i would also like to thank former local 38 trade coordinator dan kennedy.s the training coordinator for 35 years. we want to thank you for your contributions over the years. i am not sure if he is here today, but dan kennedy, thank you. i would like to also thank tom. he did a great job in san francisco and in santa rosa. thank you, tom. a special thanks to district 36 council trust fund for learning us the money to build the school. without them, this would not have happened. i want to recognize the trustees. i think they are all here. is bob jennings from local 246. bill taylor from local 422. steve macarthur from local 62. mark molinar from 228. frank, lew, mac, scott, and james wilson. i have to tell you. if we knew was legal to borrow money from other unions, we would have done it a long time ago. we will be back. [laughter] i also want to thank global 38 board of trustees for all their efforts in making this a reality. i will introduce them. i am the chairman of the board. all of the other labor trustees are steve jennings, bill read ardon, and others

lloyd benson comes up with one of the lines that we will remember for all time when dan quail mentioned jack kennedyas he'd done on the campaign trail, and he had a line saying i knew jack kennedy, he was a friend of mien, and you're no jack kennedy. there's dispute whether it was a prepared line. it sounds like it to me. >> guest: well, it sounded like that to me. unfortunately i could not talk to lloyd benson because he was ill by the time i got around to it, but in public statements he made to reporters after the debate when he was asked whether or not that was a prepared line, he said, no, no, no, no, it just came to me. however, the folks around benson later said, well, we heard him say this before. in other words, we had heard him say something about john f. kennedy before about the experience thing. that was the point that he had more experience in congress and in government than john f. kennedy did when he was elected president, and 10 they were ready for this, and i think we just have to leave it to here again to two different views of what happened. >> host: talk about the negotiations tha

course lloyd bentsen comes up with one of the lines we will remember for all of time when dan quayle mentioned jack kennedy as he had done on the campaign trail, and he had a line saying i knew jack kennedy he was a friend of mine and you are no jack kennedy. there is some dispute whether that was prepared line. it sounded like one to me. what is your -- >> guest: it sounded that way to me. unfortunately i was not able to talk to lloyd bentsen because he was ill by the time i got to it, but in public statements that he made to the reporters after the date when he was asked whether or not there was a prepared line he said noted just came to me, however, some of the folks around benson leader said we heard him say this before, in other words we heard him say something about john f. kennedy before about the experience thing. that is what he had more experience in congress and government than john f. kennedy did when he was elected president said they were ready for this and we have to leave it to hear again to the two different views of what happened. >> host: talk about the negotiations that go into, and i k

[laughter] several years ago, senate press gallery watching dan quell intan kennedy greet each othernd they gave each other these big hugs in their faces are so far apart and they are laughing and groping in their hands are revving up and down each other's backs and grinding away there. get a room. i don't want to see this. [laughter] another story atoll, which is a bit of name dropping. i'm going to a hotel in boston and bill clinton comes out of one of the elevators and starts praising me for a column i had written praising him, which was particularly an astute column. as he is talking, people see them in the lobby and he starts backing that said they cannot hear what he's saying. within a few minutes, he's like 80 feet away, but just talking to me and just embracing the crowd. another case i was following mitt romney around while campaigning the last election cycle. he was campaigning in new hampshire with his five perfect sense, the, chip, rip and dip. and so he goes into an exciting diner and goes to the tables of introducing himself to the families and asking where their friend

[laughter] several years ago, senate press gallery watching dan quell intan kennedy greet each othernd they gave each other these big hugs in their faces are so far apart and they are laughing and groping in their hands are revving up and down each other's backs and grinding away there. get a room. i don't want to see this. [laughter] another story atoll, which is a bit of name dropping. i'm going to a hotel in boston and bill clinton comes out of one of the elevators and starts praising me for a column i had written praising him, which was particularly an astute column. as he is talking, people see them in the lobby and he starts backing that said they cannot hear what he's saying. within a few minutes, he's like 80 feet away, but just talking to me and just embracing the crowd. another case i was following mitt romney around while campaigning the last election cycle. he was campaigning in new hampshire with his five perfect sense, the, chip, rip and dip. and so he goes into an exciting diner and goes to the tables of introducing himself to the families and asking where their friend

[laughter] several years ago, senate press gallery watching dan quell intan kennedy greet each otherthey gave each other these big hugs in their faces are so far apart and they are laughing and groping in their hands are revving up and down each other's backs and grinding away there. get a room. i don't want to see this. [laughter] another story atoll, which is a bit of name dropping. i'm going to a hotel in boston and bill clinton comes out of one of the elevators and starts praising me for a column i had written praising him, which was particularly an astute column. as he is talking, people see them in the lobby and he starts backing that said they cannot hear what he's saying. within a few minutes, he's like 80 feet away, but just talking to me and just embracing the crowd. another case i was following mitt romney around while campaigning the last election cycle. he was campaigning in new hampshire with his five perfect sense, the, chip, rip and dip. and so he goes into an exciting diner and goes to the tables of introducing himself to the families and asking where their friend in

they remember for all time and dan quayle as he had done on the campaign trail and he had a line saying i knew jack kennedy, jack kennedy was a friend of mine and we all know jack kennedy. now there is some dispute about what it was prepared line. it sure sounded like one to me. what is your -- >> guest: it sure sounded that way to me. unfortunately i wasn't able to talk to lloyd bentsen because he was killed by the time i got around to it. but in public statements he made to reporters after the debate when he was asked whether or not that was the prepared mind he said no, no, no, it just came to me. however, some of the folks around been centiliter said well, we have heard him say this before, in other words, we have heard quayle say something about john f. kennedy before about the experience and the point that quayle had more experience in congress and in government than john kennedy when he was elected president. and so inveigh were ready for this. and i think we just have to leave it to come here again, two different views of what happened. >> host: talk a little bit about the negotiation that goes int

dan rather, brit hume and frank sesno. the joint moderator marvin kalb harvard kennedy school of government professor to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the september 11 the tax. hosted by george washington university from the national press club this is about one hour. >> from the national press club in washington, d.c. this is the kalb report with marvin kalb. [applause] hello and welcome to the national press club and to another edition of dhaka kalb report i am martin kalb and the program tonight entering 9/11, the day and the decade. the pull from the pew research center says that 97% of the american people, 97% can tell you where they were and what they were doing to with a first of the september 11 terrorist attack on the united states. people my age that a certain vintage can even remember december 7th, 1941 the day that the japanese attacked pearl harbor the assassination of president john f. kennedy is another one of those clear critical moments in american history. it is often said that 9/11 changed everything. maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration but it changed a lot. it was a defining moment in american h