. >>> retired air force colonel morris davis was formerly the top prosecutor for terrorist suspects held at guantanamo bay. colonel davis spoke at the national press club recently, explaining what he sees as the problems with the military trials at guantanamo bay. >> all right. good morning, everyone. is this on? can you hear me okay? sure. okay, it's a small room. i'm loud. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i am molly mcincludeky. i'm a member of the board of governors here at the national press club and a freelance journalist, and i'm so proud to welcome colonel morris davis to this newsmaker this morning. during an election cycle that has seen an increasing crackdown on press freedoms and an administration that has also become known for censoring its critics and journalists alike, i can think of few more relevant guests than colonel davis to join us day. now, morris davis was the former chief prosecutor for the guantanamo military commissions, and he later spoke out publicly against the treatment of inmates in prison there. and he recently settled a lawsuit against the l

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now, morris davis was the former chief prosecutor for the guantanamo military commissions, and he laters, which have fired him for writing newspaper op-eds criticizing the obama administration's decision to resume the use of the military commission system. now, colonel davis will be speaking for a few moments, and then we'll open the floor to questions and answers. i'll kick off the q&a session and we'll open it up to the audience at which point i'll ask that you identify yourself and your organization before asking a question. ladies and gentlemen, colonel davis. >> well, thank you. i'm very grateful to molly and to the national press club for inviting me to come speak today. i'll be perfectly honest. i think i envisioned a day where something like this would happen. in fact, i may have envisioned standing right here. what i didn't envision was it would take six and a half years to get here. so it's been a long and interesting trip from walking out of the library of congress carrying everything i had in a copy paper box to standing here today. so thank you for inviting me and giving me

former chief prosecutor for morris davis was fired from the library of congress is congressional research service for writing to opinion articles criticizing the obama administration's decision to resume use of he spoke at the national press club in washington today. his remarks are about an hour. >> good morning everyone. can you hear me okay? sure. it's a small room, i'm glad. thank you so much for joining us. i'm molly mccluskey, a member of the board of governors at the national press club and freelance journalist and i'm so proud to welcome colonel marsh davis here this morning. during an election cycle that has seen an increasing crackdown on press freedoms, in an administration that has also become known for censoring its critics and journalists alike i can think of you more relevant guests than colonel davis to join us today. mister davis was the former chief prosecutor for the publicly against the treatment of the imprisoned there and recently settled a lawsuit against the library of congress which had fired him for writing newspaper op-ed criticizing the obama administration's d

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former chief prosecutor for guantanamo military commissions, morris davis, speaks at the national pressclub live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the referendum vote on the u.k.'s membership in the european union is next wednesday. heritage foundation hosts a discussion live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend and here's some programs this weekend. on saturday night at 8 eastern, from book expo america, the public industry's trade show in chicago, former nba player and author, kareem abdul-jabbar discuss his book about the current and political and social landscape. on sunday at 2:30 eastern, roundtable discussion about donald trump's book "the art of the deal by pressured in 1987. >> and then at 9:00 p.m. eastern, "after words. employ employ a talk about the book "isis a history" which looks at the history and rise of isis. interviewed. >> so, the spectacular surge of isis was a direct result of the creeping sectarianism, the deepenle sectarianism, the civil wars in al nusra, the security vacuum that exists, and the perc

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. >> your my mother davis and loved by a whole a lot of people. >> you're a doctor morris you're my patient your pediatrician, war veteran, taught me things i know would take me through the rest of my life. >> you're my community but even more than that you're my friend. >> and as much as you've done for me nothing i wouldn't do for you also . >> (clapping.) >> i am delighted to present to you the subject matter of that video and the subject matter of my aspiration engine who. >> thank you so much mayor brown what an visible honor to be introduced by you i'm humiliated and huge thanks to mayor ed lee and mayor schaaf i want to give a huge amount of appreciation for staff who's work made that possible can we give them a huge round of applause. >> (clapping.) >> i am so thrilled to be here for so many reasons i'm going to pick up where did great ann mary slaughter left off this morning and talk to you about the work that makes all other work possibly the work of kevin for the most precious elements of our lives our kids, hour homes our aging loved ones or in the case with people with disabili

. >> your my mother davis and loved by a whole a lot of people. >> you're a doctor morris you're my patient your pediatrician, war veteran, taught me things i know would take me through the rest of my life. >> you're my community but even more than that you're my friend. >> and as much as you've done for me nothing i wouldn't do for you also . >> (clapping.) >> i am delighted to present to you the subject matter of that video and the subject matter of my aspiration engine who. >> thank you so much mayor brown what an visible honor to be introduced by you i'm humiliated and huge thanks to mayor ed lee and mayor schaaf i want to give a huge amount of appreciation for staff who's work made that possible can we give them a huge round of applause. >> (clapping.) >> i am so thrilled to be here for so many reasons i'm going to pick up where did great ann mary slaughter left off this morning and talk to you about the work that makes all other work possibly the work of kevin for the most precious elements of our lives our kids, hour homes our aging loved ones or in the case with people with disabili

davis, the architect, another architect from paris. his first studio was in there. do i have to, explain them? he is in there. , nyu. epstein morris we know him from the morse code. pioneer of photography takes his to the -- takes a sister to the roof, photographs or, creates the world's first outdoor photograph portrait. this building was alive with a artist. the identified with the building. remember, around them, including the people who owned the house on the left, was wealthy upside eastern new york. the building is identified with artists. you are is a photograph. it was taken away in the 1890's. our galleries are now in that building. when they replaced it in the 1890's, industry was moving into thought the they main building would eventually be some kind of a factory and they were concentrating on their new campus in the 1890's, 1900s. it is now called community college. inn this building came down the 1890's, richard morris hunt had a studio in there. he was heartbroken. heartbroken because this was his youth coming down. wanted to say, richard welcome to new york. you know, i where you hang out when you are young is prob

. >> your my mother davis and loved by a whole a lot of people. >> you're a doctor morris you're my patient your pediatrician, war veteran, taught me things i know would take me through the rest of my life. >> you're my community but even more than that you're my friend. >> and as much as you've done for me nothing i wouldn't do for you also . >> (clapping.) >> i am delighted to present to you the subject matter of that video and the subject matter of my aspiration engine who. >> thank you so much mayor brown what an visible honor to be introduced by you i'm humiliated and huge thanks to mayor ed lee and mayor schaaf i want to give a huge amount of appreciation for staff who's work made that possible can we give them a huge round of applause. >> (clapping.) >> i am so thrilled to be here for so many reasons i'm going to pick up where did great ann mary slaughter left off this morning and talk to you about the work that makes all other work possibly the work of kevin for the most precious elements of our lives our kids, hour homes our aging loved ones or in the case with people with disabili

davis, the architect of the building. another architect from paris. his first studio was in there. winslow homer, do i have to explain winslow homer? he is in there. samuel epstein morris, he was the art professor at nyu. we know him from the morse code. don draper, pioneer of photography takes his sister to the roof, photographs her, creates the world's first outdoor photograph portrait. so, this building was alive with artists. they, of course -- they identified with the building. remember, around them, including the people who owned the house on the left, was wealthy upper east side new york. this single building is identified with artists. here is a photograph of it. it was taken down in the 1890's, and replaced either building that is there today. some great art galleries in that building. when they replaced it in the 1890's, industry was moving into broadway and lafayette street and they thought the main , building would eventually be some kind of factory. they were concentrating on their new campus in the 1890's, 1900s. they were concentrating on their new campus in the bronx, which is now bronx community college. when this building came down in the 1890's, rich