. >> on oakwood newsmakers" john larsen, chairman of the democratic crisicaucus. he looks at paul ryan as the gop vice-presidential candidate. sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> actress kathleen turner serves as the chairman of planned parenthood board of advocates point she spoke thursday about women's health issues and reproductive rights at the national press club. this is one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is theresa werner and i am the 105th president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our profession's future through our programming and events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at www.press.org. to donate, please visit press.org/institute. i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's events. our head table includes guests of our speaker and journalist for club members. if you hear applause in our audience,

coming up next, "newsmakers" with connecticut senator john larsen. followed by vice presidential campaign events, first with paul ryan at 6:30. then vice-president joe biden. tonight, a couple of rallies as presidential and vice- presidential candidates campaigned across the country. first, congressman paul ryan from friday, campaigning in a truck parts and equipment co. in nevada. he is followed by a vice- president joe biden who spoke at a high school in portsmouth, ohio. of vice presidential campaign rallies starting at 6:30 eastern and daring again at 9:30 eastern on c-span. >> i'm just angry. it is offensive to have people take on a position of public trust and an abuse it. to do it in such a way as to almost the thumb their noses at individuals. this is bothersome itself, you can tell that to me. i'm a journalist and my job is to do you do that you do what you do. but they turned to their supporters, people who really believe that and say the government is lying, they're out to get me. they're doing it because i'm black and they'ry

i am chairman john larsen, chairman of the democratic caucus, america's caucus.st and always, i'm the oldest son of ray and pauline and what -- one of eight kids. i grew up in a federal housing project in east hartford, conn. my dad worked as a fireman at pratt whitney aircraft were conn steelworkers and the best machinists in the world built the arsenal for our nation's democracy. when i asked my dad why he worked so hard every day, he would say got to keep that eagle flying. keeping the eagle flying was more than a metaphor for building the most dependable aircraft engines in the world. it was about pride, the pride of a people who make things here in america. about the dignity of a fair wage for a hard day's work, about being able to send your kids to college, about getting good medical care and a secure retirement. about building a better future, not just for yourself, but for your country. it. fdr'sfdr -- it is what called of the warm courage of community. for more than 40 years, my mother has faced multiple sclerosis. more recently, congestive heart failure

diana degette of colorado, and john larsen are some of the speakers in the first hour, then president of the afl-cio, richard trumka, senators patty murray and charles schumer, and representative emanuel cleaver of missouri will be speaking in the 6:00 p.m. hour. in the 7:00 p.m. hour, nancy pelosi, tom vilsack, barbara mikulski, education secretary are the darkened -- are the duncan are some of the speakers. in the 8:00 p.m. hour, steny hoyer, philadelphia and their michael nutter. chris then holland, sandra fluke, and the governor of delaware will be speaking in the 9:00 p.m. hour, and then finally elizabeth warren, running for senate in massachusetts, and former president bill clinton will give the nominating address this evening for barack obama. then there is the traditional roll call of states. that is coming up, with gavel- to-gavel coverage on c-span radio and c-span.org. we have been talking about the role of first ladies. we have a new series beginning on c-span on the first lady's early next year. here is a preview. [video clip] ♪ >> if we turn away from the needs of others