i am jonathan salant washington correspondent and a past president of mccloskey. daniel patrick moynihan of new york wrote more books than most candidates had read. today's guest former house

i am jonathan salant washington correspondent and a past president of mccloskey. daniel patrick moynihan of new york wrote more books than most candidates had read. today's guest former house speaker newt gingrich has written even more books than senator moynihan but remember there are more house members then there are senators. speaker gingrich is to talk about his latest book sublight. he will speak for 20 minutes and then take questions from the audience before he signs the book. proceeds from today's event benefit the national press club journalism institute the club's nonprofit journalism training. before we begin please turn off for silence your cell phones. i would like to acknowledge the members that they headline team responsible for organizing the event and if you are in audience please stand be recognized. lisa matthews, roy rousseau beale pierced frank masson no and staff liaison lindy underwood. thank you all. [applause] i first met speaker gingrich 40 years ago at a town hall meeting he was holding outside atlanta. cuomo never did run that speaker gi