a baptist church in jengen town held its fifth annual luncheon. dr. preached there decades ago and the pastor told nbc 10 today's event gave the church a chance to explore the work of dr. king and recommit to his dream. >> to think about the unfinished work of social justice to make sure that as a church we are relevant in the world and we are also inviting for all kind of people. >> the theme of this year's luncheon was the eternal flame. >>> well some young people from around philadelphia got to see a special screening of "thelma" for troododay. it is about the march from montgomery to another city as part of the civil rights movement. >>> the new year may mean a new look for your home. and the place to go is the philadelphia home show. it opened today at the pennsylvania convention center. and the show highlights the latest trends in remodelling, decorating and gardening. you can find experts to help teach you a thing or two about creating your perfect home. >> people want to make the home they have their dream home but they want to do it affordabl

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first of all, i would like to remind you about our upcoming luncheon.n january 27, chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission will speak about the challenges her agency faces to maintain the reliability of the nation's electricity grid and reasonable prices for consumers. next, i would like to present our guest with the traditional national press club mug. and the last question, on a lighter note, you and your wife laura sterling were known to have taken to the stage while you served as president of colby college, literally. you both appeared on stage in a scene in a musical "annie."

this is the socioeconomics luncheon welcome yoga. i have a few announcements, a fewfewdiscretionary announcements and then it will be my pleasure to announce and introduce our speaker. a cle attendance sign up sheet for the session is located at the rear of the room. if you scientists sheet the aals will verify your achievements at the program for cle purposes. please refer to the sign up sheet for more details. the aals also want you to know we value your feedback. please take a minute to complete a section of evaluation form that you were handed when you walk into the room and please leave it with the student proctor at the door. so those are the announcements. a few discretionary announcements. this is the 20th year of the aals section on social economics. founding forum in 1996. we are dedicated to a set of principles, that time 120 law teachers and 50 member schools of the aals signed it and our dear guest speaker, terry o'neill, now president of n.o.w. was a founding member of that. she has a long history in the nation. i'm not

we caught up by chance at a new york luncheon event for the ann romney center for neurological diseases. i'm on the board and have multiple sclerosis, so that was my connection. that brought me to the earlier planned event. and on this unusual group of events, that brought me to asking the romneys this simple question. what made you bow out and are you comfortable with that decision? their answer in just a moment. >>> first, we told you this would happen. just because you spring doesn't mean you're not going to still be bumping into 'em. to jennifer griffin on the real down low on gitmo. >> senator lindsey graham says the released detainees traded for sergeant bowe bergdahl met several months ago with membered of the haqqani group and this time u.s. officials have evidence that one of the so-called taliban five under house arrest in qatar made axroéáí telephone call to afghanistan to the taliban, the pentagon says the five have not return to the battlefield. >> i would hasten to remind it was because of the process we have in place, and the strong relationship that we have with the gove

of the united states capitol visitors center and co-organizer of this luncheon.irector of the smithsonian american art museum and guest of our speaker. washington bureau chief for the "buffalo news" chair of the speaker's committee and former national press club president. skipping over our guest of honor for the moment, amy henderson, historian america of the national portrait gallery and co-organizer of this luncheon. thank you, amy. thank you again, nick. philip lewis, vice president of the andrew mellon foundation. director for present information at the austrian embassy. george thompson, president of thompson and associates. [applause] this year marks the 50th birthday of the national endowment for the humanities, an independent federal agency that is funded by taxpayers. our speaker today has chaired the organization since mid-2014 and we hope to hear the plans for marking that anniversary. like its sister organization the national endowment of the arts, it has had shared its share of politically charged controversy over the years. those cultural debates ha

the "new york times" wrote there's going to be an unusual charitable luncheon so mitt romney and anny are going to be at the new york luncheon, fundraiser with chelsea clinton and her husband, that's an unusual coupleing. >> that's right, after mitt romney made attacks against hillary clinton yesterday in mississippi. they are going to do a chair charitable lunch with the romneys. we'll see some bipartisan support there. >>> ruth, what about the timing of hillary clinton, she may not roll this out any time soon she could even wait until july. >> what's the rush? she's announcing she's running against who? there's -- she's in a terrific position once she announces there will be sort of more demand for campaign schedule less opportunity to make those very lucrative speeches. but anybody who doesn't think at the top of bill clinton's bucket list is running again via his wife and helping her get elected president, doesn't know bill clinton. that's what he was doing on rachael ray. he's thin now, it wasn't for the food. >> ruth marcus thanks so much. amy, your guestimate or reporting on w

