of the associated press, mr. gary pruitt. \[applause] >> thank you angela. and i want to thank the national press club for inviting me today and i want to thank them for the really cool cupcakes they put together with all the logo through the years of a.p. i think it's really artfully done and deliciously done. for those of you who don't want your cupcake, bring it to the a.p. table. i'm sorry for those of you watching online on c-span that you're not going to get those cupcakes. but before coming here today to speak, i thought it would be a good idea to get a sense of how the seizure of a.p.'s phone records by the u.s. department of justice was affecting our reporting. and what i learned from our journalists should alarm everyone in this room and i think should alarm everyone in the country. the actions of the d.o.j. against a.p. are already having an impact beyond the specifics of this particular case. some of our long time trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us even on stories that aren't about national security. and in some ca

god love local newspapers, but the associated press is worldwide. when countries around the world and press agencies around the world heard that the united states government was doing this to the ap and they were shocked and surprised. we received it an enormous outpouring of support. there were surprised that the united states government could do this. i was surprised, a little surprised, that it became such a major story. i am pleased that it did. i hope it will act as a preventative for future actions from the justice department. >> the next question is about how to better engage and mobilize the public? you say that they are engaged. but everything is fleeting. the questioner notes calls and arrests from the "guardian" and "washington post" reporters. how do you keep the story at the forefront of public attention? >> i know some of the polls show that this is not resonate with the public like the irs scandal the irs will resonate with everyone in a different way. but i think it is important for the media to point out how this affects the people.

in the rosen scandal and his department spying on as many as 100 reporters and editors at the associated press. his letter read quote, it is imperative that the committee, the congress and the american people be provided a full and accurate account of your involvement. the white house press secretary, jay carney today, who has been caught in a number of misstatements and contradictions of his own, if not outright lies, today claimed that holder's testimony was truthful and that president obama still has the utmost confidence in his attorney general. not all liberals agree with the president. prominent left wing scholar and george washington university law professor jonathan turley wrote a scathing op-ed in today's "usa today" . he called holder the president's quote, sin eater, while calling for his firing. this follows calls in the left-leaning huffington post for holder to go as well. the department of justice reacted by reaching out to washington, d.c. bureau chiefs of major print and broadcast organizations to set up a meeting with the attorney general to talk about changes to the doj's gu

philip elliott with the associative press and peter schrader with the hill. >> not a year ago we were talking about keeping the interest rate set by congress. now there looks like a proposal from the president to hit the ten-year treasury note. you want to extend the interest rates and keep them low. how much of this current

regrets the breadth of the rosen and associated press inquiries. an official department of justice statement read quote, the a.g. realizes that things might have gotten a little out of balance, and he wants to make changes to be sure the rules fully account for thbalanc between the first amendment and law enforcement. no exactly a bouquet of roses extended by the attorney general. for more on the white house scandals a whether wcan expect accountability from this administration, radio talk show host mica crowley, fox news digital politics editor, chris steinwald. thanks for being he. monica, let me beg with you. this reaching ut to the press by the attorney general, if there were ever a clearer act of dedesperatn, what could it be? >> well, it's hard to find one, right? so far he's offered his quote, remorse and now he's offering face time to reporters to try to puout his side of the story. it's a little late for that. this attorney general is reay up to his eyeballs in a whole range of scandals. his answers have not been forthcoming. there's no tr

nor did it appease the associated press which said, quoting now, a.p.tified be our phone records were seized. shep? >> doug mckelway in washington for us tonight. lawmakers on both sides of the i'll has very tough words for the leaders of each branch of our armed forces today about the growing number of sexual assault cases in our military. make no mistake. sexual assault is a national disgrace. the military people expect set and uphold the hhest ssible standard of conduct. y, the militaryis failing to meet that expectation. came to me and said heroman daughter wanted to join the military and could i give my unqualified support for her doing so. i could not. pentagon reports. skyrocketed from estimated 19,000 victims in 2010 to 26,000 victims in 2012. of course, those are only estimates because officials say thousands of victims still will not come forward. and tot the new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand has introduced a bill that would take away some authority from commanders to de which cases should go to trial. most of the military top bra

philip elliott with the associative press and peter schrader with the hill. >> not a year ago we were talking about keeping the interest rate set by congress. now there looks like a proposal from the president to hit the ten-year treasury note.

