biden -- presented several awards to people whose or she admired over the years. this was held at george washington university here and last month. this is an hour and a half. >> her early and ongoing work on primate behavior has captured the imagination of millions. she has expanded her efforts to include promoting conservation and in powering used to strive for a better world. it is also a pleasure to

congratulate the recipients of this year's leadership awards. they embodied her values, embraces her vision, and advance our commitment to the sustainability encouraging of all life on the planet we share. here at george washington we engage the world from this nation's capital, and one of the ways we do so is by convening discussions of the most important issues of our time. our efforts to educate, enlighten, and reform are strengthened by the many partnerships we have brought the capital region, the nation, in the world. --w we have throughout the capital region, the nation, and the world. this chapter will provide our students with yet another opportunity to act on their passion for changing the world. ladies and gentlemen, to continue with the program, please join me in welcoming the

president and chief executive officer of the jane goodall institute, marina smiturine smi. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much where everyone. i want to welcome all of you, especially the 600 george washington university students who snapped up tickets to this event in record time. thank you, and thank you to all of you. tonight we want this to be very informal. i would like all of you to feel relaxed. you will notice i have not rehearsed any of this to give you a unique insight to a doctor could all end or work. i also want to welcome our board of governors and board of directors. and that the staff that is here. we wanted them to please stand

and be acknowledged. any jci staff that are here, please. [applause] plea had a very long board meeting today but it was very fun. this is a great way to top of a very eventful dead. i want to briefly tell you about my history with dr. godall. i have only been a home for about seven months, but i have known jane for seven years. as a child i can clearly remember sitting with my father in this very ugly blue leather chair he had, and watching her specials on national geographic. it really changed my life i said i want to work with her sunday. and i envisioned it would be working with her out in the jungles of africa, but that did not quite happen. yet my life took me into the

entertainment industry and i wound up leading her six years ago, and together as we were making documentaries. when i worked alongside of her, it really changed my life. so when the opportunity came up a few months ago to be part of her organization, i decided to make a dramatic shift in my career and joined the organization, and i could not be more thrilled. the people dedicate themselves 247 to making the plan at a better place and try to do what we can to foothill division of this incredible woman. -- the people dedicate themselves 24/7 to make the plan at a better place and try to do what we can do health this incredible woman. please join me in welcoming the one and only jane goodall. [applause]

please be seated. and hello there. >> i greeted them in a certain way, but perhaps there is another type of greeting you would like to introduce to the group. >> the kind of greeting you would hear it you came to the most wonderful national place in the world and climbed up in the mountains in the morning and helped to hear the chimpanzees squeake for the day. hello. [applause] >> may be at the end before we go, i will make the cut night

call, that you hear when the chimpanzees are in their nest and they're calling back and forth across the valley. if you remind me. >> a little while ago when i was introducing myself, i talk about watching national geographic specials, and being so inspired by your work. national geographic is represented tonight. we will talk about them a little bit more shortly, but they have produced a video for tonight that encapsulates your journey with them. we are celebrating 50 years of dr. gododall's pioneering research. please roll the video and we will talk aboutfterwas. >> july 14, 10, 26-year-old janegoodall or ride on the shores on the coast of what is now tanzania. >> when i look at the wild and rugged jgle, i knew my path

was not going to be easy. >> she had been sent by a renowned anthropologist's who approached the national graphic society about recording her work. in she has no field experience or college degree, what she has s determination to observthe chimpanzees with the mind uncluered by conventional scientific methods. >> when first came to study chimpanzees, i knew nothing about them. nobodynew much about them. and >> she also has the courage to spend months in a remote, even dangerous place. getting closer to wild chimps than anyone bere her. within weeks, she is making astonishing discoveries

,chijmp :down large mamma and eat them. annot only u tools, but make them as well. >> a chimpanzee is actually mo suited toward a specific purpose. >> when he first heard about tool using comedy got extremely excited and said n we havto redefine manod, tools to include chimpanzees with humans. >> these discoveries caught on film send national geographic into a story of corage. -- in a flurry of geographic.

jane becomes a star. she entered 11 chianzees become known rolled wide. jane redefines science. -- she and her boved chpanzees become known around the world. it is what would drive her to learn as much about chimps has anyonen the world to find out how like we really are. >> in the very early years, i thought how like people they work, but they seem to be much more gentlenicer. then i beme more and more apparent that chimpanzees have a dark side to their nature.

s witnesses a war between the chimpanzees th lasts four years. decades deep interest study, she studies -- she rlizes the chim are an endangered spies. she decides she confessed sav the creatures by leaving the jungle to speak to the world face to face about the importance of protecting the chimpanzees. >> i cannot sit back and allow them to become a th. and it would be an enormous black mark on the species. anthrough the natural world we d up and the situation -- [inaudible]

there has to be a way of creating a balance between humans and the natural world. it has since become a national reserves, and she set her sights on the future. she has launched conservation projects, humanitarian work. the jane goodall institute is promoting a new generation of conservationists. they are helping to mentor a new generation of a tendency researchers. >> i need everything i can to cheer them on. and >> 50 years later, she has seen three generations of chimpanzees. the dream that jane goodall set in motion lives on, and a partnership with national geographic and 10 yearcontinues.

the october issue features a celebration of the young english girl that was a pioneer in so many ways, who patiently rei acroreached across every boundao draw attention to our closest relatives. >> thank you to national geographic. [applause] take us back 50 years and tell us about how national geographic came into the picture and the impact that had and your career. >> the national geographic came into the picture because of louis leeky. he had to tackle a lot of people at the geographic that were horrified. here is this young girl from

england and does not have a degree, it is potentially dangerous, and you are asking us to fund such a ridiculous crazy expedition, but in the end, he was very persuasive said they agreed. really day impacted my life in more ways than just providing the funding to carry on with the research. they provided an me with a husband. -- they provided me with the husband's. a husband. after i've begun to really get the chimpanzees use to me and knew many of them by name, they wanted to make a film, and sold louis recommended this young photographer. i was very reluctant to disturb the chimpanzees, but he shared my passion. he came and was patient.

