but notably motion pictures, too. deploying it to connect directly to his voters. and i think that's really the key to success, is how to use new media to advance your agenda, to perhaps promote your personality and what you will bring to the office on the campaign trail. but then to also think about using new technology as a tool, a publicity tool to promote a particular governing agenda. so it doesn't just have to be a campaign factor. and franklin roosevelt was he very good at this he used motion pictures and radio to win elections, but also to govern. john kennedy stands out to me as well. the 1960 election is very transformative. not because his showbiz strategy definitely won him the presidency. but when people look back especially richard nixon, he looked back at that election, that's what he believed. and it cultivated this belief that television and image matter more than anything else. >> ronald reagan implemented the weekly radio address, later went to video. and famously he said he knew when to stay on the stage, and leave the stage during his eight yea

he used motion pictures and radio to win elections, but also to govern. stands out to me as well, 1960 election is very it isormative not because showbiz strategy definitely want him the presidency, but when people look back, especially recognizing, it would back at that election and that's what he believed. and it calls me to this belief that television and image mattered more than anything else. of women's ofan the weekly radio address that later went to video and also he said he knew when to stay on the stage and when to leave the stage during his eight years in the presidency. >> ronald reagan is really fascinating because he was groomed in the hollywood studio system. he understood how to read an audience. he understood how to connect them are very common story. it's not just his performance, i think speaking the same language that in a way could tell stories . to connect complicated public policies to make them accessible and relatable to the broader public. i think in those two capacities, both his performance, but also just knowing what stories my

and sciences — the people who award the oscars — didn't choose citizen kane as the outstanding motion picture green was my valley. look it up! nowadays, though, the problem seems to be the reverse — awards like best picture or best actor going to films many of us haven't seen. the solution, announced this week — a new oscar, for outstanding achievement in popular film. henry, you are the international editor of variety magazine, your publication is all there is to know about the oscars. the truth is this is not about the movies, it is about television audiences. we have discovered that the american network abc which as the oscars have been really concerned about the diving ratings of those who watch it and so they have leaned on the academy to try and come up with a way to solve that. the academy's idea is that if we somehow having a category where the stars of the avengers or guardians of the galaxy will be nominated and strut on the red carpet then we will be able to drive apart ratings. —— up our ratings. another thing is what you said, there has been a disconnect in recent years between w

which was adapted into the motion picture. i will try, for my remarks, to recover something which i think is the strength of that book and use it as the fixed point in what i am doing. for me, the point of thinking about a history film is not to use that film as a way to understand the moment it depicts. in this case, i am not trying to understand 1944. but rather the moment in which the film was made. in the case of "the longest day ," 1962, in the case of "saving private ryan," 1998. i am fascinated by the way in which the fixed point of history or the fixed point of the source material is changed in order to suit the needs of the time in which the film was made. at a number of points in my remarks, that is what i will be doing. using cornelius ryan's sources text as a fixed point for the adaptation to see, what was it that they kept from the source text and what did they change? sometimes, tiny details are changed. i want to get at, why might that have been altered? first of all, cornelius ryan. how many of you -- i am sure

and ryan is corneluous ryan and that is journalist who that is a motion picture and that will be through my remarks to cover something that is a strength and that bulk and use it in a fix point and for me, the point of thinking about the history of the film is not to use it as a way to understand the moment that they depict. and i am not trying to understand 1944 but rather the moment it was made. that is 1998. and that is six point of the source material. and that is changed in order to suit the needs of the time in which the film was made and a number of points in my remark and what i will do and using cornieluous rhyme's text for the sixth point and see what was it that they kept. and what did they change and sometimes tiny details have changed and try to get when it was altered. >> and cornieluous ryan. and how are you doing. i am sure you have seen the longest day. how many of you read the book. & the bridge too far and the lost body. and heap was originally he was born in ireland in 1920. and that was neutral. and he didn't have to be involved. and a young journalist and he took a