instead of their official government e-mail accounts and the white house is defending it the associated press says that the practice of having multiple e-mail addresses to separate internal x. journal correspondence complicates the office's legal responsibility to hand over e-mails under open records qwest the a.p. says that they have identified secret e-mail accounts from government officials including secretary of department of health and human services kathleen sebelius the associated press sifted through hundreds of government e-mails received through the freedom of information request but the organization was unable to find any material turned over from the secret addresses white house spokesperson jay carney acknowledged the e-mail practice and said it wasn't a big deal take a listen. this is a practice consistent with prior administrations of both parties and as the story itself may clear any for you request or congressional inquiry includes a search in all of the e-mail accounts used by any political appointee so the answer is all of this information is provided having alternate e-mai

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associated press seek could through freedom of information. -- foi.ut we have always accounts. >> i will take the prosecution. -ou: this is an administration that president of the united states said he would insist if there is a close call it goes to openness. >> there is no excuse for our government. we're paying these people, our government employees with alias e-mail addresses for public internationaltion things that should be recovered under foia,. lou: in a have not had a response to include those secret e-mail accounts. >> ladies and gentlemen, of the jury, if they said these e-mail, counts were created for purpose of hiding it for you, they would be created in a gmail acount or yahoo! account, these are government accounts it said lou d, and lou dobbs gets junk mail. and lou d gets -- >> let's talk about lisa jackson, alias e-mail, richard wins lar? >> it is -- >> let me interject. >> don't, this is the best part of the day. lou: let plea ask a simple question. what is the difference between a government account, separate from official account,

phone records that were taken from twenty general should the associated press the folks rose of fear as well and let's not forget that the obama or more whistleblowers have been prosecuted under all other presidents of the second world war combatant so the future is another so in that case the future is looking bright for whistle blows is it bearing in mind what you just said and also we think you're innocent you still hold up in the ecuadoran embassy manning now facing this trial but what is the future for the likes of you know it's well listen all of us that tend to just stop wizard mode because those in power they have corsi that. in our modern age it is easier to submit information to the general public so we can use all or all the platforms that are similar. it will not stop with the rose there will always be great people there to filled with the right ideas and feel that sometimes they need to break the rules to get information out to the people because that people have the right to know and. i don't see that this is a serious that was swiftly blown or in general and it's. seei

even the associated press admits there is no evidence that mr.hat karkoc had a direct hand in war crimes, end quote. my father was never a nazi. >> reporte9: still, the a.p. says it sticks by its reporting and the u.s. department of justice will only say it looks into all credible allegations of nazi crimes. if this is found to be credible, finding mr. karkoc in court would be a long process. a very long process. he would have to be denaturalized, deported, they tried in either germany or poland. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. >>> our thanks to miguel for that report. let me bring back in paul callyn. we are clearly at the outer limits. so much time has passed. how would you go about proving something like this so many years later? >> very difficult. it's not without precedent. i was looking at some of the older suspects. germany extra dieded someone who was 86 years old. germany and poland have very long, you know, statutes of limitations, but the problem, of course, i have is in proving it. where older war criminals have been convicted, they

. >> the associated press intentionally and maliciously defamed our father. >> reporter: the associated he lied about his military service when he entered the u.s. in 1949 waj in charge of the nazi directed division when it nearly wiped out the population of a polish town. even the associated press admits there's no evidence he was directly involved in any of it. >> to quote ap, records the not show he had a direct hand in war crimes, end quoáe. my father was never a nazi. >> reporter: the ap says it sticks by its reporting and the u.s. department of justice says it looks into all credible allegations. if this one is found to be credible, trying him in court could be a long process. >> very long if the charges mover in. he would have to the denaturalized and tried in germy or poland. >>> home price, mortgage rates both on the rise. why now is the time to lock it? >>> jay-z making a big announcement "uring an nba game. he's offering up his 12 albums for free. we'll explain that, next. everyone's retirement dream is different; how we get there is not. we're americans. we work. we plan. am

especially organizations like the associated press.get a story that we think might cross that line. we will approach us or them. are we going to compromise a source here or get an asset killed? and based on their word we h hold on to a story and hold back information. we are citizens too. we don't want to get anybody hurt. that is the irony here. >> ron, thomas, thank you both very much for being with us today. >> thank you governor. thanks for having me governor. >> it was great to talk to them. but it is also important that americans understand that this is not about the press. this is about the freedom of every american. and it needs to make you angry enough that you don't let it rest and don't look at this as an issue that the only people that need to be worrying about this are the news organizations. you are not going to know what they are doing in washington and it wan do whatever it wants to do to us. not just for us. while the controversy continues to surround this administration, last week the president is hanging out on the j