really and truly it was his home through the national geographic that really took the chimpanzees into living rooms are around the world. -- it was his film through the national jurassic that really took the champions into living rooms around the world. i will go a number of places and people will say i read about you and the national traffic. because of the exposure, i cannot walk through an airport and the u.s. without at least six people coming up and wanting autographs and photographs. you asked them, and they said they read the national carrier graphic -- national geographic when they were young. the editor back then, actually ahead of the science research

department, i cannot remember his exact title, but whatever it was, lewis said you cannot expect jane goodall to be out there on her own and have this young photographer come out and have the two of them on their own. this is a different era. we're going back 48 years or something. he said she must have chaperones. the joke was this is the most expensive chaperon in the history. >> that is thgreat. >> we have the amazing photographs and great interview with you. do you want to talk about that article and what this means to you? >> give it to me, because it was actually going to be on the cover, but the oils billhoo spi

prompted off the cover. they're not only published in the u.s., but in many other countries. i have already seen five different country additions where the chimps did make the cover so that is nice. this is an article with david clemens. he interviewed me and i knew him before. go through the 50 years and looking at the family tree, it was a lot of massage of that went in to this article. it was really nice to see an article back in the geographic after about 10 years, something like that. very special. >> thank you again to national geographic. one of the reasons we're here tonight is summon the people consider dr. goodall to be one

of their personal heroes. it is always interesting to hear who your heroes are. several years ago she started handing out that joan -- jane goodall global leadership awards. we would like to start off tonight with giving out the first award, and this is to the national geographic society and it is of the jane goodall global leadership award for excellence and social responsibility, and i would like to invite terry garcía to come up on the stage and get the award rufrom dr. goodall. [applause]

>> dear cravaack has played a leading role -- geographic has played a leading role. my uncle collected them from way back. in the number of houses i go to, and they say we cannot throw them away, we do not know what to do with them. >> you can get it in dvd is now. >> much easier. >> thank you so much. it has been an honor. [applause] >> i have just a few remarks. thank you. it really is an honor for national geographic to receive this award, and for us to be here tonight for this celebration. how fortunate we are that lewis was so persistent and told us so

many years ago that we needed to meet and support an amazing young woman who wanted to study chimpanzees and africa. it was quite a lp of faith, but 26 grants, 25 national geographic articles, 24 national geographic films, four books later, i think that you would agree with me that it was well worth taking. i want to say a few words about national to air-traffic. people are often surprised when i tell them it is not a media company. our mission is not to publish magazines and our mission is not to produce television programs, even though i see some of our television producers out there. sorry. when we were founded in 1988 our mission was to diffuse national geographic knowledge. that we were going to explore. we have been sending an ventris men and women to every point on the planet to exploring.

-- we have been sending adventuress men and women to every point on the planet to explore. we're stepping up the pace now. when these individuals return from the field, then we tell their stories. that has been our practice, exports to increase knowledge, communicate to disseminate that knowledge or diffuse that knowledge. lately an interesting thing has happened. we begin to ask ourselves, is that enough? sometimes bowlines between reporting, educating, and advocating are less well defined and then they might seem. sometimes this fashion that our objective it comes at a cost. rejec

-- sometimes this passionate of nativity comes at a cost. that has what has happened to us and away. over the last decade with photographers, explores, scientist, hundreds of them adding to the fields there have been various crews. almost without exception they have come back as committed conservationists. that is because the truth of it is of that in some in the cases things are changing. climates are changing, habitats are shrinking. species are shrinking on the edge of extinction. we felt we needed to make change in our orientation. that we were going to no longer use that quaint 19th century formulation of our mission and rather now the mission to rai

inspire people to care about the planets. and we were going to use our resources to begin to focus the public's attention on some of the key problems that are confronting the planet, as well as focus on the solutions to those problems. in spite of all these problems, there is reason, i believe, for optimism, and one of them is the emergence that i see of the new generation of scientists and explorers. they take their inspiration from jane goodall and all that she has accomplished, and as we speak tonight, there are men and women all over the world who are in remote places in during in some cases and the national guard ships to pursue what they think is important. most encouraging, there is many more that one to go if only they have the means. who knows, somewhere out there there is a young the visionary much like the young woman that

we supported 50 years ago oho, who has the will to make her vision become a reality. fis person will be someone who can do more than just bear witness to events, but helped to write a new story for the planet. it has been a wonderful journey with you, jane, and we look forward to the future journey that we are going to take to another. thank you very much. [applause] >> the next award is for or all of global leadership -- for overall quota for legal shippgl. i thought maybe you could tell the little bit about how you first met him and perhaps what

they're doing a somewhat similar to what we do at j.g.i. >> i cannot remember a taxi when i met to market. he is one of those people i feel like i have known forever and i simply do not remember when i first met him, but i was immediately attracted because of his passion, because of his commitment, not just going into wild places in the amazon, but to the people. and working with the people, we have realized very clearly that if we wanted to conserve the chimpanzees or any other wildlife and the developing country where people are living very often in poverty, there is no way that conservation is going to work if you do not work with the people and help the people to leavd better lives. therefore live in a way that will be less damaging to the environment.

he not only had this vision, but he also realized that there was a tremendous knowledge, agent knowledge about the plant in the indigenous people and that knowledge was disappearing. he set up and found the money so they can have a school. the young men were coming to learn that ancient art that otherwise would have disappeared. he also -- i loved that he was so passionate about the fact that the local people, the indigenous people, pharmaceutical companies were coming in and taking the medicinal plants and the young local people got nothing. this is happening in many places. he fought tirelessly so that

people would get some and the bacmoney back. that is what really, really appealed to me with mark. fox shia still involved in the same kinds of projects and mission. >> my notes show that he and his team work with more than 32 amazonian tribes to pursue -- improve the protection of more than 70 million acres of ancestral rainforests. pretty amazing. mark could not be with us tonight, i know his wife is an audience. we would like for her to stand and be acknowledged. there she is. thank you very much. [applause] through the wonders of technology, we do have am in the video where he did nothing to. let's roll a little tape. -- through the wonders of

technology, we do have a little video where he didn'give thanks. >> hi, i would like to begin by thanking everyone at the jane goodall institute, starting with jane goodall, put the recognition of our work. i work with conservation team in the latin america. we are all involved in this inquest. we are all involved in the same question -- challenge. this means a lot to each and everyone of us. thank you once again. [applause]