>> the academy of motion pictures and arts. >> stephen: yeah, the academy of motion pictures and arts says, hello, gorgeous, you have been invited. so what's this mean? you get a badge? pull people over for bad acting, what is it? >> yeah, i get a badge. i get to vote. >> stephen: are you the youngest voter? you're 21. >> i'm 21. >> stephen: are you the youngest voter? >> stephen: i don't know. >> stephen: timothy shallen got it, too. >> he's got years on me. eshed be applying undereye cream. >> stephen: without a doubt. a little bit of something. >> stephen: well, acting, i've always thought, is pretty close to lying. >> yes. >> stephen: and i was an actor when i was i went to northwestern's prestigious lying school there. >> it's the best. >> stephen: one to have the best of the lying schools. have you ever had to lie to get a part? i was taught to say whatever the part requires, just say you can do that. >> yes, well, actually, i lied to martin scorsese for "hugo," and i told him, in hugo, i'm supposed to have a british ac sent and be british. so i went in there, you know, just rea

that's where we have motion picture recordings state-of-the-art, 45 acres of stories of the nation's audiovisual history and three buildings in washington d.c.. the national library for the blind and physically handicapped is also part of the library of congress and we have six offices throughout the country and the world. >> it's been two years since you were named library -- librarian of congress. what have you learned? >> what i've learned september september 1422 years ago, what i've learned is there so much more that can be shared with the public that the library has. we are launching a number programs to make sure people know we have not only leonard bernstein's collection but we also have the worlds largest collection of comic books. we have a new baseball exhibit. we have the largest collection of baseball cards. that is what is really exciting. >> carla hayden you are holding a folder here. >> we just launched our new strategic plan that will be very user center. we want people to know the library of congress is for you, the congress and for you and this is a representation

we present a few of their stories in this motion picture. seems to me, is real democracy in action. and now for a firsthand report, let's go to our traffic safety and highway improvement department and our reporter, westbrook vanvorhees. >> thank you, mr. ford. for our first story on what a community did about a dangerous local highway situation, we take you to fast-growing california, where highway problems have multiplies with the increase of population and of travel. this is san francisco. see how it is located on the northernmost tip of the peninsula. its only access from the north is the golden gate bridge. from the east the bay bridge. now you are looking south from downtown san francisco. below you is bayshore highway, the traffic artery of the peninsula. city after city for 30 miles, flowing into each other out of a continuous line out of san francisco. let's go back to june 1951, to the california highway police station at jefferson avenue and bayshore highway. >> okay, i've got it. redwood 4, redwood 4, an 1179 at bay shore and har

but motion picture as well, i think that is really the key to success. how to use new media to advance your agenda? to promote your personality. and what you will bring to the office on the campaign trail. that is also to think about using new technology as a tool. a publicity tool to promote a particularly -- a particular governing agenda. nixon was very good at this. he used radio to win elections. but also to govern. john kennedy stands out to me as well. the 96 election is very transformative. not because his showbiz strategy definitely won him the presidency, but when he looked back at that election, that is what he believed. cultivated a belief that television and image measured more than anything else. >> ronald reagan implemented the radio address the later went to video. and he said that he knew when to go on the stage and went to leave the stage during his 8 years in the presidency. can you talk about that? >> ronald reagan is really fascinating because he was groomed in the hollywood studio system. he understood how to read an audience. he und

fox is a member of the motion picture association.d nothing to do with this particular lawsuit. it's really interesting to me, you know, talking about, kelly talking about the variety of different tests applied across the country, one of these being in missouri, the predominant purpose test.ac is your predominant purpose to sort of derive money from the economic value of the celebrity? if you apply that test even in a pure documentary sense, if foxt had just said we're going to do a documentary about muhammad ali and they showed a lot of the same footage and had a lot of the same scenes about his being the greatest and having the courage to stand up against the federal government that was trying to send him to vietnam, there's a lot of people who would have watched that solely because of his persona. and just because it ran, you know, instead of 8:00 on a tuesday night versus -- on espn versus, you know, 7:00 on a sunday evening right before the super bowl should not really, tr me, make a difference. and again, when you think about th

we had some big motion picture news today. they're making big changes to the oscars. the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences is cutting the length of the oscars telecast drastically to three hours long. which according to most everyone on twitter is still two hours too long. [ laughter ] but it's a start. the map is to give out the oscars for some of the less-popular categories in the commercial break. so while the commercials are going on, somebody will be there thanking their parents and the parents won't hear any of it. sorry, best live action short, you had a good run. and it's over. [ laughter ] and the really big news is there's a new category at the oscars, outstanding achievement in popular film. i guess someone over there had an idea, what if we honored some movies that people have actually seen? and everybody went, yeah, that's great, we should do that. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this is exciting. this means -- you know what this means, one day we may very well hear the words "and the oscar goes to -- the fast and furious 18, never stop fa