which always comes from "associated press." first question was what do you think about what does the president think what do you think about what the white house reaction to what edward snowden did. he, of course, is the young man working for booz allen hamilton who revealed the facts of the nsa data collection program phone records and internet transactions revealed that to "the guardian" and to "the washington post." jay carney had his stock answer ready, the same answer we heard last week when we tried to get jay carney to comment on what the justice department had done to "the associated press" and what the justice department had done to fox news reporter james rosen. here he is. >> there is, obviously an investigation underway into this matter. and for that reason, i am not going to be able to discuss specifically this individual or this investigation. >> bill: will not discuss anything about edward snowden. wouldn't say anything. kept coming back over and over again to that classic dodge yesterday. that's all we got out o

widespread surveillance program to snooping on journalists we have seen scandal after scandal today associated press gary pruitt spoke at the national press club about the chilling effect all of this has had on the media some of our longtime trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us even on stories that aren't about national security and in some cases government employees that we once checked in with regularly will no longer speak to us by phone and some are reluctant to meet in person now the government may love this i suspect they do . but be where the government didn't love secrecy too much as the justice department violated its own rules in obtaining some pain does according to the justice department's own rules are supposed to make these searches narrowly drawn and they're supposed to notify news organizations before obtaining or seizing their records pruitt says neither of these things happened in this case so this was an unprecedented intrusion into a piece of news gathering records we had never seen anything like this before and it was an intrusion by government off

>> reporter: this was the reaction the associated press got at this modest house in minneapolis, home to an alleged nazi war criminal. news that stunned neighbors. >> wow, what a background. it's a shocker. >> reporter: he is michael karkoc, 94. an associated press investigation shows that karkoc was a top commander in a unit led by the nazi ss, accused of burning villages in the ukraine and killing dozens of women and children. karkoc came to america in 1949, lying to officials on this questionnaire, telling them he never served in the military. since then, he's lived openly in minneapolis, raising a family, and serving as a leader in the local ukrainian community. reports of his dark past only came to light because of an amateur nazi hunter over in england who stumbled across the information and tipped off the a.p. when confronted by the a.p., all karkoc would say was, quote, i don't think i can explain. he may have to. experts say he could be deported to face trial for war crimes. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to dan harris tonight. >>> now to the frightening scene

the reporters that are covering the associated press are top-notch reporters, reporters for corporate news outlet but they are top-notch major powerful news outlet and top-notch reporters but they were targeted because they were getting too close to stories the white house did not want in public domain and what they would do not what journalists are supposed to be doing. when you have official leaks, there is wiki leaks and white house leaks and that is what they want you to be told because it fits their political agenda. john brennan is out major league responsible for so much bs flooded after the osama bin laden rate and rejected everything because it was false and journalists are taken for a ride every day by this white house and those the independent and ask questions there ils of being intercepted and internet survivors are provided with national security letters and phone records being seized. i have no love in my heart for fox news but what they did to this reporter james rosen is shameful where they try to criminalize the process of being an actual reporter. this sent a chill

the associated press wanted to report that there was danger to commercial airliners after a period of danger had passed and had been working with the government and the government didn't want that to be distributed to the american people. there are instances when we have denied transparency and we should have it. >> and look i'm not going to defend the obama administration. i will defend the intelligence community and i do think that we got to as we examine this, look, i'm soive rod up about -- i'm so revved up about the irs and james rosen incident and benghazi i can't see straight. but we got to divorce the actions of the white house and the actions of the political figures inside the administration from the great work that is being done by the intelligence and law enforcement communities to keep this country safe and we have foiled plots since 9/11 using tools like this. i don't have any specific operational awareness of this program but i would be he cautious about lumping what the administration has done on the other instances, the irs, the ap, james rosen, and benghazi with this

secretary of defense of to the department of health and human services kathleen sebelius the associated press sifted through hundreds of government e-mails that they received through the freedom of information request but the organization was unable to find any material turned over from a secret or us is white house spokesperson jay carney acknowledged the e-mail practice and said that it wasn't a big deal take a listen this is a practice consistent with prior administrations of both parties and as the story itself made clear any for you request or congressional inquiry includes a search in all of the e-mail accounts used by any political appointee so the answer is all of this information is provided having alternate e-mail addresses for cabinet secretaries and other high profile officials makes eminent sense. he went on to say that even if he has a separate government e-mail address of his own internal dealings so now that the practice is out in the open what does this mean for the future of government transparency the freedom of information act request are a powerful tool for citizens to le