>> we have talked a little bit about the work in africa, and certainly that was the big focus of the national geographic's potential and, but we know there are things that are central to what we do at j.g.i. and that is youth. >> it does not take much to get me to talk about these issues. it began in 1991 in tanzania. it began because as i was traveling all around the world talking about the problems that we face today, i met so many young people who seem to have lost hope. they were either depressed or angry or sympathetic. when i talk to them, they all said more or less, we feel this way because we see we have

compromised the future and there's nothing we can do about it. we have a compromise the future. i mean young people and i think how we have harmed of this plan that since i was their age, and i feel a kind of desperation, but it is not true that there is nothing that can be done about it. it is about empowering young people to take action to make this world a better place. i can say it is very sad that there is nothing i can do, but to get together and realize that the power of youth is huge once the young people know the problems and are empowered to take actions. every group is choosing the three kinds of projects to make the world better, to make it better for people for their own human community and may be raising money for the tsunami or traveling and out and seeing the problems. a project which is improving

things for animals, not just wild life, domestic animals also. and finally a project that is going to improve the environment, and of course, the imagination of young people who sit down and talk about the problems, there is always one young person who wants to help animals in every group. and there is always someone who wants to go and do community service and help people. there is always several who want to go and improved clean streams and clear a letter and things like that. every group of young people, there are young people at can fling themselves into whatever action has been decided because it is their passion. it started with high school students, 12 of them. it is now in 121 countries. we have somewhere between 16 and 18,000 active groups. they are all ages from

preschool right through universities with a brand new group starting in george washington university. we actually have reduced in groups and old people's homes and wonderful groups and prisons. it is basically used driven. -- youth driven. there are lots of mentors here tonight. could you all stand up because this is the future of the planet. where are you? [applause] i have to finally said that we have 27 jane goodall institute and the parks -- in the different parts of the world, and everyone is having groups as one of its central programs, but

in course there are groups went beyond the 27 jane goodall institute said. -- but of course there are groups beyond the 27 jane goodall institute. it is very exciting. it really is for me one of my greatest comics greatest hopes for the future. it is still growing, and any of use year are not involved, it just check our roots and shoo andshoots.org. >> tomorrow we are going to have a workshop here on campus at amsterdam house at 11:30. you can learn all of our roots and shoots and we will have 700 participants coming here. it is a great way to see it and action in get inspired.

tonight we are recognizing three particular use from our roots and shoots program. i would like to run the video, let people see their brief acceptance speeches and we will talk about each one briefly. >> hello. thank you very much dr. jane nad j.g.i. for giving me the

opportunity to be here tonight. i believe in winning i am representing all of the youth of their roots and shoots network to were working in their communities around the globe to make the places they live in this plan as a whole lot better place. i have seen groups in my community around the planet that when anyone, no matter what their situation is put their minds to it, they can change the plan and change this world. i am proud to represent them all here tonight. thank you very much. >> hi. this is amazinan amazing projecd around the world. thank you. a huge blanket to the jane goodall institute. -- thank you to the jane goodall institute.

thank you. bye. >> i am from india. i am very honored to receive this award this evening. i am very thankful for the jane goodall institute for having chosen need for this it award. she has been my social inspiration and taught me that it should not stop at individual levels. [inaudible] the jane goodall institute in india will take shape soon. i receive this award as an encouragement to spread out more in this country. i am very happy i could meet all

of you through this wonderful video. i hope to see you all in india. thank you for everything, because you have made a difference not just in my life, but thousands. hope to hear you soosee you here very soon. [applause] >> tell us a little bit about why we saw in the video. take ou-- tell us about what wed the video. >> they represent other young people. what is so special about all of them like the other youth leaders that they are being inspired to make a difference, and each one of them is able to inspire others. this is how their roots and

shoots program is going. we realize several years ago when that there is no better way of growing region shue is than having these young people as ambassadors. chase is here with us tonight and he is the one the first when into schools and started talking about this mission. by selecting three out of money it was very hard and almost impossible. tousing older ones, because we do give this award out to people who are over 24th. when you find really dynamic leaders in the country that is struggling, and -- we all know the problems in india. take that tiger khaibar-1. -- take the tiger for one. it is important for the young people of india to provide hope.

rather than what they have actually done, i really important thing is that they're all making a very major difference send their own ways, in their own communities. they are inspiring others by spreading the message. it is my greatest hope for the future. >> we have a bit of a surprise. one of the young people featured in the video is actually here tonight. would you please come up on stage and personally get your award? [applause] ts>> the consent of few words.

we look up to hear more from you. >> we cannot get enough of you on that video. please. nothing like putting you on the spot. >> i am still not sure why i won this award, because i am simply our representation of the youths around the globe and the roots and shts network. every single one of us is working on simple projects on everyday actions that together are changing our communities, changing our world and altering our individual future and the future of a generation. it has been incredibly inspiring to have the opportunity to travel around the world and see duke everywhere i go working in their communities to help my future and to help the future of my children and my children's children. i know that is what keeps me going every day is seeing those

usyouth out there working in their communities for the future. it is an honor to win this award on behalf of them. thank you. [applause] >> i would just like to say one more thing. i wish we could have had him coming up and giving a talk and you what all understand how amazing it is. one thing that really struck me that a young tanzanian told me, he was one of the first founders in 1991 and recently i asked them what it meant to him and his wife, and he said all of the usual things that changed the way she thought, that he realized he could make a difference and that it was important for him to try to make a difference, that he had met many inspirational people, that

he had a lot of fun and it helps to get him through her life, but then what he said what a really love of our roots and shoots is that i know anywhere i go in the world, even if i know, nobody, if there is a group our roots and shoots, i have my family. that to me is what it is all about. >> wonderful. part of the success is not just the young people, it is a very dedicated adults and educators who read these groups. tonight we will be acknowledging one of those in particular. would you like to talk about rick a little bit? >> key is a very special man. -- he is a very special man. this particular teacher is a very special man. and i first met him when the roots and shoots was first being introduced into the u.s. in

