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the president and c.e.o. of national public radio, vivian shuler, on the future of public radio. also analyst jane goodall's interview marking her 50 years of the association with "national geographic." . . >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the loss angeles world affairs council. it is my duty tonight, and i am happy to introduce our guest for this evening. when national public radio went to look for a new chief executive officer, it led rapidly to control of the evolving digital world. the selected a career media executive with plenty of experience in both old school journalism and new age technology. in its effort to meld traditional information distribution and cutting edge technology, in pr selected a savvy executive with an understanding of both old school and digital camps. vivian schiller was a top official at the most traditional of all right wing media, "the new york times." she managed that new media entity, the largest newspaper website on the internet. that is a major accomplishment. earlier, mrs. schiller spent four years as senior vice president and g

the president and ceo of national public radio. vivian schiller talks about the future of public radio and addresses the recent firing of juan williams. >> back on october 20, we terminated the contract of one of our contractor, part-time news analyst named juan williams. i suspect everyone in the room has heard about this particular incident. he was a contractor who was a part-time news analyst and we terminated his contract under the terms of the agreement. the circumstances around that were unique. there was a lot of chatter about the reasons that we did it. you did not hear this from me. there are a lot of assumptions made about all we did it and what happened. the fact is, all i will say, because it is not my practice nor is it appropriate to get into personnel decisions, so i will say that the circumstances were unique. there was a series of incidents over time. these are all things that i said before, and so we terminated his contract. that is all i want to say specifically about the matter. certainly you know that what followed was really a tsunami of media attention and opinion and a lot of commentary, all over the map. did we expected

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up, the president and ceo of national public radio on the future of radio. then the ethics of war with speakers from france, england, israel, and the u.s. service academy. tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at what to expect from the incoming 112th congress. then, the assistant secretary of state and chief u.s. start negotiator on the latest efforts to announce a new start treaty with russia. later we will chat with bruce fleming about his new book. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. now, a look at some of the newly elected governors. republican rick schneider one michigan's election with 58% of the vote. then, in oregon's race, the democrat won with 49% of the boat repeating republican chris dudley. he will take the seat of the former governor who is a term limited. >> this weekend we will talk with two former secret service agents whose job it was to protect john f. kennedy on the events of that day. the conspiracy theories about the assassination and the new book. that is sunday night on "q&a". >> now, a discussion with the president and c

on global food security and poverty. also, president and c.e.o. of national public radio on the future of public radiothics of war with speakers from france, england, israel, and the u.s. service academies. on this week's road to the white house, former arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate mike huckabee in des moines, iowa, at an event sponsored by the evangelical group family leader. he zutches the results of the 2010 elections, including the ouster of three state supreme court justices who opposed banning gay marriage. here's a look. >> it was an historic election. and not just for iowa. but for all of the country. and i want to be very candid with you tonight. there was a lot of anxiety that many of us in other parts of the country had as we watched the goings on here because one of two things would happen. if the pundits proved true, and there was a strong pushback against the conservatives of the state of iowa, and the judges had been retained, as sort of a way of saying they can do anything they want, and there will never be a penalty for their ignoring the will and wishes of the pe

one of the court's most controversial decisions. for the next two saturdays, listen to the argument as 6:00 p.m. eastern on cspan radio, in washington, d.c. at 90.1, nation wide on xm radio. and at c-span.org. >> more than 90 soon-to-be members of the house are arriving in washington for freshman orientation. a short time ago, the 21 members of the team held a photo opportunity led by congressman greg walden. >> do you want to put your recorder's down here? >> we would love to >> you can get quality audio and do you want your recorder's down here? >> we want to hear review have to sectariasay. there we go, there we go. are we ready to go? i want to thank all of you for coming in today. we have a terrific his transition team. we met last night for a couple of hours. we will meet most of today. our goal is to look at how we can make the u.s. house of representatives more open, more transparent, more accessible to the american people, public, the press, and does in terms of how to improve legislative policy. job number one is creating jobs and how we can get after reducing deficit spending. it is really important that we get input from all of our members and a broad cross-

one from arab. thank you for joining us today. [applause] >> tonight, a discussion with the president and c.e.o. of national public radio. talking about the future of public radio and addresses firing of ron williams. >> back on october 20, we terminated the contract of one of our contractor part-time news analysts named ron williams. i suspect everybody in the room has heard about this particular incident. he was a contractor, part-time news analyst and we terminated his contract perfectly under the terms of agreement. the circumstances around that were unique. there's a lot of chatter i guess about the reasons that we did it. you didn't hear those from me. there are a lot of assumptions that are made about why we did it and what happened. and the fact is, although i will say, it's not in my practice or nprs, nor do i think it's appropriate to get into decisions around personnel. so i will say that the circumstances were unique. there was a series of incidents over time. these are all things that i've said before. and so we terminated his contract. that's really all i want to say specifically about the matter. but certainly, as you know that what followed was