this is the luncheon. i have a few announcements and then it will be my pleasure to introduce our speaker. the sign-up sheet for the session is located at the rear of the room. if you signed this sheet the als will verify your attendance at this program for cle purposes. please refer to the sign up sheet for more details. we value your input. take a moment to look at the evaluation form and please leave wit a opportunity. a few discretionary announcements this is the 20th year of the section on socio-economics. if you account the forum in 1996, we are dedicated to a set of principles at that time 120 120mented your guest speaker is a founding member of that. i'm not going to take a long time to describe soesh y'all economics but i can describe the essence in a couple of sentences. the second principle is good news to some. you cannot do economic analysis. pauses such as those would be much more readily achievable and we are there is a fledgling organization called the society of social economists. you can

television and newspaper interviews at a high profile luncheon in sao paolo promoting brazilian tourism to the us a meeting with afro-brazilians about their concerns and how us diplomats can help. and visiting a mural at the consulate that used soccer to connect american and brazilian children. in the capital city of brasilia the ambassador visited the casa thomas jefferson, a school where brazilians young and old are learning english. >> i understand fully becausetive same challenge with portuguese. >> she met with brazil yan youth ambassadors in a program designed to advance the relationship between the two countries. ambassador ayalde also convened an informal lunch gathering with women working at the embassy. >> brianna powers: we try to inspire women that work here support them and build a network. >> brianna cari: we have 47 female employees and 400 mission wide, so we are a pretty significant percentage and seeing women at the top of our profession like ambassador a audioy is really an inspiration. >> liliana: i tell other women, young females that want to talk to me about what a

first of all i'd like to remind you about our upcoming luncheon on january 27. chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission will speak about the challenges her agency faces to maintain the reliability of the nations electricity grid and reasonable prices for consumers. next, i'd like to present our guest with a traditional national press club mug. and the last question, on a lighter note, you and your wife lauren sterling were known to have taken to the stage while you served as president of colby college. literally. you both appeared on stage in a scene in a musical "annie." do you have a special love for broadway musicals and can we expect to see you on one of washington, d.c.'s many theater stages? [laughter] >> i know as to whether we'll appear in washington on the stage, i know my wife is hoping very much not. we will not be appearing on stage. she humored me. she was a musical theater actor for much of her early professional life and has a wonderful talent and great voice. she put up with me, as we did "annie" and a piece from "guys and dolls" and

. >> i went to a luncheon in 2004 glass decided i raised my hand to ask a question. he called on me. and this is 2004. the question i asked him was if the congressional budget office had used dynamic scoring for the tax cuts in 2001, how much lower would the deficit be today? which is the best economist joke. people were rolling on the floor. >> we should back up and tell the audience more about the subject, which is probably why they're not -- >> all right. the notion behind dynamic scoring is there are things that government can do that would be beneficial to economic growth and therefore would increase revenue. these policies, even though they would cost money up front, would therefore have the effect of increasing revenues later and possibly paying for themselves or more. there have been allegations, hopes, claims, dating back to 1981, really, in a formal sense, that changes in policies, particularly tax cuts, would so increase economic activity that you would make more money back than the tax cut costs you first instance. there are certain folks in washington wh

unofficial state of the city address at the metropolitan business and citizens association winter luncheon. and as part of his speech he will set a vision for atlantic city in the new year. >>> in business owners in cape may county are raising concerns about plans for a beach concert this summer. thousands of people attended the electric dance music show in wildwood last july. now city officials are in the process of finalizing a deal to bring the show back for another concert this summer. but the owner of maurice pier wrote a letter to the mayor urging the city not to approve that deal. they say the concert last year resulted in arrests, loud and profane language drug use and underage drinking. >>> a school in burlington county that we've been telling you about has reached its fund-raising goal to avoid closing its doors. we've learned that st. paul school in burlington city has now raised the $250,000 that it needed to stay open. the school faced a deadline of today to come up with the money, and they did it. the community came together to help with a number of recent fund-raisers and do