1993. he was teaching an alternative high school in connecticut. it was a school where many of the kids had dropped out. there are coming from dysfunctional families and a lot of violence and drugs and gangs. he told me deaths every night he was awaiting to be woken up nt might see someone committing suicide and might be able to counsel them. -- he told me that every night he was awaiting to be woken up and might seek someone committing suicide and might be able to counsel them. andmp she had been through a tremendous pain. i remember saying that he got through because of a love of his family and the fact that these students who we never thought cared would come and write him little notes and they would bring him food to eat and he was

so touched by how much they cared. he moved on, and helped us in tanzania and test and -- has mentored hundreds and hundreds of roots and shoots students. he is an incredibly special, amazing person. >> we have of video of america, all we also have him in person. you can never get too much of him. i would like to run the video. he is the winner of the award for excellence and education. let's run the video and then we will meet him.

[inaudible] >> jane goodall is my pasdied on the path of birds and shoots. it is an honor. [inaudible] this award means we have made things better. this means that we have reason for hope. this means that we're not alone. we all part of the struggroots d shoots program. i have always tried to be there for her and the program, even

when she has set me on double iassignments. we walk side by side and hand- in-hand, but always we finish in a circle holding hands with everyone we have met the believe doing is more important than just talking. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. rick asselta. [applause] >> he has already got his reward. you saw it in the home. -- saw it in the film. you can go and say some words.

>> i did suggest that next year has a cup so we can put some beer in that. [laughter] she neglected to mention that she saved several lives of children at the alternative school, because of the sadness of their lives. when jane came and said you are so important i'm going to be here for you not just once but over and over. she wrote letters to them and encouraged them. there is no better role model on this planet than jane. [applause] from my teacher's perspective, roots and shoots has an incredible amount of compassion, knowledge, action, and that has been the model that we follow because you can have all the

compassion in the world, but if you do not know what you're doing, you could really mess things up. not only has she met emotional needs, but she has met the educational needs and encourage young people to be the best they can be in every way you can think of. they do so much. -- thank you so much. [applause] >> so some of you were not watching college football this past saturday, you may have been watching the sundance channel. it was a great defense for us here at the jane goodall institute because it was an episode of them over the summer with jane and charlize therron. she had always been a hero of charlize. we thought it would be a tremendous opportunity to show

the world's a facility that we operate in condo. perhaps you can tell people a little bit more about this and we will talk about your building with chfilming withcharlize. >> all of the chimpanzees are there because their mothers were shot. some of the older chimpanzees, their mothers were shocked fourth allied animal trade and they were rescued froas pets, bt most come in as little the stems of of thebuse bush meat trade. this is made possible by the foreign lager companies going into foreign places and making roads. even if they practice sustainable blogging, taking out the big trees, they make their roads and along come the road

come the hunters. the issue of everything. -- they shoot everything. anything that they can track into the town where the urban elite will pay more for it than they would for a piece of chicken or coat. these little orphans -- in the old days they would shoot the mother along with the baby. that is your mail for the future. now it is the money so you shoot the mother and then what you do with the baby? i can still remember the first time i saw an infant chimpanzee sale in the marketplace. it is one of the saddest things i have ever seen. he was curled up in a tiny little keheap , and was sweatin.

i thought he was very close to death. i made the very soft greeting that you make very close up. to my amazement he sat up and reach out and touched my face. i could not leave him there, so fortunately the american ambassador enabled us to confiscate that baby, because it was against the wall. that little chimp is now in condo. -- congo. as i said, there are over 140 chimpanzee's there. we desperately are seeking funding to get them into better conditions on to the three islands we have been able to have the use of and pay the fishermen who were campaign there's a islands will be freed up. now we have to raise the money

for the infrastructure. it is desperately important that we do this, because the big it chimpanzees are able to escape easily from the electric fences. they are so clever. they can short it and put branches up. one is so clever he has had to be incarcerated in a dissent and enclosure because it is too unsafe to let him out. we did not let the film crew go pinto part of this sanctuary. it thought it would be really nice to meet the baby chimpanzees and go out in the forest every day and play. that is totally adorable. she melted. >> the equipment they have is

basically human playground equipment to play on. with the acquisition of these three islands we are able to get them as adding to live and play and pride in as chimpanzee should. we can put specific groups on that the island so they get along well and by size and attitude we can know who is there. chimpanzees do not swim, so it is a place where we do not need a fence around the area and yet we can have the veterinarians that we have and other staff go there in boats and provide them with the food and services they need. at some point we hope it will give people a chance to see chimpanzees in their natural habitat on these islands. it is something we're very excited about. i think a lot of people might be interested to know that although she and a crew or want to go back to the hotel, she and you hit it off so well she asked if she could camp with you in the

same camp area over night and just get a camera crews away and just sit and tell stories by the fire and get to know each other. i am sure there would be a lot of people curious as to what the conversations were when the cameras were turned off. >> we talked about her childhood a lot, because she grew up in south africa and grew up in a poor family. we exchanged stories because i grew at an up stanley where everything you had other is and what you needed was a treat. -- everything you had other than what you needed was as treat. we had a lot in common. she is very passionate about wildlife and anals. hoppeit was a very lovely eveni. she actually cooked the food.

it was not that wonderful. [laughter] it was some kind of cospasta. we tease her a lot, but everyone was hungry. [laughter] she had a fantastic film crew with her. everyone worked as a team. i hope this will really get the message out there that this is a place that really need help, but also we should make clear it is not just looking after the orphaned chimpanzees, it is also involved in many of the local people. we are definitely improving their economy. we buy all the food for the chimpanzees from the nearby villages. we have started a program like ours to take care program to improve their lives in different

kinds of ways with new farming mechanisms and helping to build schools and encourage the government to build roads. of course they're all very excited. there's no question that j.g.i. has made a difference in the whole area. we are not there just for the chimpanzees. and if we do not help the people, the chimpanzees will be continued to be killed. everything is interconnected. >> some people might be under the impression we can take them in and let them out into the wild, but that is not the case to go first of all, the chimpanzee in debt taken from its mother, you have to really make sure they learn how to behave like chimpanzees. they have to learn, because i like our children they are not born with the seventh instinct that tells them you go out and the bush and climbed the tree like this and fish for instance

like that. you interact with others in this particular way and this gesture means that. and have to learn. they learn by watching and imitating as well as trial and error. . .