national public radio failed. the house democrats were able to block the move without the voting on the proposal. you may recall that republicans became outraged at npr after the radio network fired fox news contributor juan williams for controversial comments he made. >>> and on the hill, republicans have blocked a bill that would have extended jobless benefits for people out of work and they are said to expire december 1st and is expected 2 million people will lose them bite end of the year. the democratic proposal would have extended them through the end of february. >>> the military's don't- ask/don't-tell policy is in limbo right now. a group of senators said it's -- its committed to repeeling the policy. earlier, joseph lieberman spoke out. >> the reality is that the movement to end the injustice of don't-ask, don't-tell is alive and whether well and we're going to keep fighting in the spirit of the more military until we get the job done. >> the repeel of don't-ask, don't-tell, would allow gay service members to serve openly in the military. the provision is included in the defense authorization bill. some members say they won't vote for it until they see a p

the arguments at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span radio, in washington d.c., a nationwide on ex-im channel 132, an online at c-span radio. >> the national transportation safety board, one in five licensed drivers will be age 65 or older. next, a portion of a forum on aging drivers and efforts to make a road save with an aging population. this panel is to 0.5 hours. -- is 2.5 hours. >> i encourage you to interact with the board members during the break. welcome to the board room. we begin a public forum on safety, mobility, and aging drivers. many of you are familiar with the safety board's role in the transportation tax and determine the probable cause of accidents. the safety board also has the opportunity to bring leading experts together with the goal of understanding safety risks and identify solutions. we are convening this public forum to explore the safety issues relating to 18 drivers and to discuss possible strategies to prevent and reduce accidents, injuries, and fatalities within this growing possible -- population. america is aging. baby boomers are into their middle years. people on average are living well into their 70's,

the parent organization of national public radio after fiscal 2012. according to the republican whip's youcut website, national public radio, n.p.r.'s recent decision to terminate juan williams' contract because of comments he expressed on another station has brought new found attention to the receipt of taxpayer fund. they receive direct government grants from various federal agencies, including the corporation for public broadcasting, the department of commerce, the department of education and the national endowment for the arts. over the past two years, this direct funding has totaled approximately $9 million. but n.p.r. also receives taxpayer funds indirectly. the corporation for public broadcasting makes grants to public radio stations. while some of these grants can be used for any purpose, some can be used only to acquire and produce programming. often, this programming is purchased from n.p.r. indeed, programming fees and deuce paid by local public radio stations to n.p.r. accounts for approximately 40% of n.p.r.'s budget or about $65 million last year. a portion of these funds were originally federal taxpayers provided to the corporation for public broadcasting to the local public radio stations. n.p.r. receive

the bill press show, coming live coast-to-coast from a radio studio here on capitol hill, washington, d.c.. our nation's capital. and going out to you live coast-to-coast this morning both on the radios and on c-span, c-span2, and we welcome all of our friends joining us maybe for the first time here on c-span2. if you have you onboard. talking about the big issues of the day. this section we go outside the beltway because we devote the next half-hour to your calls. and the telephone number of cores, 866-55-press. unlike c-span, actually where you don't have to know three different telephone numbers. they make it so complicated over on c-span. and then you also have to identify yourself as a republican or an independent or democrat. i mean, we are more egalitarian here at the bill press show. we have one number, 866-55-press. welcome your calls. and what i want to ask you today is really whether or not the president should try to compromise with republicans. is that the message of tuesday? he seems to indicate that's what he took away. you he was wednesday at 11 a.m. news conference which i attended in the east room of the white house. >> i told john boehner and mitch mcconnell last

the nation from cbs. listen thome all on c-span radio in the washington, d.c. area, on your iphone, on xm satellite radio 132 or online at www.hbo.com/boxing. -- c-span radio.org. >> when they give up power, even though they may give it up for principled reasons, it will be hankered for a moment. >> the final installment, edmund morris examines the final year of t.r.'s life. tonight at 8:00 on q&a. >> along with our coverage of the miami book fair this weekend on book tv, watch "afterwards" with john dour. -- dower. get the entire weekend schedule at book tv.org. from barack to george washington, learn more about the nation's presidents online at the c-span video library. biographies, interviews, historical perspectives and more. searchable and all free. it's washington. your way. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back to c-span michael shear now with the "new york times." he's the lead writer for the caucus. this is what the website looks like. relatively new venture for an old newspaper. guest: right. we're trying to amp things up. politics is playing more online more than ever t

radio. on you ripho -- on your iphone, satellite radio, or online. >> it is harmless to make a start out of britney spears or cher. when one takes the notion of starting out into the national security realm, then lives are -- of stardom into the national security wrong, then lives are at stake. americans get wise. in that amount of time, case and may harm -- chaos and mayhem may come to reign. >> derek leebaert will critique several foreign policy leaders tonight on "q&a." >> this weekend on afterwards hamilton.er nigel he profiles several presidents. he is interviewed by richard norton smith. that is this weekend on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our sunday roundtable with gail russell chaddock and susan page. thank you for coming back. we want to talk about speaker pelosi and speaker-to-be boehner. let's talk about the congress piggy can see a lot of red in the flyover parts of the country. still a lot of -- let's talk about this congress. you can see a lot of red and fly over part of the country. still a lot of blue on the edges. guest: they made some changes. it is talk about democrats been reduced to the party of the coasts. it is a real turn of eve

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