i do feel compelled to edit myron, just one little bit. he had the civil war series coming out in 1950. i was negative three years old then. [laughter]. though i was already working with stills, i had not yet perfected what we call the ken burns effect quite then. i also feel, now that you brought up the civil war, myron, that, i reminded you 24 years ago in 1990, when we came with the civil war, that i reminded you what william tech couple saw sherman felt about newspapermen. he hated newspapermen so much if he killed them all there would be news from hell before breakfast. of course unfortunately you do not escaped unscathedded with the "roots sveltes" all three, he will moretwice weekly, franklin had been an editor of the "harvard crimson" felt that made him a newspaper man himself and, loved to develop and cherish the development of personal relationships with the newspaper, men that he crowded in, men, that crowded in, 998 times for news conferences during his presidency. theodore was equally adept manipulating the press and making th

i also feel, now tha now that yu brought up the civil war, myron, that i reminded you 24 years ago in 1990 when we came with the civil war, that i reminded you what william tecumseh sherman felt about newspaperman. he hated newspaperman so much that he was sure if they kill them all there would be news from hell before breakfast. [laughter] and, of course, unfortunately, you do not escape unscathed with "the roosevelts" though all three, eleanor about twice weekly news conferences with women only, the first time a first lady did that, and franklin who because he had been editor of "the harvard crimson" felt that that it made him a newspaperman himself and loved to develop and cherish the development of personal relationships with a newspaperman that he crowded in, men the crowd in 998 times for news conferences during his presidency. but theater was equally adept at enabling the press and making them feel like they were friends, and ushering them into his private world, th though wed have a special purgatory for those people who displeased him with his writing, he called the anayus cl

i do feel compelled to edit myron just one little bit. he had the civil wars series coming out in 1950. i was negative three years old then. and though i was already working with stills, i had not yet perfected what we call the ken burns effect quite then. i also feel now that you've brought up the civil war, myron, that i reminded you 24 years ago in 1990 when we came with the civil war that i reminded you what william tecumseh sherman felt about newspaper men. he hated newspaper men so much that he was sure if he killed them all there'd be news from hell before breakfast. and of course unfortunately you do not escape unscathed with the roosevelts, though all three, eleanor who held twice-weekly news conferences with women only, the first time a first lady did that. and frankly, who because he had been an editor of the harvard crimson felt that made him a newspaper man himself and loved to develop and cherish the development of personal relationships with the newspaper men that he crowded in, men, that crowded in 998 times for news confe

[applause] >> thank you, myron. the last time ralph and i were on a stage together, we were competing at funniest celebrities in d.c. i will be the straight man today. i want to make it clear that we talked, when rough and i both talk about left-right coalition, that is different than traditional bipartisanship here in washington, d.c., and state capitals. traditional bipartisanship is republican politicians and democrat it all editions and resizing their class interests as politicians deciding to raise their pay -- [laughter] give themselves pensions or invent new ways to kneecap additional challengers running for reelection, and there are class interests is that officials have, and they can tearfully be part partisan in defense of those. earmarks for decades. you get some, i get them. we all still some and we shared with our friends. but i'm talking about what ralph and i have worked together on, issues where right and left, people of principle that are not willing to sacrifice -- this is not like moving to the ce

[applause] >> thank you, myron. last time ralph and i were on a stage together, we were competing at funniest celebrities in d.c. so i'm going to be the straight man today. i'm going to make it very clear that when you talk, and ralph and i both talk about left/right coalitions. that's different than traditional bipartisanship here in washington, d.c. and state capitols. traditional bipartisanship is republican politicians and democratic politicians exercising their class interests as politicians and deciding to raise their pay. or to give -- [laughter] or give themselves pensions or invent new ways to kneecap potential challengers to their running for re-election. and there are very real class interests that elected officials have, and they can cheerfully be bipartisan in defense of those. earmarks for decades. you would get some, i get some. we all steal some money, and we all share it with our friends. what i'm talking about, ralph and i have worked together on, are issues where right and left, people of principl

my name is myron belkind, i'm an adjunct professor at george washington university school of media and public affairs, harvard international bureau chief with the associated press and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this

i am myron belkind, the president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading organization for journalists with events such as this, fostering a free press worldwide. on behalf of our members, i would like to welcome our speakers. if you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the general public are attending, so it is not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. i would like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter. after our guests' speeches, we will have a question and answer period. i would like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced, and from your right, skip, an independent journalist and who organized ralph nader's luncheon. a guest of grover norquist. a video producer. dr. claire nader. pat host, and air force reporter and a member who helped organize today's event. grover, i am sorry, we changed the routine because of two speakers. i will introduce you in a moment. a reporter for "usa today," vice chair of the sp

[applause] >> thank you, myron. the last time ralph and i were on a stage together, we were competing at funniest celebrities in d.c. i will be the straight man today. weant to make it clear that talked, when rough and i both talk about left-right coalition, that is different than heretional bipartisanship in washington, d.c., and state capitals. traditional bipartisanship is republican politicians and democrat it all editions and resizing their class interests as politicians deciding to raise their pay. [laughter] give themselves pensions or invent new ways to kneecap additional challengers running for reelection, and there are class interests is that officials have, and they can tearfully be part partisan in defense of those. decades.for you get some, i get them. we all still some and we shared with our friends. but i'm talking about what ralph and i have worked together on, issues where right and left, people of principle that are not willing to sacrifice -- this is not like moving to the center and giving the ot

my name is myron. at theajung professor george washington university of public affairs. former international bureau associate press. the nash is the -- the national world'sub is the leading professional journalists.for we foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please press.org.ebsite at on behalf of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome speaker, and those of you attending today's event. head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. so i note that members of the general public are attending, not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalism objectivity. i'd also like to welcome our audiences. you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag #npclunch. after our guest speech concludes, we'll have a question and answer period. now it's time to introduce our head table guest. i'd like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. doman, from your right. wnew.oman, reporter for gio lawrence, syndicated columnist. clift, washington correspondent for the daily beast.