in the meantime, these islands are a really good solution, for the moment. >> and that is why charlieze was very moved by the experience. you touched on that she is from the area, but she also has a group that she is involved in it there. you considered giving her an award tonight because she is the real deal. she really backs up what she says. she is very passionate about this and she is also willing to help us get the island funded and do other things. she can use her celebrity to

help us, and she has been a great friend to the institute. the reward -- the award she is getting is the award for responsible activism. she could not be here tonight -- i know my husband was very disappointed in that. [laughter] she could not be here because she is filming on location, but she did use a hand-held camera to tell you a special message. take a look. ♪

>> thank you so much, jane. hello, everyone. i am so sorry i cannot be there today, but i want to say thank you for this award to everyone at the jane goodall institute. i do not know that i am quite worthy. i just want to say that being able to spend a couple of days with jane and changed my life and has inspired me to want to do so much more with my african outreach program. i think we both have a great belief in this idea, and i think that this world be longs to the generation of youth, and that they have to start acting like it and take responsibility for it. jane, you are incredible. i love you so much. you are so much more than words can ever articulate.

i accept this award very humbly, thank you very, very much. [applause] >> we have a little friend on the table here, and people may not know the story of our little friends. could you tell it? >> i do not know if anybody noticed him. age. is mr. pa he is 15-years old. he is almost all -- almost bald because he is loved so much.

this was given to me by an extraordinary man named gary horn, one of my many heroes. perry went blind when he was 21. he was in the u.s. marines. when he was rehabilitated, he decided that he would like to be a musician -- a magician. people told him he could not be a good magician if he could not see. he said, i could try. he is so glad that the children do not know he is blind. -- he is so good that the children do not know he is blind. i have watched him. he is amazing. when he is finished with this act, he will turn to the children and tell them he is blind. he will say, things may go wrong in that your life, but you must never give up because there is always a way forward. he has done things like

skydiving and climbing mt. kilimanjaro. he gave me mr h. for my birth date 15 years ago. he happened to think he was giving me a stuffed chimpanzee. -- i haveen hemp's taken him many places and used him to teach. he told me to take him wherever i go because then his spirit would always be with me. he has been touched by 3 million people or more. i do not know how he has survived. most people are gentle, but not always. a rather boisterous style tried to pull his head off. there is a mark here. the if you touch hemp's

inspiration of gary horne rubs off. he is very special. he is my mascot. >> i the privilege of meeting him recently at the hampton film festival, where the u.s. premiere of jane's journey played. it is unlike any film i have seen before. it documents not only her history, but our present day, going from one location to the next and discussing her mission with people of all kinds, spreading the word. we do having c-span here tonight, and i wanted to thank them for coming here. there is no theatrical distribution afford james a journey, but if you go to our website -- for "jane's

journey," but if you go to our website, you can learn more about it. anything else about mr. h that you would like people to note? >> v h stands for hope. if i have a mission in life, it is giving people hope. if our children lose hope, there is no hope. without hope, why would you bother? what is the point? hope is really, really important. you could pretend to have hopes, but would anyone believe you? >> wonderful.

we have hope because of you. thank you. now, this is something i am really excited about. quite often when changes interviewed, she gets standard questions, but every once in awhile someone will grow in a zinger that we did not see coming. we have gathered together some of those questions and some she has never been asked before, probably. this will also give us a chance to see more of jane's humourin. i can tell you honestly that she is a riot. she has a very devilish sense of humor. started. ok, now i am in control. [laughter]

jane, who is your dream date? >> it is a bit like who would you have dinner with, isn't it? >> it depends on what your dream date is. [laughter] >> well then, my dream date, tarzan, of course. [laughter] [applause] >> you would slip in against that other jane. >> that wimpy jane. when i was 10, i was so jealous of that jane. i have to say that my mother saved up -- i said we did not have any money, but she saved movie ande me to a

after about 10 minutes i burst into tears. i said that was not tarzan. i had read the books. i have always turned it down hollywood movies. i have been approached before by hollywood wanting people like shirley's perron to be me. but i am me. -- like charlieze theron to be me. but i am me. >> what does jane goodall like to do for fun? >> fun is when you are really relaxed and can just be silly and tell stories. it to me, that is really fun. being back with my family, my

sister and her family, my son. you have fun when you are with family and good friends. >> what is your drink of choice? >> whisky. [laughter] [applause] >> sorry, i you call it scott. scotch whiskey. without ice. but a little bit of water. the other is coffee. >> i have heard that you have an interesting way of making coffee when you are traveling. >> i do. i like to be self-contained. when you travel 300 days a year -- often, hotel coffee is not very nice. it is wishing washy.

it is like drinking taea. so i like to take my coffee with me. we have coffee from the mountains. it is from above the hills in, africa. we have purchased this specialty brand and it has allowed us to give the farmers more money, more than they ever dreamed of, a fair price trade. that is why the farmers have now agreed to put their land in such a way that it is forming a buffer.

so coffee has done that. so, coffee is really important. but a king. -- but ok. unhappy coffee -- i have coffee and i put it into one of those boilers where the coils boil the water. coffee machines in hotels are afraid of being sued if they boil the water even though it would be your stupid fault if you got hurt. so then, you get your pantyhose, andyou put that in a couplup, you let it filtered through, and

the coffee is perfect after starring in it. and then you wash out to the pantyhose and you can put them on again. [laughter] >> always thinking recycling. the green mountain coffee is one of the select products we have deemed worthy of our version of the good housekeeping seal of approval which is the jane goodall good for all brand. it is only when the local communities are really benefiting from our partners being there, and i hope to see more and more. wholefoods market has been a big supporter of hours and carries quite a bit of our products there. it is nice to know that when you go in to buy something with the good for all brand, you are supporting us to some degree, we get it portion of the proceeds, but really the people on the ground. i want to ask you about cooking because i just heard about coffee. what movie do you watch when you

want to laugh? >> i do not often watch movies, let me say that. sometimes when i am in england with my sister or we watch movies. one that always makes me laugh is eddie murphy in the "trading places." it always makes me laugh. >> what was your most embarrassing moment while on a lecture tour? >> probably when we had one of the very first gala events and my mother, who is no longer with us now, i came over, and she had this very nice barrett. my mother never really had a waste -- she had this very nice skirt.