now, for ourq4éñ beloved luncheon speaker, terry o'neill.he was elected the president of national organization for women in 2009. and was re-elected in 2013. she oversees n.o.w.'s ambition multi-agenda program, including reproductive rights and justice, economic justice ending violence against women ending racism and homophobia, and guaranteeing women's equality under the u.s. constitution. what a noble set of goals. before this she was an academic teaching both at tulane university. and before that the california -- university of california at davis. she is a respected expert in corporate law, corporate responsibility.ñr she also taught feminist legal theory and international women's rights. as i mentioned before, she is a founding member of the als section on socioeconomics. her title which is socioeconomics and feminism what do reproductive rights have to do with -- excuse me and what does the minimum wage have to do with economic rights. in a way her title is generic. one could say socioeconomics and blank. fill in the blank. environment

first of all, i would like to remind you about our upcoming luncheon. on january 27, chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission will speak about the challenges her agency faces to maintain the reliability of the nation's electricity grid and reasonable prices for consumers. next, i would like to present our guest with the traditional national press club mug. and the last question, on a lighter note, you and your wife laura sterling were known to have taken to the stage while you served as president of colby college, literally. you both appeared on stage in a scene in a musical "annie." do you have a special love for broadway musicals and can we see you on washington d.c. stages? >> as to whether i will appear on stage, i know my wife is hoping very much not, that we will not be appearing on this stage. she was a performer in her earlier life, and she put up with me as we did "annie" and a piece from "guys and dolls." there were some others. we did a great jazz song "fever." [laughter] would you like to come up, lau ren? no. my love for musical

first of all i would like to remind you about our upcoming luncheon. on january 27, chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission will speak about the challenges her agency faces to maintain the reliability of the nation's electricity grid and reasonable prices for consumers. next i would like to present our guest with the traditional national press club mug. and the last question, on a lighter note, you and your wife were known to have taken to the stage while you served as president of colby college literally. you both appeared on stage in a scene in a musical "annie." do you have a special love for broadway's musicals and can we see you on washington d.c. stages? >> as to whether i will appear on stage, i know my wife is hoping very much not, that we will not be appearingon this stage. she was a performer in her earlier life, and she put up with me as we did "annie" and "guys and dolls." we did a great jazz song "feve r." [laughter] >> my love for musical theat er came from lauren, and so ndheim, particularly. it was a gift that was given to

now, for our beloved luncheon speaker, terry o'neill. she was elected the president of the national organization for women in 2009. and was re-elected in 2013. she overseas n.o.w.'s ambitious multiagenda program, including reproductive rights and justice, economic justice, ending violence against women ending racism and homophobia, and guaranteeing women's equality under the u.s. constitution. what a noble set of goals. before this, she was an academic teaching both at the university -- at tulane university and before that the california -- university california at davis. she is a respected expert in corporate law corporate social responsibility, also taught feminist legal theory and international women's rights. as i mentioned before she is a founding member of the als section on socioeconomics. her title, which is socioeconomics and feminism, what do reproductive rights have to do with -- what does -- excuse me -- what does the minimum wage have to do with economic rights? and in a way her title is generic. one could say socioeconomics

two years ago, we hosted our first-ever health care awards luncheon.sort of focused on and brought together the need to pay attention to health inequities that exist in the black community. and obviously, secretary burwell was here, speaking about some of those disparities that exist within our community. one of our great partners for that luncheon was the aetna foundation. when we started thinking about this year's awards, we wanted to lift up as part of the king day celebration, we wanted to lift up aetna again because the work that we think about in terms of healthy living is so important to us being able to continue the fight that we talked about. so we chose floyd green -- where is floyd? there you are. he is the vice president and head of committee relationships of urban marketing for aetna. he is responsible for aetna's philanthropic investment for the brand, and he is the recipient of many professional and civic awards, again, well deserved including a presidential meeting with jimmy carter to discuss foreign and domestic policies, and the inte

