he's martin baron, this is "overheard." >> i guess we can't fire him now. >> the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> windows roll down, this guy says, hey, it goes to 11. [ laughter ] >> marty baron, welcome. >> thank you. >> nice to see you. >> it's been fifteen months or so, the big job at the want, grade yourself, how do you think you've done, assess your own work. >> sure, well, i'll grade ourselves as a group, not myself personally, i think the post has done a terrific job. our work, the work that we did on the n.s.a. was at the leading edge of that story. >> and let's hope it's rewarded appropriately at the -- at those moments, it will come soon, let's hope. >> from your lips to god's ears. >> yeah. >> the work that we did on the governor of virginia, actually led to his indictment, we did work on abuse of tax liens, that was tremendous. great narrative work by one of our outstanding writers about

martin baron executive editor of the washington post and board member of the national press club's journalism institute. vice-chairman of the press club speaker committee pass club president and breaking news reporter and editor at usa today. sticking over -- skipping over the speaker for a moment, jonathan allen. sally billionyates. marilyn thompson deputy editor at politico. mark chef, reporter at investment news. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] eric holder, the 82nd attorney general of the united states is one of three original members of president obama's cabinet still in office. he is one of the longest -- he is among the longest-serving attorney generals in history. and he took office in 2009 as the nation's first african-american attorney general, it was a tough time to begin. the nation was debating how to collect intelligence and prevent terrorist attacks without infringing upon civil liberties. states were fighting the federal government over voting rights marijuana legalization, immigration, and same-sex marriage. under holder, the justice department aggressively fo