my mother never really had a waist. we were gathered around having scott together -- scotch together, maybe 10 of us, and we had pulled chairs around so that we could sit in a nice group and tell stories. when she got up in as grand a way as she could, she told us she was going to bed and as she walked away from us, her skirt fell down. if she had a nice petticoat underneath. [laughter] >> you are in great shape. what is your exercise regime? >> in no time. >> so how do you stay in such a great shape? >> seriously, giving a lecture

uses just about every muscle in your body. you may not move, but you're using your whole body to give a lecture. walking through airports, lugging cases. i try to go up the stairs in hotels. but these days, because of security, you go huffing up 10 at floors and then you cannot open the door. i try to walk when i can. we are in the same house where i was as a child. >> same house? do you want to tell people about that? >> it was a house that belonged to my grandmother. my grandfather became a successful surgeon and he bought the house. we got the house because of him.

it has a lovely garden. it has always had so many of the family in it that acit sometimes seemed too small. it has a nice garden where you can climb and see out about africa. it is where i would climb and do my homework. when i was told i had to have my tonsils out and i really did not like the thought of going to hospital, i climbed up to the top and would not come down. i did in the end. funnily enough, i never got my tonsils taken out because it was a polio epidemic. it was michael -- michy uncle wo

said that i had to wait because a sore throat is a very easy way for the polio virus to infect you. i was inspected when i lost my voice once from talking too much in lectures in your nose and throat specialist. he said, i see you have your tonsils out. i said, no, i never did. they are gone. they are not there anymore. [laughter] >> it is the coffee. [laughter] >> if you were stuck on a deserted island, who would you rather be there with, tarzan or doctor doolittle? >> we have already said tarzan, because he is my date. but actually, i would not be keen on either of them if i could not have a dog. that comes buyers. on my island, i will need to

have a dog -- that comes first. on my island, i will need to have a dog. dr. doolittle like animals because he could not deal with people anymore, so he would probably agree to have a dog. >> could you talk about your research? >> when i came to cambridge, i did not have a degree. i was told there was no time to mess with a bachelor's degree it. remember, i had not gone to college. i had to go for a phd. i had all of this information available, and i really did not know how to use it. i wanted to make dr. leakey proud of me. it was a pretty good shot to be told that i had done everything wrong, that chimpanzees should not have names, they should have

numbers. but i should not talk about personality or emotions because those are unique to us. it is eyeingery -- their i am , a very naive, but i aive, tere i am , very nice but i stuck my neck out because i remembered that my dog had taught me that animals do feel emotion. since there are college students here, let me tell you. i had a wonderful supervisor, one of my toughest critics at the start, who came to africa and said two weeks there told

him maurer then his life of research put together. -- more than his life of research put together. he met fifi to love to this little baby and always wanted to touch him. any time another animal approached, fifi would brush them away. he said she could not be jealous because i could not prove it. i was sure she was, so what should i say? he said, she gave in such a way that had she been a human child we would say she was jealous.

i used that same way of writing in the early days so that you cannot be pulled apart. there is nothing anybody can criticize in that sentence. [laughter] >> now we are going to switch gears a little bit and get serious. what was yours carious moment in the wild? >> -- your iscariots' the moment in the wild? -- your scariest moment in the wild? >> i was walking around a lake and a gentle waves came toward me. it was carrying with it a cobra venom.as note and i anti-

it kills quite quickly. the wave deposited it on my foot. i looked at that snake and it looked back at me. i kept completely still. i have not heard it. -- had not hurt it. another wave came and took it away. >> what keeps you up at night? >> a lot of things. cruelty to animals. the suffering of some of these people i have met, especially in refugee camps. unbelievable. i do not want to talk about it tonight because it is too dark, but just terrible, terrible things.

in the heart of this wealthy country, you have to utter poverty, hopelessness, helplessness. the same in canada. the hopelessness, at some point it is money. you need more money to do more things. you have to have more money. when you have a recession, it is tough. you know that. those are the kind of things that keep me awake. >> we have knowledge many of your heroes here tonight. is there one hero of all time to you? >> my mother. when i was 10, well, even before. when i was one and a half years old, and i do not even remember the story, i had taken worms to bed with me.

she told me that if i left them here, they would die, so we took them out to the garden together. when i went to africa to study apes and began writing books about them, people laughed at us. we did not have any money. africa was the dark continent. it was poison arrows and things like that. the worst, probably the most ridiculous thing above all about this silly dream of mine was that i was the wrong sex. this was what boys did. girls got married and perhaps were a missionary's wife or something like that.

it did not go to live with animals in africa. but my mother never lasted me. she would say if you really want something in -- my mother never laughed at me. she would say, if you really want something, and you work hard, you will find a way. she never said you will never achieve your dream. she said you must work hard and you must never give up. when i finally got the money to go, from a wealthy american businessmen, we got money for six months, british authorities were horrified at the thought of this young girl on her own going out into the potentially dangerous forest with these potentially dangerous wild

animals who could tear me apart. in the end, they said i had to come. it was really important. they said i had to public opinion. my mother volunteered. she came -- they said i had to have a companion. my mother volunteered. she came for four months. these days, you have sheets and mosquito nets. in those days, we had one tend between us with a piece of canvas on the floor. to roll up the side of the tent to let air in and that you also let in the snakes and spiders and things that mom was scared of. she would stay there all day while i was up in the mountains. she was amazing.