. >> i went to a luncheon in 2004 were again was speaking on the subject of imacs -- dynamics. one of the guys it was there. they scored bills. there's also the joint committee on taxation. this topic comes up. dan, for reasons only known to him, decided i had raised a hand to ask a question. he called on me to the question i asked was in a congressional office had used dynamic scoring in 2001, how much lower would the deficit be today? which is the best economist joe. -- joke. [laughter] people were rolling on the floor. >> we should tell the audience. that's why they're not rolling on the floor. [laughter] >> the notion behind dynamic scoring is that are things the government could do that would be beneficial to economic growth . therefore would increase -- these policies come even though they would cost money up front would have the effect of increasing revenues later and possibly even paying for themselves. or more. there have been allegations hopes, claims taking back to 1981 really. it changes in policy. it would increase economic committee that you would make more money

we caught up by chance at a new york luncheon event for the ann romney center for neurological diseasesis, so that was my connection. that brought me to the earlier planned event. and on this unusual group of events, that brought me to asking the romneys this simple question. what made you bow out and are you comfortable with that decision? their answer in just a moment.

money from the from the united emritz and others but what about the billions of dollars ha has been luncheoned have to tell the truth from the people, also the international community to tell them, that what going in gaza is unacceptable, we are in bad need for the first quarter of this year. the process that we started three months ago. >> three egyptian activists -- for violating an anti-protests law, have lost their final apeople. this charged with breaking a law. with more than ten people without prior permission. >> they don't have any other league options left. has order add retrial. >> and no one has claimed responsible for the killings are said to be similar to operations carries out in the area of the resistence army. police killed dozens last week in the democratic republic of congo capitol. which they say would have enabled him to extend his rule. authorities have since blocked text messages and social media, the government has also been criticized for clapping down on press freedom. the popular dell vision journalist here in the capitol. he host as show that is critical of the gove

io of the capital capital that is authentic -- visitor center ann organizer of this luncheon. betsy berlin director of the smithsonian american art museum and guest of our speaker. jerry zremski washington bureau chief for the buffalo news chair of the speakers committee and former national press club president. skipping of our guests of honor for a moment amy anderson historian america at the national portrait gallery ann organizer of this luncheon. thank you amy and thank you again nick. philip lewis, vice president of the andrew w. mellon foundation and guest of our speaker. torsten, director for information at the austrian embassy. george thompson, president of thompson and associates. [applause] this year marks the 50th birthday of the national endowment for the humanities independent federal agency that is funded by taxpayers. our speaker is chair of the organization since mid-2014 and we hope to hear bro adams plans for marking that opportunity -- organization. it's politically eclipsed in recent years 146 million-dollar budget grants generally go to state humanities co

this is see josh economics luncheon. welcome. i have a few obligatory announcements, and then it will be my pleasure to announce our -- introduce our speaker. a cle attendance signup set for the sessiones located at the rear of the room. if you sign this sheet, the als will verify your attendance at this program for cle purposes. please refer to the signup sheet for more details. the als also wants you to know we value your feedback, please take a moment to complete a session evaluation form that you were handed when you walked into the room. and please leave it with the student proctor at the doors. so those are the obligatory announcements. few discretionary announcements. this is the 20th year of the aals section on socioeconomics. founding forum in 1996. we are dedicated to a set of principles at that time 120 law teachers and 50 member schools signed it, and our dear guest speaker, terry o'neill, now president of n.o.w., has a long history of that mission. i'm not going to take a long time to describe socioeconomics but i ca

i was invited to a lady's luncheon and it's a group of professional women entrepreneurs, and i was interviewed for a shopper, and i have repeat new customers, and i'm happy to say that the new candle line that i purchased is doing very well. is? >> i've had some unexpected expenses come up with julian. emergency brake is not working. the expenses keep coming as he's getting older, precollege stuff. and we just really really need the store to start providing for us. sales for the month of october were the best i've had since i've been in the store. >> so i'm staying optimistic. we had an awesome day for the christmas open house. so i'm smiling, and i'm tickled. we did almost $2,100 in one day. i just pray that the store turns around and i get that momentum going that i need to just get me over the hump in the move. >> jody bowlin joins us now, and how does it feel to watch your last year? >> very emotional. >> you lived it. and you can't make this stuff up. the car break-in, and the other car problems and your health issues. >> yeah. >> at some point, and i wondered through the course of the ye