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she's doing the museum, the academy of motion pictures museum. >> you're kidding. >> and she's going to do the voice narration for that where people can, visually impaired people can experience it just like us. >>> let's talk about outside, a little warmer today. >> you kind of need a jacket. temperatures cool, low clouds. drizzle at times. if you like the cooler temperatures, good news. you will have another day or two of below average temperatures inland. much better today as the marine air helped pushed a lot of the smokeout. look how much better the view look. we'll take you to the top of the hill, super tower. you can see the golden gate bridge in the distance and the low clouds racing on by. 67 degrees currently. we had the marine air, super sized overnight, above 3,000 feet, that coupled with the sea breeze, which has been an all-day event. temperatures inland only in the 60s. 60s and low 70s across the north bay. morgan hill, the lone spot into the 80s. right now, the wind speeds, 10-20 miles per hour. it looks good for most of the central bay except parts of the bay and nort

i served as a combat motion picture photographer and i had two questions for you -- two comments. presidents woodrow wilson a passivist, harry truman a veteran of world war i in the artillery you pointed out was the main killer and how it's affected through world war i, you know, the french were there and the allies were working in korea, and you had time, you know you had years to work up to president truman. he had to do this in weeks. we suffered terribly the first couple months until we landed. so i was also interested in your comment about combat photography, so many of them were staged. i know when i was there we were just taking hill after hill after hill, recouping our tremendously terrible retreat. it was very terrible and, you know, we lost a lot of, you know -- i lost a couple comrades there. >> first, thanks for the question. >> thank you for sharing your experiences too. one heartwrenching story i would like to share that's probably representative. the lost battalion that fought and were surrounded and attacked on all sides in october 1918 two medal of honor recipient

copyright law, motion picture association, is a strong supporter of copyright law.ne thing we do not dispute is it does not cover facts. cover facts, nobody has a monopoly on facts for that is what the ninth circuit said that filmmakers and authors and tornalists have the right draw from the raw material alive to tell their story. it goes back to shakespeare and probably well before. whole section telling the history of how important it is to journalists and storytellers and playwrights for many centuries to be able to draw fact from the raw material of life as the ninth circuit put it to tell stories for you -- stories. hopefully we will take away the abundance of caution. uniformit simple and and everybody knows under which rules they have to operate. i think we can move in the direction of more simple and more uniform, copyright would .robably be a long time having said that, i think the reality is probably a combination of the tests that are out that are moving in the direction. i think it will be partially transformative notwithstanding the dislike from some of

you're now a major motion picture star. >> have you seen my latest film?? >> jimmy: i thought it was great. and i thought it was -- i don't want to give anything away in case people haven't seen what happens. but you're in "mission: impossible" with tom cruise. or i should say tom cruise is in "mission: impossible" with you. >> and yes, i do my own stunts. >> jimmy: that movie made how much money? do you know? >> hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. >> jimmy: how much were you paid for that film? >> not much. whatever it was, it was worth it. >> jimmy: you were in "the meg" too, the shark movie. >> no. didn't make that one. >> jimmy: you did not make that one. >> i've made other movies but not that one. >> jimmy: what other movies have you been in? >> my number one box office film was "skyfall," the james bond film. >> jimmy: that was your number one. >> that was my number one. >> jimmy: more than "mission: impossible". >> so far i think it grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide. ask me how much i made on that one. >> jimmy: how did you mak

i served as a combat motion picture photographer and i had two questions for you. two comments.he presidents, woodrow wilson, a pacifist, harry truman, a veteran of world war i in the artillery. which i guess as you pointed out was the main killer. and how it's in affected the world war i, we, you know the french were there and the allies were working and korea, you had time you had years to work up to a president truman. he had to do this in weeks. and we suffered terribly the first couple months until we landed at inchon. i was interested in your comment on combat photography. so many of them were staged. i know when i was there, we were taking hill after hill after hill. recouping our tremendously terrible retreat. so it was very terrible, we lost a lot of, i lost a couple of comrades there. >> thank you, george and thanks for sharing your experiences, too. there's one heartwrenching story i'd like to share, that's probably representative the loss battalion fought in the misargonne in the fall. these troops were surrounded attacked by the germans on all sides in october of 19