my name is myron belkheim, i'm an adjunct professor, and the 107th president of the national press clubt national press club ask the leading organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming. with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as journalists who are club members, so if you hear applause in our audience, note that the general public are attending so it's not just a lack of journalistic -- you can follow the action on twitter using the hash tag mpc lunch. after our guest speech concludes, we'll have a question and answer period. i will ask as many questions as time permits. now it's time to introduce our head table guest. i would like each of you to stand briefly as our name is announced from your right at barks, president of barks communications and a member of the

so now that i have completely buried the lead, i will be rescued by myron, who is to say thatorrect for the last seven years, jeff and i and our team have been producing a seven-part 14-hour ofies on the history theodore, franklin and eleanor roosevelt. began broadcasting this series nationally in an unprecedented fashion last showed thee they first episode and then showed the first episode again at 10:00. each subsequent night, we'll show another episode until this 20th. saturday, the we believe it's the first time, short of a national tragedy, network hase shown -- taken up an entire prime time and then some. from 8:00 until midnight, an hour out of prime time, for one single show. we're very happy with public television's confidence in the work we've done. few moreike to spend a minutes, before the good part where i have a chance to have an tell you ath you, to little bit about what we're trying to do. last night, who saw saw the table-setting episode in which we set in motion what is complicated and intertwined and interbraided i'vetive that i think that ever undertaken. i certainly

my name is myron belkheim, i'm an adjunct professor, and the 107th president of the national press club, the leading organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming. with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as journalists who are club members, so if you hear applause in our audience, note that the general public are attending so it's not just a lack of journalistic -- you can follow the action on twitter using the hash tag mpc lunch. after our guest speech concludes, we'll have a question and answer period. i will ask as many questions as time permits. now it's time to introduce our head table guest. i would like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced from your right at barks, president of barks communications and a member of the national press club bo

bob and myron for joining us live to talk about climate change.ink about that? e-mail us. coming up, the forensics are in and police now say this man is accused of abducting uva student hannah graham. so what did they find that changed their mind? former dc homicide detective rod wheeler up next. >>> and a lot of uproar this morning. nfl fans asked to sit down during games. fraternities ordered to go owe ed and no more native american mascots for high school sports. what's outraging you? go on facebook and vote because today you choose the news. ♪ ♪ >>> a fox news alert. the forensics are in and police now say this man abducted uva student hannah graham. last night they filed abduction charges against jesse matthew. so what did they find that changed the case so suddenly? form homicide detective and fox news contributor joins us now. good morning to you, rod. >> good morning. >> this latest charge has everybody asking what did they find to bring these? >> i believe that they found -- they served the search warrant of his home again yesterday and i

my name is myron and i'm an adjunct professor at the george washington school of media and foreign affairs. the bureau chief with the associated press and the 10 seventh president of the national press club. the national press club was the leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through the programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker and working journalists who are club members. if you hear applause in our audience, i note members are attending and it's not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. i would also like to welcome the c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter using the hash tag mpc lunch. we will have a question and answer period and i will ask as many question as time permits. it's time to introduce the head table

my name is myron belkheim, i'm a professor at the school of media and public affairs, a former international bureau chief with the associated press and the 117 hth president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker. those of you attending today's event also. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. if you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the general public are attending. so it's not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalism objectivity. i would like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. follow the action on twitter. using the #mpclunch. after our speech concludes, we will have a question and answer period. i will ask as many questions as tim

. >> thank you, julia, for that introduction and thank you, myron, for the opportunity to participate in this briefing. thanks for coming. the subject of vaccination is on the minds of many americans as we send our kids back-to-school at a time when vaccine preventable outbreaks are making headlines around the country. the cdc puts numbers in perspective. measles was declared eradicated in this country in the year 2000 but there are 600 cases of far this year, the highest level in the u.s. in almost two decades. whooping cough is also a problem. 2012 was an especially bad year with 50,000 cases and 20 deaths in the u.s. and this year the state of california declared it an epidemic. these are diseases vaccines can and do prevent. the numbers would make anyone, but especially a journalist, wonder what is going on. our mission is to shed light on complex topics and public health so the story of vaccines in the context of these outbreaks was irresistible to us. we have been fortunate to partner with pbs and "nova" to explore these issues. the result is a new documentary, vaccines calling

so now that i have completely buried the lead, i will be rescued by myron, who is to say thatorrect for the last seven years, jeff and i and our team have been producing a seven-part 14-hour ofies on the history theodore, franklin and eleanor roosevelt. began broadcasting this series nationally in an unprecedented fashion last showed thee they first episode and then showed the first episode again at 10:00. each subsequent night, we'll show another episode until this 20th. saturday, the we believe it's the first time, short of a national tragedy, network hase shown -- taken up an entire prime time and then some. from 8:00 until midnight, an hour out of prime time, for one single show. we're very happy with public television's confidence in the work we've done. few moreike to spend a minutes, before the good part where i have a chance to have an tell you ath you, to little bit about what we're trying to do. last night, who saw saw the table-setting episode in which we set in motion what is complicated and intertwined and interbraided i'vetive that i think that ever undertaken. i certainly

my name is myron belkine. adjunct professor at the george washington university school of media and public affairs. and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. so if you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the general public are attending and so it's not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. i'd also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter using the #npclunch. after our guest speech concludes, we'll h