whatever you thought of the man, i believe that anyone who heard his remarks on january 20, 1994, at a luncheon arranged to acknowledge the 25th anniversary of his inauguration as president, will forever remember the event. there were over 100 past and present senators, from both parties, and members of the house gathered in the mansfield room. it was crowded. after lunch, president nixon stood and delivered, without a note, one of the most compelling speeches i have ever had the privilege of hearing. you could hear a pin drop as he took us on a world tour -- country by country, almost -- analyzing the political situation in country after country after country, as john warner, one of his early advance men, knows, only nixon could do. as he spoke, i recalled the moving eulogy the president had delivered following the funeral of his wife pat less than a year before. the president had told the story of how his first granddaughter jennie eisenhower, had come to him and to pat to ask what she should call them. pat thought that "grandma" sounded a bit old and decided, "just call me ma." and president

tomorrow is state of the union address which means we tell you.the food served at the white house luncheon everybody ate it. i'll see you tomorrow from washington. >> oh, my god. look out! look out! look out! >> everyone is all right but you thought all that rain and freezing rain was bad. america, get ready to real request get soaked. welcome everybody. i'm neil cavuto. the president is set to tell the rich, open the wallet again. to ed henry at the white house with what is on tap and who is on top. ed? >> very interesting. when the president's aides say is that he will be talking about raising taxes on the rich. to the tune of well over $300 billion, and how would he do it? raise capital gains cuts, race taxes on big banks and it's bailey what he talk about

>> i had a luncheon with jeb bush.he was complimentary of mitt romney and there's a mutual competition between the romneys today and romneys of yesteryear. you have a situation where governor romney is interested. he's -- i've encouraged him to get involved. he was right on russia. he was right on obamacare. he's been right on the economy. and i believe personally and i've said this before that we would be in a much better situation not only internationally but domestical physical we had a president romney. >> so if he got in would you support him? >> i'm going to wait until that happens because there's some good people running. i want to understand their issues and what their platforms are. >> if he doesn't get in, would you support jeb bush? >> i'm glad you brought that up. i've been contacted by quite a few candidates. i've said that i would set up a meeting with activists and others in new hampshire to make sure they would be able to make their pitch and let the citizens decide because the first in the nation prima

state of the union address which means we tell you.the food served at the white house luncheon and how everybody ate it. i'll see you tomorrow from washington. >> oh, my god. look out! look out! look out! >> everyone is all right but you thought all that rain and freezing rain was bad. america, get ready to real request get soaked. welcome everybody. i'm neil cavuto. the president is set to tell the rich, open the wallet again. to ed henry at the white house with what is on tap and who is on top. ed? >> very interesting. when the president's aides say is that he will be talking about raising taxes on the rich. to the tune of well over $300 billion, and how would he do it? raise capital gains cuts, race taxes on big banks and it's bailey what he talk about before redistributing the wealth, because he wants that $320 billion to pay for what he calls midle class tax cut and al to pay $60 billion for so-called free community college. he wants to expand access to community college for millions of americans but it's obviously not free if in fact he is going to raise taxes to pay for it. ther

stepped down in august after four decades of work in washington's airways and you said it was a lovely luncheon. >> great to see him being recognized. this time of year you don't get to see them. speaking of this time of year hollywood's signature event taking shape. >> as always amidst the glitz and glamour, there's a little controversy. ted rollins has more on the nominees and snubs. >> michael keaton was nominated for best actor for his performance in "birdman." he is joined by cumberbatch and eddie redmain who plays stephen hawkings in "the theory of everything." >> it's too much to take in really. what a privilege. >> for best actress, felicity jones, marian and reece witherspoon join favorite julianne nominated for "still alice." >> this is an accident period. robert duval in "the judge" joins edward norton ethan hawke and mark rufalo for best supporting actor and nomination number 19 for meryl streep for "into the woods" joining patricia arquette emma stone, keira knightly and laura dern for best supporting actress. this year's snubs including the "selma" director, amy adams in "big eyes

