a park with, it is a world war i commemorative element located in it. the pershing memorial is tucked away in the lower right corner of that photograph in the southeast corner of that site. securedt of the park is from the street. it is elevated. there are 10 or 12 foot grass earthen berm's topped by stonewalls on that corner of the park. to the passerby, there's nothing inviting about the park. there is nothing that says world war i or pershing memorial. there is nothing that draws you in. the two sides of the park accessible to passersby are the western edge at the far edge of where the memorial element is. as you look in the park from 15th street, you don't see the memorial component. on the north edge, there is the taxi stand and a line of parking spots that service the willard and other restaurants and hotels. it is very uninviting to passersby. there is nothing that draws you in. the second drawback to the current site is it is a history lesson more than a memorial. you see this wall. that has two very good maps and nice narrative text about the involvement of

pershing park, where referred -- where we proposed to establish editorial is sort of the last of the great memorials in the city, erected to john j pershing. after the civil war, many around the country established memorials to those who died and fought in their wars for stop -- in their wars. there is the statue of the confederate soldier on washington street in old town alexandria here. the d.c. war memorial is a local memorial to world war i. it was not until the 1970's that we began thinking in terms of national war memorials, and not to the generals, but to the common soldiers in our nations capital. the vietnam veterans memorial is a game changer in memorials in this country. a memorial on the mall to the everyday soldier who fought and died in that war. we have been backfilling ever since after the vietnam veterans memorial. then came the korean veterans memorial and world war ii. now here we are talking about world war i. the difference with world war i is there is no littering -- no living constituency. the last living veteran of world war i passed away at the age of 110. the

pershing park, where referred -- where we proposed to establish editorial is sort of the last of ,he great memorials in the city elected to john j pershing -- erected to john j pershing. aroundhe civil war, many the country established memorials to those who died and fought in their wars for stop -- in their wars. there is the statue of the confederate soldier on washington street in old town alexandria here. -- war. more memorial memorial is a local memorial to world war i. not until the 1970's that we began thinking in terms of national war memorials, and not to the generals, but to the common soldiers in our nations capital. the vietnam veterans memorial is a game changer in memorials in this country. a memorial on the mall to the everyday soldier who fought and died in that war. everve been backfilling since after the vietnam veterans memorial. then came the korean veterans memorial and world war ii. now here we are talking about world war i. the difference with world war i is there is no littering -- no living constituency. the last living veteran of world of i passed away at the

the proposed location is pershing park in washington, d.c. currently, the park is a memorial -- site is immoral to general pershing. introducedion legislation to congress that passed in the house but is awaiting action in the senate. this event from the national press club is about 45 minutes. >> welcome to the national press club. we are fortunate to have mr. edwin fountain discuss the world war i memorial. my name is tony gallo. i am your moderator. i am with the national press club. memorial e eisenhower now. that has been going on for years. we have no idea when the eisenhower memorial is being built. we have several of the but not a world war i memorial. therefore, there is much excitement about this project.

park sales also hurt attendance. the decline as much as seven percent of the year. in anckman raising money ipo this year. more firepower to invest. this offering would enable the hedge fund pershing square capital management to raise funds that could be fully invested and not at risk of investor redemption. those are the top headlines. back to you. >> thank you. now to the latest on gaza. getting word hamas has agreed to accept a 72 hour extension of the cease fire agreement that would have expired at this hour with israel according to tv in gaza. the latest that you are hearing on negotiations and reports of rocket fire this evening? >> good. the palestinian representative in cairo, the main negotiators speaking a few moments ago have said hamas has agreed to a five day cease-fire extension. 15 minutes ago, quarter of an hour before the current cease-fire was to end three rockets have reported to land in israel. no casualties. an earlier rocket and our half ago that were confirmed by the israeli defense forces. very unclear whether this cease-fire will hold. whether the israelis will respond. and whether the five day extension will hold, we will have to wait and see. >> you spen