from your right, michael fletcher, senior writer for espn and the moderator of the luncheon. [applause] channel nine. and jeff ballou, news editor at out to zero. sharon rockefeller, president and c.e.o. of weta. elizabeth, washington bureau chief of "the new york times." skipping over our speaker for a moment. alison fitzgerald kojak chairman of the press club's board of governors. skipping over other speaker for a moment, lisa matthews, vice president at hagers sharp and a member of the speaker's committee who organized this luncheon. patricia harrison, president and c.e.o. of the corporation for public broadcasting. amy henderson, the historian emeritus of the national portrait gallery. joe madison, host of "the urban view" on sirius-x.m. gil klein, american university and a former press club president. and finally, john hurley of hurley consulting, a press club member. \[applause] >> thank you, all. race continues to be part of the american fabric and the two men joining us today have opened the door to compelling discussions of how it impacts much of american life and cu

from your right, michael fletcher, senior writer for espn the undefeated and the moderator of today'suncheon. [applause] bruce johnson, anchor chair gone. jeff ballou, vice president of national press club. sharon rockefeller, i guess for speakers and president and ceo of wpp a. elizabeth millikan washington bureau chief of the "new york times." skipping over our speaker, alison fitzgerald project, chairman of the board of governors. skipping over our other speaker, lisa mathews, vice president and a member of our speakers committee who organized today's luncheon. patricia harrison, a guest and the president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. amy anderson, national portrait gallery. joe madison composed of the urban view on sirius/xm. joel klein, director of the washington semester journalism program at american university and a former press club president. finally, john hurley, the press club member. [applause] >> thank you all. race can just be a part of the american fabric and the two men joining us have opened the door to compelling discussions about impacts much

[applause] >> another round of applause for our speakers and your our moderator, michael fletcher. thank you very much gentlemen. [indistinct chatter] [no audio] ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, the reporter for rollcall will join us to talk about the impact of the presidential election on the congressional elections and the agenda for congress. then, president and ceo of the leadership conference for civil rights and the executive director of the freedom works foundation will join us to for thethe nomination district circuit court of appeals for the vacant seat on and theeme court history of a voting on a presidential pick for the supreme court. and the executive director of us tompaign will join discuss his efforts to bring greater attention to poverty and how it can help fight terrorism on the international stage. be sure to watch washington journal on c-span. join the discussion. on the i tune into it weekend, usually it is author sharing their new releases. >> watching the nonfiction authors on book

[applause] >> another round of applause for our speaker and moderator, michael fletcher.e are adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the media teaches us democrats and republicans are supposed to be at odds with each other. and i think people need to recognize we need to be respectful towards each other and understand senators are respectful towards each other, that will be more conducive to getting real policy done instead of just acrimony and vitriol. >> these people we see on television, on c-span, are real people. when we saw president obama, what stood out for me was he was tired, he is a real person dealing with real things. i thought that was most interesting. >> sunday night on cue and a, high school students attending the 54th annual senate use program talk about their experiences in the leadership program and their plans for the future. students met with members of the executive, judicial and legislative -- legislative branches of government and media representatives. >> talk to us and i really loved the insight about being the outside source, report

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the national press club, ken burns, henry louis gates and michael fletcher. [applause] ken: good afternoon. i first of all want to thank the national press club for inviting us back and for giving us the opportunity to change their normal format in this way and i'm very grateful to be back here. i have a lot of thank you that yousank use -- thank that are necessary. first of all, the film that was referenced, that thomas referenced on jackie robinson was produce and directed by sarah and david as well as myself and written by sarah burns and david mcmahon and i wish they could be here to participate in the discussions of this project. i do not go anywhere without my beloved network as represented by its extraordinary president, now 10 years in office, paula kerger. [applause] ken: or my longtime production partners and longtime even for ken burns means 35 years, 40 years and that's weta. many people here from weta. the leader sharon percy , rockefeller who is also a good friend. we've also enjoyed funding from two organizations. principally the corporation f

fletcher will be the next bachelorette. you can see him live on "good morning america" following eyewitness news at 7:00. and he will also be on live with kelly and michael beginning at 9:00 a.m. >> i need a moment, i'm sorry. >> i remember when my ex got on his knees and proposed. >> that was how many decades ago. >> what did you ever do with that ring, lori? >> ebay! [ laughter ] >> i lost it. [ laughter ] >> we are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. >> wasn't there an ad in the paper? [ laughter ] i have a ring for sale, won't flush. [ laughter ] oh, wow! >> this is a great moment! we are all reduced to crying here. [ laughter ] . what can we say? congratulations to ben. i think he should have picked jojo, but that's just me. on the ferry today. 24miles an hour, gusting to 34, and you have to be careful. getting on and off the ferries, and they are just fine, traveling back and forth from staten island. it's a tad on the and we are looking at a good ride as far as the commute goes. do you remember when bart proposed to you? >> yes. >> was he on one knee? >> he was not. >> that's why we are lasting so long. >> between edw

michael. i kind of look like amy but i'm not. meet america's new favorite woman, a brand-new bachelorette, jojo fletcher is opening up about her life after the final rose and modern day bank robbery, the people on the inside who could be robbing you right over the phone. >>> plus, two of my favorite people, donnie wahlberg and jenny mccarthy, they're here and everybody wants a selfie with then. i'm going to take one and that wahlburger, delicious, right on point. >> amen. >> all that coming up live right you got to be strong allergies with nasal congestion? find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes and contains the best oral decongestant. want great whitening without the mess? colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen for 5 shades whiter teeth. brush, whiten, go! no mess, no waiting, no rinsing. colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen. (vo) if you have type 2 diabetes, you may know what it's like to deal with high... and low blood sugar. januvia (sitagliptin) is a once-daily pill that, along with

commander, now the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. and with us in washington, retired general michael away. >> admiral stavridis, you were practically a resident of brussels. your impressions of what happened yesterday and of the way belgians handle intelligence that we give them. that you have given them. >> indeed. i'd start by saying to anybody rebel judge is a small country, 10 million in the population. so this on a population-adjusted basis is a 9/11 event for them. this is like 3,000 americans being killed in a day. so it's a moment of real shock to the system. in terms of their ability to handle intelligence, mike, they are not as good as the french, not as good as the britts. they are a small country. they need more help. general hayden as spoken about the way we need to cooperate more, that's key in the intel. but the bottom line is dealing with the symptoms won't get this done. we have to go to syria and raqqah. >> rudy giuliani, i saw you reacting to the president's -- >> i feel very bad about that. he's my president, too, and the reality is to analogize himself to david o