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. >> you're going to luncheons, doing the red carpet and going to parties later so i'm going to be really, really tired. >> meryl streep, is she getting butz around her performance? >> she definitely is getting buzz. she has been nominated for a a lot. her name is definitely already it the race -- in the race. she's probably the one to beat this year of course as usual. >> we expect a full report. we'll follow you on twitter. >> good to see you. safe travels and enjoy your trip. it's going to be fun. >> thanks. >>> time to answer our question of the morning. water is the world's most consumed beverage. so what do you think is the second most consumed? is it a, soda, b, tea, or c, beer? >> i can tell you our facebook friend alexander for one says because of oktoberfest and st. patty's day, going to go with c, beer. you know what? that's not the only person that has answered that. let's look at the official answer. it's b, tea. >> it's 6:43. we'll latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. ente

the mayor was on hand here at the sheraton for the 33rd annual awards and benefit luncheon put on byg association for nonviolence. earlier in the week nutter was joined by several dignitaries and chubby checker for the annual ringing of the liberty bell can which celebrates dr. king's message. >>> people gathered in abington montgomery county today to do their part on this day of service. students and staff at abington friends school cooked meals for those in need. spaghetti and broccoli was on the menu. they were also busy baking sweets in the kitchen. they took time to make cards to send along with their care packages. >> very nice. >> all right, up next on "action news" at 5:00 we'll check that forecast for you. looking live right now at the jersey shore, sky 6 hd a beautiful sunset in atlantic city. meteorologist cecily tynan with the exclusive accuweather details coming up. >> of course you can stay on top of the changing weather situation at 6abc.com/weather. there you can get the latest on storm tracker 6 radar also the latest video from our "action news" meteorologists and vi

was that you monk, he was also invited by the pentagon shortly after 9/11 to give a lecture at a luncheon the pentagon. he went to the pentagon at the invitation of a senior pentagon official a give a lecture about the state of islam in the world today. anwar al awlaki was clearly angered by the u.s. invasion of iraq. he defended the right of the u.s. to go into afghanistan and announce al qaeda as a fake muslim. this was in the aftermath of 9/11. he was on npr, profiled in "the washington post" considered a legitimate heart legitimate part to make a sense of muslims in the world post on 11. part of the reason he was invited to the media outlets is because he was condemning al qaeda, condemning the invasion -- excuse me, condemning these of afghanistan as a base to plot attacks. then abu ghraib happens. then we start to learn about cia torture sites. we see muslim prisoners in orange jumpsuits with woods been wrought and desiccation of the kor that happens. you can bea see anwar al awlaki becoming radicalized. he basically starts using youtube as his online mosque. he are ready was known

national press club archivist, she is the first chairman of ferc to speak at a national press club luncheon. please join me in giving a warm national press club welcome to cheryl lefleur chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission. [applause] >> thank you so much, john, for that very nice introduction and you introduced all the folks at the head table and i'm so happy to see so many familiar faces and new friends here in the audience. i am deeply honored by the opportunity to be the first ferc chairman or commissioner to speak at the national press club. i see at least one former commissioner in the audience who we should probably call up book her for next month and i really would like to thank rod cooper for organizing this. when i was nominated to ferc five years ago i definitely learned, if i didn't already know, that it wasn't exactly a household word because i spend most of my time explaining to people what was this acronym to which i had been named. and so even though john did a bit of it i thought i would just take a minute for those who might not be familiar and say a bit o

last tuesday -- excuse me, last wednesday, we had our first luncheon, our first rsc luncheon, and the message that came back from the membership is that we want an early vote on the full repeal of obamacare. i've taken that to our richard trip and i visited the key members of the leadership -- the speaker, the majority leader, and the with -- and i believe we will have that vote in the next four weeks. host: before you have a vote on the employer mandate, is there consensus on what to do with the employer mandate of the affordable care act? guest: we have already done one thing on the employer mandate dealing with the 30-hour week that is in the law versus 40-hour week, as 30-hour is hurting employees and hard-working americans. the next thing we need to do is have a vote on a full repeal of the employer mandate. i've talked to leadership on that and my hope is that we can have that fairly soon. maybe within the next six weeks we will have employer many repeal vote, but more than likely it will be -- host: are you telling leadership that you need to keep bringing up these votes for th