a startling associated press investigation claims a man who lived in minneapolis for decades was once a top commander of a notorious ss unit. >>> and the royal family riding in style this morning to celebrate the queen's birthday. with her due date fast approaching it just might be the last public appearance for the duchess of cambridge before giving birth. today, saturday, june 15th, 2013. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> lester is enjoying the morning off. >> nice to have you with us this morning. >> so happy to be here. yeah. if those allegations are true in minneapolis that is a wild story. >> it's a lot to digest as people are waking up this morning as we talked briefly about in the open this ap investigation that a man living for decades in this country may be a former nazi commander. we'll bring you more on that story. we're also very closely monitoring what is happening in colorado. firefighters are working there around the clock to k

"associated press" within 90 days of taking the records. it didn't initially notify the ap because, quoting here, the potential target could become aware of the investigation and seek to destroy evidence, create a false narrative/=- or otherwise obstrt the investigation. its an explanation that may not apiece republicans on the hill, however. >> shepard: doug in d.c. senator john mccain says he cannot fully support somebody's daughter joining the u.s. military. one of the strong statements from lawmakers taking on the problem of sexual assault in the fighting forces. >> perhaps the clear is sign yet that syria is gassing it's own citizens. that's ahead. >> shepard: sexual assault and harassmentç could destroy the fabric of the u.s. military like a cancer. that's the word from none other than the army's chief of staff. one of the top military leaders at a historic hearing on capitol hill. theç first time that out six of the joint chiefs of staff testified before congress at the same time. and many of them did not agree with the proposal to

especially organizations like the associated press. when we get a story that we think might cross that line. we will approach us or them. are we going to compromise a source here or get an asset killed? and based on their word we h hold on to a story and hold back information. we are citizens too. we don't want to get anybody hurt. that is the irony here. >> ron, thomas, thank you both very much for being with us today. >> thank you governor. thanks for having me governor. >> it was great to talk to them. but it is also important that americans understand that this is not about the press. this is about the freedom of every american. and it needs to make you angry enough that you don't let it rest and don't look at this as an issue that the only people that need to be worrying about this are the news organizations. you are not going to know what they are doing in washington and it wan do whatever it wants to do to us. not just for us. while the controversy continues to surround this administration, last week the president is hanging out

the associated press when it's attacked the d.o.j. for going after a bunch of its reporters phone records now as a response to the a.p. the o.j. scandal there was a lot of outcry both from lawmakers and also from media outlets and the media has very specific protections when it comes to what the government can and cannot obtain but the public doesn't write oh well the public still has protections against what the government can and cannot obtain so the horse amendment the patriot act the electronic communications privacy act all of these statutes in the constitution protect the public against unreasonable searches by the government so all of this information that is coming out in this very slim still there's still a lot of things that we don't know what are the most pressing issues that you want to know about. who watches the watchman here it seems like congress was asleep at the wheel there's a committee of congress that's supposed to be overseeing the n.s.a. the foreign intelligence surveillance court is supposed to oversee the n.s.

next, leaders an associated press ceo talks about the government's seizure of telephone records. after that, and discussion of prayer in public schools. >> on wednesday, congressional leaders along with the vice president joe biden honored for two donuts -- frederick douglass. it included john boehner and nancy pelosi. and mitch mcconnell. washington d.c. delegates eleanor holmes norton and ms. nettie washington douglass, the great great granddaughter of frederick douglass. this is over in our. , thedies and gentlemen speaker of the house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to emancipation hall. this a proud day for all americans especially so for the leaders and the residents of the district of columbia. we have long labored to see this day,. we offer you our gratitude and congratulations today. [applause] the man whose statue we are gathered here to dedicate today was in the minds of many of the including abraham lincoln, one of our greatest americans. he is depicted here today standing by a podium giving

of american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> in a recent national cap ring, associated press ceo gary pruitt discussed the justice department's seizure of the news agencies phone records and outlines ways to protect against government interference. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, and welcome to the national press club. my name is angela, and im a reporter for bloomberg news and a president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future while fostering a free press worldwide and at home. for more information about the national press club please visit our website at www dot www.press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide welcome our speaker today. our head table includes guest speaker and working journalists who are club members. you hear applause in audience i note that members of the general public are also attending so it is not lack of journalist objectivity. i'd like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. after our guest speech concludes we'll have a question and answer