she was the world's most famous chaperone. she did not do a very good job, did she? we married anyway. >> or what is next for jane goodall in the next 50 years? >> growing roots and shoots. we need all of the schools in all of the countries. we only have 121 countries. i know rick is a busy adding a country in latin america, but we have not done so well in the middle east. there are countries where you know, because i know what roots and shoots does to help children in disadvantaged situations. we need roots and shoots in russia. we know that the program intends

and yet is bringing muslims and christians together. we need roots and shoots desperately in the middle east. we have got to grow roots and shoots, and of course we have to save not just the chimpanzees, but we have to work to help other organizations save rainforests across africa, and then we have to help all of the people because otherwise you never saved the chimpanzees. basically, what we have to do is change the world and may get a better place -- make it a better place. what is for me in the next 50 years? dying. [laughter] well, i mean, at the end of the next 50 years, i will not be here.

that is why it is important for the jane goodall institute to become a global organization. you have not been doing this for very long. you have a big job ahead of you. it is very lucky that we have this great team. the board -- it is an amazing volunteer organization. where are you? there they are. the board ended the staff -- board and the staff, i note staff people will stay much after other people go home and put their feet uppe.

the young people in roots and shoots, it is amazing what you all did. it is incredible. i get so tired, i hear it everywhere i go somehow. someone will say this when they are talking about youth. they will say, we have not inherited this planet from our parents, we have borrowed it from our children. that is not true, because when you barrault you plan to pay back. we have been stealing, stealing, and stealing. it is about time we do something about that. the young people did not make the mess. we've made a mess. we cannot expect to the young people to do it on their own. we need to guide them. we needed the elders. young people have the energy,

the commitment, the enthusiasm, and very often the courage, but we need to do it hand in hand. we need to reach out to more of the grandfathers and grandmothers and get their wisdom. so, basically everybody, we are in this together. none of us can do it alone. we all need to work together, to hold hands. what is so important for me, and what has gone wrong with the planet, is that we have lost wisdom. we are in a materialistic, consumer-driven society that started in the u.s., spread to the u.k., spread across europe, is going rapidly across asia. and you know, indigenous people

used to make a decision based on, how does the decision we make today affect our people generations ahead. so often, it is how does this decision affect me now, or how does it affect the next shareholders meeting in three months ahead. that is again and again why we are poisoning the planet, destroying the planet and destroying the future for our children. we are not borrowing of the planet. we are stealing. it is very important that we get involved, that we use our hearts and our head, and that we think about how the decisions we make every day will affect our children, their grandchildren, and all of them. >> before we end, i want to once

again thank everyone at george washington for having us here. we also have our friends from disney in nature year -- disney nature here, and we are going to be hearing some exciting things from disney nature in the months ahead. with that, we will let you ended the evening. >> i am going to do some pending. anting.it the singing pendi this is what chimpanzees do in the evening.

the first is a call for, who is out there. it is like [chimpanzee collall] which makes my throat a little sore. the singing panting, and i cannot do it very well is like oise].anzee nic it is very beautiful. >> dr. jane goodall. [laughter] [applause] [applause]

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> still to come, supreme court chief justice john roberts on the state of the federal judiciary and the history of the high court. then more about the supreme court with a panel discussion of the career and legacy of former justice john paul stevens. later, a look at a new book on u.s. education and ways to improve the american system. this afternoon, the peace corps director marks the anniversary of the agency and talks about the direction of the peace corps in the 21st century. he is joined by other directors at this event, held last month at harvard university. see it today at 6:40 p.m. eastern here on c-span. a cloudy, cool thanksgiving day

here on washington. president obama and his family are spending their second thanksgiving in office having dinner at the white house. yesterday, the president issued a pardon for two thanksgiving turkeys, marking the official start of the holiday weekend. >> this week marked the 47th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. we will speak with two former secret service agents whose job it was to proct the president on the events of that day, the copiracy theories about the assassination, and a new book. that is sunday night. >> this year's student camera video documentary contest is on at the theme of a washington, d.c. up load your video by january 20th. for all of the roles, go online

to studentcam.org >> and now, supreme court chief justice john roberts. he spoke last month in buffalo, new york, and entered several questions from students. -- answered several questions from students. this is an hour and a half. >> is that we are gathered here this evening to hear from the

chief justice of the supreme court of the united states is a testament to the renowned buffalo attorney. he did not attend this college, but his association predated our pre loss center and included a law de of service -- pre-glo center and included a decade of service grounded in humanities and the judeo-christian ethic. on the occasion of the announcement of the center, he outlined his vision of the education aspiring lawyers should receive during their undergraduate years. i would advise the student to become only a dry, parchment lawyer, concerned only with the preparation of the practice of his profession. a rich, cultural development through the medium of a liberal arts program is an essential part of a lawyer's education.

the man who introduced the chief justice this evening truly may be said to embody the qualities to which he hoped that future generations of attorneys would aspire. he received his bachelor of arts in english grandpa is this a school in 1964 and hisses -- in english from the school in 1964, and his degree in law from harvard later. he earned a ph.d. in anglo irish literature from university college in dublin. his literary interest and commitment to us led him to establish an endowment fed supports the contemporary writers series at the college and has allowed him to bring

literary figures to the campus. a member of the board from 1993- 1999, he was again elected in 2007, and is currently chair of the academic and executive committees. named a distinguished alumnus in 1999, he was given an award for his outstanding service in 2007. welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much. what a marvelous privilege and pleasure is to welcome chief justice john roberts. this college has been a rich

figure in the public imagination. this is a richly significant and memorable occasion. we are enormously grateful to the chief justice for the precious gift of his time and his energy. in an example of the way he approaches any task, his visit here has been deeply thoughtful and fully realized. it's as been to several glasses and met with any number of small groups -- he has been to several glasses and has met with any number of small groups in -- several classes, and has met with any number of small groups in fmerly. given his interest in education, given the fact that we are an

educational institution, and given how exemplary his own life is for students, we might approach them in terms of his life as a student. probably most of you know of his many achievements. when he was nominated to the court and to the chief justice position, many people felt that given his many achievements, that it was almost inevitable that he would be the chief justice. he had been a brilliant student at harvard college, harvard law school. he had served for a circuit judge in new york, often a stepping stone to prominence for many lawyers. he had served as associate justice rehnquist. he had been a counsel to the president. he had been deputy solicitor general of the united states and represented the united states in the supreme court. and a partner in a washington