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[applause] >> hello, the economics luncheon is hereby adjourned. we thank president terry o'neill from the national organization for her inspiring speech and we offer her any help that we can in the future. we thank you so much. >> on our next "washington journal", we will talk to a number of capitol hill reporters about the opening of the 114 congress. we will also be joined by incoming freshmen house members from including don bier of virginia, can buff of colorado and debbie dingell of michigan taking over the seat of her husband, john dingell. including cory gardner who will take your calls. plus, your facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" is live on tuesday and every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on seat and. >> the 114 congress opens at noon eastern on c-span. next ray flock discusses the history of the house speaker. this is 10 minutes. >> the constitution requires the house of representatives to choose a speaker. what is the speaker's job? >> the speaker has a big job that has evolved over 200 years. it started off as a constitu

i i would like to remind you about our upcoming luncheon. chairman of chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission will speak about the challenges her agency faces to maintain the reliability of the nation's electricity grid. nextel would like to present our guest with a traditional national press club mode. the last question, on a lighter note you were known to take in to the stage where you served as president of colby college literally. you both appeared on stage in a a musical. do you have a special love for broadway musicals? [laughter] >> i know as to whether we will appear on washington on stage my wife is something very much not. she humored me. she was a musical theater actor for much of her early professional life and has a wonderful talent and voice. she put up with me. there were others in the jazz concert before we left. we did the great song fever. [laughter] would you like to come up and do it now? [laughter] but in any case my love for musical theater came from her. one of my heroes now. it has been a great part of ou

press club archivist, she is the first chairman of ferc to speak at a national risk of -- press club luncheon. join me in giving a warm welcome to cheryl lafleur chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission. [applause] >> thank you so much for that generous introduction and hello to -- you have introduced everyone at the table and i'm happy to see so many the mill your faces and new friends. i am deeply honored by the opportunity to be the first chairman or commissioner to speak at the national press club. i see at least one commissioner in the audience who we should book for next month. [laughter] i would also really like to thank you for organizing this. when i was nominated five years ago i definitely learned that i wasn't exactly a household word because i spent most of my time explaining to people what was this acronym to which i had been named. i thought i would just take a minute for those who might not be familiar and speak a bit about what our responsibilities are. we are responsible for -- because the energy world is very complicated, in terms of the number of people who hav

that side or that side and we will call on each one as we always do at our news conferences and luncheons. we always tell people, and as i teach my students, ask a good question but without a speech. so bob you get the opportunity to ask the first concise good question. >> thanks so much for a spectacular forum. what do you do when in the call for object tivity the facts don't take you to object tivity? and in this case i want to bring it right to ferguson and staten island. in ferguson the prosecutor gave the jury the wrong information inaccurately telling them the law says the police can shoot a fleeing subject eevep though that law was overturned 35 yeerings earlier by the supreme court? and the prosecutor in staten island blew off the person who shot the video showing the chokehold that committed the killing, dismissing him in ten minutes without detailt questions of what he saw? so in the michigan chronicle, and i told you about this, we wrote an article prosecute the prosecutors. a way to justice in staten island ferguson, and cleveland. and the -- for defrauding the court and for g

on outsider at that site and we will call on each one as we always do at our news conferences and luncheonswe always tell people and as i teach my students ask a good question but without a speech. bob you get the opportunity to ask the first concise good question. >> and myron and hazel thanks so much for this spectacular forum. what do you do when the call for objectivity the facts don't take you to objectivity? in this case i want to grant writer ferguson and statin island. and ferguson the prosecutor gave the jury the wrong information inaccurately telling them the loss of the police can shoot a freed subject even though that law was overturned 35 years earlier by the supreme court. the prosecutor and statin island the person i shot the video showing the chokehold dismissing him in 10 minutes without detailed questions of what he saw. in the michigan chronicle and myron and i told you about this who wrote an article persecutors away to justice and statin island ferguson in cleveland. for defrauding the court and giving wrong information to the jury. the aclu has filed the aclu has filed

our luncheon speaker is here. it's my pleasure to introduce senator orrin hatch, the senior senator from utah and chairman of the finance committee. senator hatch is in his seventh term in the senate and he's now the most senior republican in the senate, which makes him the president pro tem of the senate which puts him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it also means he signs legislation, which this year will hopefully include a major tax reform bill. senator hatch was the first member of his family to attend college. he then went on to law school. while in law school, he worked as a construction worker, a januarier to and dormitory attendant but he's not just a hard worker. he knows how to play, too. he's an accomplished poet, songwriter and musician. he plays the violin organ and pea yan foe. piano. he's also actually had a brief career in the movie industry where he had a cameo role in a film that won four oscars. i don't think he won one of the oscars -- >> i should have. >> he should have