. >> calle kathleen turner. she is star in a one-room show about fire brand texas columnist molly i don't have answer. welcome and it is great to have you. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> so molly ivan, someone you knew very well. >> not very well but i did get to know her. we had a lot of crossover in terms of causes and political beliefs. and riches, one of her dearest friends, livered in my building in new york where i live. so we would run into the two ladies in the lobby and they would say well, you just kill them with this. i would say i guess so. >> well, and -- you know, to cover the political culture in texas, those -- yeah. at that time throughout her very many years. i covered president bush who would be the object of her stinging commentary. >> do you mean shrub. >> that's right. >> that was molly's name, yes. >> what drew you to this project? >> well, i think -- more than anything, the character of molly ivans. she was a woman with great humor but incredibly knowledgeable about the political p

. >> that's kathleen turner. in "red hot patriot." we'll sit down with the actress we'll sit down with the actress right here in our studio anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. >>> you're watching "news 4 midday." >>> tonight the republican national convention will culminate with the biggest speech of mitt romney's political career. the former massachusetts governor will accept the party's nol nation and attempt to introduce himself to millions of americans who will be watching. the cro will be primed by former florida governor jeb bush and rising star of the republican party,

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be sure and stay tuned after the program with the special press pass, with kathleen turner. >> all rightay for most college students but for one maryland teen his freshman year started in one unique way. he wrote if he was admitted he would walk to school. he was admitted, so he had to walk almost 400 miles from baltimore to connecticut, and he says his parents signed off on the stunt and the trek actually prepared him for his first time at yale. >> it clears your mind and it's a reset button. a lot of people are using the trail as a reset button, and for me that's what i am doing, too. >> he is thinking of majoring in music, and he says the trail taught him to make a plan. >> he will think twice about saying -- let me throw that out there and see if anybody bites. >> hopefully he will not be dragging his stuff for his dorm. [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. thick, scrumptious, and more protein than those regular yogurts. are those almonds i see in the corner thingy? caramelized almonds i think you'll find. well, who wants ordinary run-o

>> kathleen turner. >> thank you so much for joining us. stay safe in tampa, and hopefully the storm doesn't affect you too badly and we appreciate your time. >> thanks. >>> and we will be live at the republican national convention down in tampa, and we will have the latest on the gop as they look to retake the white house. nbc 4 will also have live coverage of the democratic national convention. that's in charlotte next month. >>> and the highlight of the democrat convention next month, president obama's speech. lines wrapped around an obama campaign office as staffers handed out ticket in the past few days, and many waited in line for 12 hours to insure that they have a ticket for next month. >> i have a chance to support barack obama who we are hoping will stay president. >> would it be worth eight hours? >> yes. >> campaign staffers won't say how many tickets are available, but you can be sure every one of these 74,000 seats will be filled at bank of america stadium next month. >>> the world says good-bye to one of its greatest explorer

on september 6, kathleen turner will discuss reproductive rights and on september 13, james t. hoffa will discuss defining patriotism and the american worker. i would like to present our guest with our famous national pressu club mug. [laughter] the last question is how you think the perception of nuns of change in the u.s.? >> we probably should write a thank-you note to the vatican for shedding of a different light on this. with every challenge, there is always a blessing on the other side. there have been so many blessings already associated with this particular crisis. one of them has been to draw greater attention to the work and where we have come from since those stereotypic days, how we have far gone to the margins. we are grateful for that. we are grateful to the media for that. we are grateful for the thousands of lay people, men and women in consecrated life, who have written to support us. we are not perfect. where challenged all the time by your example. we are challenged to think more as you confide in us the complexity of your lives. there are blessings. i do not

september 6, kathleen turner, actress, will be speaking at the press club. on september 12, tony perkins, president of the family research council will be talking about a number of things in addition to the horrible shooting that happened at his office in chinatown. very last question goes to the gentleman in the back. >> i'm interested in finding out to what extent for-profit schools are a factor in primary and secondary education? are they an increasing presence and is there data comparing their performance to public and other non-profit schools? >> right now we are seeing for- profit schools largely out growing and extending through the charter school sector, about 35% of the nation's charter schools operated by because education management associations. half of them are for-profit and half of them are non-profit. states where there is larger concentrations of nonprofits, they tend to perform better. states with high concentrations of for-profit schools tend to perform less well. the research on a for-profit schools, and after depend on what they say, the

september 6, kathleen turner, actress, will be speaking at the press club. on september 12, tony perkins, president of the family research council will be talking about a number of things in addition to the horrible shooting that happened at his office in chinatown. very last question goes to the gentleman in the back. >> i'm interested in finding out to what extent for-profit schools are a factor in primary and secondary education? are they an increasing presence and is there data comparing their performance to public and other non-profit schools? >> right now we are seeing for- profit schools largely out growing and extending through the charter school sector, about 35% of the nation's charter schools operated by because education management associations. half of them are for-profit and half of them are non-profit. states where there is larger concentrations of nonprofits, they tend to perform better. states with high concentrations of for-profit schools tend to perform less well. the research on a for-profit schools, and after depend on what they say, the

corps will discuss the role of marines as america's price of response force and on september 6th kathleen turnernned parenthood board about tickets will discuss reproductive rights in the state of women's health and on october 2nd, psychiatry arne duncan come u.s. department of education will be here. second, i would like to present the guest of the traditional national press club mud to use the scores for low-calorie beverages. [laughter] and the last question traditional hospital food has been regarded as being pretty terrible, bland and uninspired. do usable patient food and any advice for in the hospital system's? >> i sampled patients' food every day at lunch. [laughter] and thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would also like to think the national press club staff including the journalism institute and broadcast center for organizing today's event and finally here is a reminder you can find more information about the national press club on our web site. also if you would like to a transcript of today's program please check out our

kathleen turner, actress and chair planned parenthood word of advocates will discuss reproductive rightson september 13, james p. hoffa, president of the brotherhood of teamsters will discuss protecting america and the american workers. second, make to present our guest with our famous national press club mug. and the last question is, how do you think the perception of nuns has changed in the u.s. cannot always pictured is holding rulers of of looking stern? [laughter] >> we probably should write a thank you note to the vatican for setting a different light on women religious. and you know come with every challenge the result was a blessing on the other side. there have been so many blessings already associated with this particular crisis as some might see it in a real nice. one of them certainly has been to draw greater attention to the work of women religious, where we've come from since those area to pick days, how well educated women are, how far we've gone to the margin to work with the unserved in the underserved and were very grateful for that. i think as i said in my opening rem