law firm where he was widely thought to be the best supreme court advocate in the country and he had been a judge on the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit, which is just across the capital from the supreme court. but did he know when he was a young student toddling off to st. bernadette's that he would reach the site -- a these heights? was it something about the way he used his college years that brought him to the distinction of his public life? we know a few things about his college life that are perhaps instructive. we know that he was a liberal arts major, specifically a history major. we know that his paper on the

thoughts of daniel webster won a prize for undergraduate excellence in english composition at harvard. we know from that paper that he was a writer of enormous importance. we know from that paper too that he was adept at finding ideas to gather -- together with the phrase inspired by daniel webster, the court of mutual patriotic affection. as a writer put it, he grows most eloquent when he describes

a man of character, a disinterested and sell sacrificing man of wisdom. in retrospect, we note that that young student manifested the same qualities that he admired, identified and wrote about in daniel webster. it is a great pleasure to present to you a man of character, a disinterested, self-sacrificing men of wisdom -- a man of wisdom, the chief justice of the united states and a native of buffalo, john roberts. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you.

thank you for that very warm welcome and for that excellent introduction. i will now live up to my part of the bargain. please purchase joe's book. [applause] operators are standing by. i had the good fortune of living in buffalo in my early years. i understand it was just designated as one of the best cities to raise a family. i remember it being pretty good back then too. the steel business took my family away from buffalo to indiana when i was in the second grade.

but i had learned enough even as a youngster to know that even the buffalo is a city of all seasons, is best to visit in october, not january. on october 19th, 1789, our first chief justice took the oath of office. he was a new yorker and he presided over the court for 30 years and had very few cases. he resigned his post as chief justice in favor of what he considered a far more prestigious position, governor of new york. i do not know if you make the same decision today. [laughter] i would like to take this opportunity to thank the president of the university for making this as a possible. thank you for the opportunity to have a public discussion with my former partner. discussions between judges and lawyers, practicing lawyers, are

often a delicate matter. i remember a story that was told of an english court room where a lawyer was arguing before an english judge. he began by saying, my lord, i have three arguments today. one is a winner for my client. the second is evenly balanced. if my, my way. it might come out my opponents way. the last argument is utterly frivolous. the judge said, well, by all means, begin with your strong argument. the lawyer said, uh, by no means do i intend to tell you which is which. [laughter] i would like to give a few remarks about the supreme court and our new term which began in october. the first day of term, the first monday in october, is always an citing day. this one was different from the

past 33 years because associate justice john paul stevens was not on the bench. 33 years. think about that. for the life of all of the students here he has been on the court. he decided to retire last spring at the age of 90. we all miss him greatly. he was an extraordinary public servant and patriot. at the same time, we are delighted with our new colleagues, just as elena kagan. -- justice elena kagan. her presence on the court is historical. for the first time, the court has three womenn the bench. she joins justice sotomayor and justice ginsburg. there is one other item of history i would like to mention. this month marks the 75th anniversary of the supreme court building.

most of you have seen pictures of the building or hopefully have a chance to visit it. it is a beautiful court house that sits immediately opposite the capitol in washington, d.c. but the court did not convene there until 1935 when the institution was already 146 years old. before then, the court always got the short end of the stick when it came to government housing. the court's first, was in new york city. the first congress occupied federal hall while the supreme court took up residence on the second floor of the merchants' exchange building above a in bustling marketplace. that meant, in effect, that the court was burst above a shopping mall. when the capital moved to philadelphia, congress gave its members quarters exclusively for their use.

the court shared space with the mayor's court. when there was a conflict, the supreme court got bumped. when the government moved to washington, congress provided the white house for the president and the capital for itself. now, everyone knows that our constitution established a system of government with three separate independent branches. they secured thomas for the -- homes for the executive and legislative branch. congress next during the to providing a building for the patent office. they neglected to provide a building for the supreme court at all. the court took up residence in the basement of the capital and met there for half a century, including the entire tenure of the great chief justice john marshall. that small, very dark courtroom was the forum for the arguments of daniel webster and henry clay.

during that time, a new york newspaper said that, "a stranger might traverse the dark avenues of the capital for a week without finding the remote corner in which justice is administered to the american republic." the supreme court moved to modestly higher quarters in 1860 as new states were added. the senate chamber became too cramped and the senate move to a more elaborate chamber upstairs. the court moved into the old senate chamber. it was better lit, more spacious, but the justices still lacked a place of their on. when former president william taft became chief justice, he took up the challenge of securing for the court a building of the sun. he had considerable stature, in every sense of the word. he was our largest president and our largest chief justice. once it was said that he gave upper -- caught up in a trolley

car [unintelligible] but he had more than mere physical stature. he used his influence to get congress to approve a the supreme court building project and appropriate the necessary funds. he died before the building was completed in 1935, but i am sure he would be very pleased with what the team of artisans produced. his successor observed that the majestic building, in form and function, symbolizes the national ideal of justice. one of the court's great advocates said that the supreme court now has, "a permanent home that in beauty and dignity is worthy of the institution it is designed to house."

not everybody agreed. some of the justices dissented. an associate justice called the building almost bombastic the pretentious and wholly inappropriate for a quiet group of old boys such as the supreme court of the united states. he said it was like the temple of karnak, and suggested that the justices ride into it on the back of the elephants. my colleagues and i feel very privileged to work in this beautiful building. we feel an even greater honor to have the responsibility of carrying out the important work of the court. we face an interesting and busy term this year. as you know, we select our cases from thousands of petitions that are filed each year. so far, we've selected 62 cases to review this term, enough to fill our argument calendar through january. we select more cases as the year goes on. while it is too early to

predict, i expect we will year between 80-90 cases this term. we have also made some 21st century innovations. we have updated our website which now includes an interactive calendar of what cases are being argued and besides presented in those cases. we have posted oral transcription of arguments -- opposed the transcripts of oral arguments on the same day that the case is argued. there is no reason for you to not be completely up-to-date on everything that the court does. it is probably a good time for me to sit down and begin our conversation. before i do so, i would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for the wonderful welcome, for making me feel so at, and back,. thank you very much. -- at