we present a few of their stories in this motion picture. we do so with pride, for as it seems to me real democracy is an action. and now for a first-hand report let's go to our traffic safety and highway improvement department. an hour reporter mister van voorhees. >>> in our first story when the community did about a dangerous local highway situation. with take you to fast-growing california. where a highway problem has multiplied with the increase of population. and of travel. this is san francisco. see how it is located on the northernmost tip of the peninsula. it's access from the north is the golden gate bridge. from the east, the bay bridge. and now we are looking south from downtown san francisco. with bay shore highway and the traffic on the peninsula. city after city for 30 miles is growing into each other on continuous land. let's go back to june 1951. the california highway police station at jefferson avenue a bay shore highway. >> redwood number four. 11 7090 bay shore highway boulevard. 1179 a bay shore and holiday -- highway b

for one thing, the academy of motion picture sciences has created a new category for popular films, blockbusters that mighnot necessarily be critical darlings. they want to make the ceremony itself shorter and a bit snappier. the bbc's matt morrison has the details. matt: hollywood loves tradition, and a good old-fashioned blockbuster. it may have seemed natural to create a category for achievement in popular film, especially in a year dominated the likes of "black panther." >> there have been these massive movies that have been incredibly successful and they have not gotten a best picture nominatioi or the recon people thought they deserved. i think there is something that they hope will pull in younger viewers. >> if i was to vote for most popular movie last year i would've voted for "girls tri" i may not have put it as best picture, but definitely most hipular. matt: some are p against the changes. actor rob lowe mourned the passing of the film business, saying it had been in poor health for a number of years and is survived by sequels and vertical integration. hollywood commentators have jum

we present a few of their stories in this motion picture. we do so with pride for here it seems to me is real democracy in action. and now for a first hand look let's go to our traffic safety and highway improvement department and our reporter westbrook van borges. >> thank you, mr. ford. our first story on what a community did about a dangerous local highway situation we take you to fast growing california where highway problems have multiplied with the increase of population and travel. this is san francisco. see how it is located on the northern most tip of the peninsula. it's only access from the north is the golden gate bridge. from the east the bay bridge. now you are looking south from downtown san francisco. flowing into each other in a continuous line out of san francisco. let's go back to june, 1951 to the california highway police station at jefferson avenue and bay shore highway. >> okay i've got it. redwood number four. redwood number 4 and 1179 at harbor boulevard. >> 1179 is the police code for collisions involving fatalities.

year over 700 million and that includes the packard center in virginia, that's where we have motion picture and sound recordings, state of the art, 45 acres of storage of the nation's audio visual history and 3 buildings in washington, d.c., the national library for the blind and physically handicap is also part of the library of congress and we have offices to collect materials throughout the country in the world. >> host: it's two years since you were named librarian of congress, what have you learned? >> guest: what i have learned on it will be september 14 when i was sworn in two years ago, what i have learned is that there's so much more that can be shared with the public that the library has and so we are launching a number of programs to make sure people know that we have not only bernstein collection but we have large commission of comic books and baseball exhibits, we have the largest collection of baseball cards, so that's what's really exciting. >> host: carla hayden you're holding a folder. >> guest: library congress is for you, for congress and for you and this is our represent

day down marginally at $27.7 20th century fox expected after the bell and the success of the motion pictureool 2 quote "and strong performance in its cable network programming helped resultses. separately under b rules, fox has until september 22nd now top comcast's $34 billion offer for tv giant sky. shares of 21st century f were volatile in the after hours and ended the day down a tick at $45.46. >> sending your child off to college and figuringut how t pay for it can be overwhelming. trust me. americans now owe over $1.5 trillion in student loan debt and many borrowers are parents whoak mayon larger loans than their children. so our correspondent sharon epperson has more on that and tips for you and your college-bound kid. i am taking notes. >> you can do this segment. >> i'll have three in college at once s t i'ming notes. when it comes to student debt, sharon. a lot of a paren student apply for financial aid. when you get the financial aid package, how else can you kind of negotiate that debt? >> the thing tknow about the financial aid package is the majority of the package is likely g

and then they would be pilloried and destroyed and one of the greatest authors of broadcasters' motion picture and directors and writers in american history would have his career still crushed worse than the aftermath of citizen can't well again like who is who is deciding what speech is is fair with speech is good which feet speech is bad like who should be banned like i said they had led to council is a think tank who are financed by i think partly from the us state department but mostly from like government which by the. like you can say a lot of things and there's no first amendment there's no right to free speech there and yet they're getting to decide what is allowed to be heard by american citizens where we're supposed to be allowed to say whatever crazy idea comes into our head and not be punished for it we're allowed to assemble with freaks and not be punished for it because the hard protection but here the argument is a lot of people say well they're private companies and therefore they can block whoever they want because you don't want free speech on there but if they have a monopol