the attorney general expressed regret but did not apologize for snooping on a hundred associated press reporters and tear on james risen. lder claims of commit to change the guidelines for ending leaks and backingng the media shield law although the first amendment is the alternate medishield law and the i.r.a. scandal tonight lighting and fox has confirmed theeirs has told a house o.p. investigators they're looking at 88 employees who may have documents relevant to do that targeting investigation. also aeport by the irs taxpayer advocate service findshat adoptive parents were improperly rgeted in 2012. 90% o taxpayers who claim the adoption tax credit were flagged for further review a 70% going through leas a partial audit of thr returns. the presidentrosed to hold people accountable but our fox affiliate reports the man who designed many of the intimidating letters was actual promoted. former tax-exempt organizations specialist specialist, bumped up to a supervis irs agent meanwhile deal on the administration tries to divert public and media attention from number of scandals now surr

and overbroad subpoena for associated press records and james rosen e-mail accounts an phone records, that's when democrats starts to get a little queasy and theonger he is therend republicans can continue to demand his dparture the more uncomfortable democrats will become. charles: president obama must realize he has become such an extraordinarily lightning rod every time his name comes up in the press is always in a negative manner. >> there is that, but remember this, it is a complicated thing for the president, president obama doesn't have very many people who have en around and have mucwashingttn perience. eric holder is an old hand in shington dating back to a key role in the obama administratioo. he knows his way around this town, he has a lot of friends on the inside. the other thing that is important is just as eric holr may discomfort some on the left and what he did with the department of justice and the porter records, he is also a hero too many the left for his efforts to try to try accuse terrorts for his very gressive civil rights unit at the agencyso the president wil

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electronic surveillance of phone calls and the internet and will be joined by a reporter with the associated press to discuss the recent article about how washington investigates itself. she will look at the relative power of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. "washington journal" is live on seized on every day at 7:00 eastern. -- is live on c-span every day is 7:00 eastern. the senate appropriations subcommittee on defense this morning, we will hear from chuck hegel and general martin dempsey. our live coverage of this hearing on the 2014 budget request as and cspan 3 at 10:00 eastern. >> the name of this place still resonates with the shuddering in a rigid with the shuddering in the hearts of the american people. more than any other name connected to the civil war instead of lincoln, gettysburg reverberates and americans retain the knowledge that what happened here was the crux of our terrible national trial and even americans who are not sure precisely what transpired on these fields of know that all the glory and all the tragedy we associate with the civil war pre

the administration seized the phone records of associated press reporters and the e-mails of fox newsames rosen. president obama said he made no apologies for seeking a crackdown on leaks. >> weeks related to national security can put people at risk. it can put men and women in uniform that i have sent into the battlefield at risk. they can put some of our intelligence officers who are in various dangerous situations easily compromised at risk. i make no apologies and i do not think the american people would expect me as commander in chief not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them killed. >> a new investigative report has unveiled the administration's crackdown expands beyond high-profile cases like snowden or the associated press to the vast majority of government agencies, even those but no connection to intelligence or national security. >> for nearly two years, the white house has waged a program "insider threat." it targets government officials that leaks material, and beyond places like the national security agency and pentagon,

. >>> now the pentagon is said to put women in combat and according to the associated press, women could be training as navy seals and under the plan there could be one common job for each. opening combat roles, more women will be able to advance their careers to senior ranges -- ra nks. >>> new surveillance video of a robbery on muni, they are looking for two girls both under the able of 15. >>> good morning, highway 4 looks good coming up to the grade, we will tell you more about the bay area weather and more traffic straight ahead. . >>> welcome back, it is now 4:40, new videos and leaders posing for a group photo this morning, counterterrorism, including efforts to stop kidnapping in africa an actions against tax haven. yesterday they had a one-on-one meeting with vladimir puntin to try to find common ground on syria. >> we do have different perspectives on problems but we share an interest in reducing the violence and procuring that they are not used for the subject corporation... >> after the summit, president barack obama is off to germany for a two day visit. first lady michelle

the president's justice department confiscated phone rec the "associated press,because they reportedeasury department uses the irs to target political opposition, thedent's health and human services secretary, pressures the insurance companies. she is supposed to regulate to mote obama care, which is the same law she uses to force citizens to pay for abortion-inducing drugs against their religious liberties. mr. speaker, the president's honesty, indianapolis, vens fullness and lack of moral compass lead many to suggest he is not fit to lead. the only problem is