ourding chairman and guiding spirit, elie wiesel and our guest president, bill clinton.r from them shortly. looking out into this crowd, i feel inspired and hopeful. i am inspired by the many young faces. some are descendants of survivors or veterans. many are not. they are here not because of a family connection but because they recognize the importance of our mission for the future their role in it. the museum's motto is "what you do matters." we know from the holocaust that it is the actions of young people who are the change agents in any society that will shape the future. some of my most powerful memories are breaking my three teenage children through the museum and being part of that transformative experience with them. like all kids, they like technology. they realized technological progress must never be confused with moral progress. here they confront profound truths about human nature from the awful to inspirational. here they are prepared along with millions of other young people for their moral responsibilities in an increasingly uncertain future. to guide t

[applause] rebecca will present elie wiesel with his pin. [applause] >> earlier today all of our survivors, veterans, and rescuers received their pins from washington area students. will the survivors with us in the audience please stand to be recognized? [applause] thank you. please be seated. now all of the veterans please stand. [applause] thank you. please be seated. on behalf of all of us here today, we pledged to never forget and that we will carry your stories into the future. thank you. [applause] >> please welcome elie wiesel, founding chairman of the united states holocaust memorial museum. [applause] >> president clinton, my fellow survivors, and all of you who were here, in truth having witnessed the solidarity of people who went through the worst of human imagination we have heard voices that are appeals to hope and generosity in our lives. that is the message. it is important. we believe it. it is an indictment. oferrible indictment leadership in those years. it is very hard for me to name names, but i must tell you in all sinc

. >> this weekend on c-span, bill clinton and elie wiesel mark the 20th anniversary of the holocaustuseum in washington, dc. saturday. at a: 30, from houston, the national rifle association's annual meeting with an array executives. -- nra executives. although to be, your questions for the world turns upside down author, melanie phillips live in politics, war, history, religion and culture as we start a series with british authors for it on c-span 3, the birmingham race riots, part of american history tv, saturday at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. -- at 8 p.m. >> the columbia university journalism school held a news conference in the after -- aftermath of the cynical school -- sandy hook school shooting. coming up next, a panel focusing on social media and bad information in the wake of these incidents. this is just over an hour. hi, everyone. welcome back to the afternoon session where we will talk about social media. we have a great deal to discuss, not just about sandy hook but also last week we had a number of lessons that we will be discussing as well. joining me today, i am delighted , a se