career in washington has been in senior roles at georgetown university, american red cross and motion picture association. he worked with ron reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plant and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in -- me in welcoming -- welcoming today's panel anita mcbride, mark updegrove and stewart mclaurin. [ applause ] >> thank you. i want to recognize gail west and teresa barrett the wife of john.. a wonderful board member. anita is on our board. they give extraordinary leadership to the organization. started by mrs. kennedy as a nonprofit, not pot -- nonpartisan and we are honored to be the convener of this presidential site summit this week. today we will talk about presidential legacy and commemoration. let's start by diving into lbj. mark your leadership with the lbj foundation -- monday would've been the hundred 10th birthday of president johnson. there's a commemoration of sorts or a noting of that occasion. johnson was larger than life as president. larger than life post- presidency. what would he think of his legacy as w

for theice president motion picture association of america. howard, an attorney and oscar-winning movie producer of that light. alllly, on the end, not at , the coo and group general counsel of sag aftra. thank you. for questions, if you have someone writee them and we will collect them at the end. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. i apologize in advance for those of you who thought you it's the lindsay lohan. we were not able to care her for the panel. i think we have a great panel and an interesting discussion ahead on a area of the law. i am going to call on kelly to set the context and we will go from there. you for having us. it is a privilege and honor to be in this group. what is right of publicity? i will see if i can make this work. for those of you who may not have handled or been involved in one of these cases, for those of you who are not lawyers or judges, what the right of the blessed he protects is the unauthorized use of someone's persona for commercial purposes. what that means has really broadened over the years. a u

and then they would be pilloried and destroyed and one of the greatest authors of broadcasters motion picture and directors and writers in american history would have his career still crushed worse than the aftermath of citizen kane well again like who is who is deciding what speech is is fair with speech is good which feet speech is bad like who should be banned like i said they had led to council is a think tank who are financed by i think partly from the us state department but mostly from my government which by the. like you can say a lot of things and there's no first amendment there's no right to free speech there and yet they're getting to decide what is allowed to be heard by american citizens where we're supposed to be allowed to say whatever crazy idea comes into our head and not be punished for it we're allowed to assemble with freaks and not be punished for it because the hard protection but here the argument is a lot of people say well they're private companies and therefore they can block whoever they want because you don't want free speech on there but if they have a monopoly o

it receives an academy award for best writing, motion picture story. if you want to see a good-old fashioned movie where the religious figures are good and virtuous, unlike the way they're often portrayed in modern movies, i recommend you rent this film. it was while she was at "vanity fair," that clare met the man who would become her husband. magazine publisher henry luce. they hit it off from the very first night that they met. here's how one biographer described it. luce, this was at another of these parties, luce joined booth for a long, wide-ranging conversation. he could be overbearing, even rude. he was also an intense and fascinating conversationalist. when the party was over, they were still talking the as they walked down to the empty lobby where they were to say good-bye, luce told her unexpectedly she was the kind of woman he was looking for and that he had planned to marry her. first meeting, i met mr. luce's son henry when i founded the institute because i wanted to ask someone in the family's permission to use her name 25 years ago. he

the movie received an academy award for best writing of a motion picture story. if you want to see good old fashion movie where the religious figures were good and virtuous, unlike the way that they are often traded modern movies, i recommend that you rent this film. it is also while she was at vanity fair that she met the man who would become her husband. magazine publisher henry luce they hit it off in the very first night that they met. this is how one biographer described it. >> he joined booth for a long ranging conversation. he could be overbearing and even rude, but he was also an intense and fascinating conversationalist. when the party was over, they were still talking. as they walked down to the empty lobby to say goodbye, luce told her quite unexpectedly that she was a kind of person he had been looking for and that he planned to marry her. at the first meeting. i met luce's son henry because i wanted to ask someone in the family permission to use her name 25 years ago. he was generous with his time and kind, but very much like his father i think. clar

these records come in many forms, motion pictures, film and video tapes and artifacts. remembering vietnam traces the long arc of the war for the decisions that led to increased american involvement to the eventual withdrawal of united states troops. it also brings us face-to-face with stories of people who live, fought and died in vietnam and we few -- in the "we few," nick brokhausen brings us the perspective of those who served and fought alongside them. they were the backbone of crown reconnaissance in vietnam during the war. but here from him now and learn the stories of those men and later in the divided city of berlin in the first counter terrorism unit in the u.s. military offensive in the military, nick has several businesses that provide training for law enforcement and military as well as consulting for the resource development community. he developed his miss interest in software and cybersecurity, waste to energy and powerful projects as well as products such as the ballistic shields used by law enforcement and armored vehicles. ladies and gentlemen, please

. >>> the motion picture academy announcing changes to the oscars. the ceremony making room for the biggest blockbuster by adding a new category for achievement in popular film. i'm sure exttraditionalists lov that. other changes are planned as well. stricter adherence to the three-hour time limit on the telecast and earlier air date. >> good luck with that. >>> another gop congressional seat in jeopardy after lawmaker's stunning indictment. >>> and the president's lawyers respond to the request for a robert mueller's sit-down interview. details ahead. with targest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... on the trail... or to the beach. start a 30-d

the demand because motion picture technology just came out.emand with so strong. -- the demand was so strong. >> i focus on three men in that battle. then damon runyon who wrote about them.? -- >> why did you study world war i?? it is the great misunderstood war. >> it is very personal and intimate. many people had the perception that it is just about slaughter and death. is a painful experience. many men died. if you look at the experience of the individuals, you get understanding of what it means to face the unexplainable. how do you get through it? >> edward lengel is the author of thunder and flames: americans in the crucible of combat, 1917-1918. we appreciate your time and wanting. -- we appreciate your time this morning. back later war artist. >>> artists also drew seemed from the front line. the smithsonian has collected them into an exhibit. this is from american history television. we are taking this opportunity while congress is on break to expand our history programming to the week days. >>> you can find programs any time on the c-

they want their lives to mean as much as the lives we have depicted in motion pictures and television. i count that as success. i count that as doing the right thing. and after all, say what we will and spend what money we will and have what agenda and purpose in mind that we will, in the end, doing the right thing is the best any of us can do. i have certainly tried to do that over my secondary career. and i hope i have accomplished it. i hope films like "saving private ryan" demonstrate that it is possible to do that and that we can do that even if we make mistakes. so i'm ready to address all of those mistakes that you have all seen and take full responsibility therefore. thank you, folks. [ applause ] >> have a seat. >> it's a very warm and gentle audience. >> it better be. i got my eye balls on all of you. >> i would like to just take a few minutes and ask you a few questions and then throw you to the tender mercies of the group here. i met a bunch of you over the lunch time. you know your details on world war ii and i have been schooled by a few of them. looking at a few of you

they want their lives to mean as much as the lives we have depicted in motion pictures and television. i count that as success. i count that as doing the right thing. and after all, say what we will and spend what money we will and have what agenda and purpose in mind that we will, in the end, doing the right thing is the best any of us can do. i have certainly tried to do that over my secondary career. and i hope i have accomplished it. i hope films like "saving private ryan" demonstrate that it is possible to do that and that we can do that even if we make mistakes. so i'm ready to address all of those mistakes that you have all seen and take full responsibility therefore. thank you, folks. [ applause ] >> have a seat. >> it's a very warm and gentle audience. >> it better be. i got my eye balls on all of you. >> i would like to just take a few minutes and ask you a few questions and then throw you to the tender mercies of the group here. i met a bunch of you over the lunch time. you know your details on world war ii and i have been schooled by a few of them. looking at a few of you

washington has been in senior roles at georgetown university, the american red cross, and the motion picture association. he also worked with the ronald reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming me -- please join me in welcoming today's panel, anita mcbride, mark updegrove, and stewart mclaurin. [ applause ] >> thank you, bob, very much. and i would also lake to recognize gael west on our board of directors and teresa barrett, the wife of our other board member, john barrett, who couldn't be with us today. wonderful board members and anita is on our board. and these men and women give extraordinary leadership, guidance, and governance to our organization. it was founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961 as a nonprofit, non-partisan partner to the white house, and we're honored to be the convener of this presidential site summit this week. well, today we're going to talk a little bit about presidential legacy and commemoration. and let's start by diving into lbj. mark, your leadership with the lbj founda