i'm a broadcast journalist with the associated press, and i am the 104th president of the national press club. we're the world's leading organization for journalist and we're committed to our profession's future to our programing of events such as this and working to foster a free press worldwide. for more inflation about the national press club, i invite you to take a look at our website, press.org, and donate to programs offered to the public through our journalism library. . donna is a reporter for "usa today" and a past president. mary eisenhower is president and ceo of people to people international and a granddaughter of dwight d. eisenhower. she is also a fellow -- we will skip over the podium. we have our speech -- speakers' committee chair doing a fabulous job this year. we will skip over or guest speaker for a moment. we have a contributor for "newsweek." robert is the research director for cnn. jonathan is producer-director of the "lieutenant dan band: for the common good" film. rachel re is a tv review were -- reviewer out of london. now, round of applause. our guest speaker

[inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is mark hamrick and i'm a broadcast journalist "associated press" and the 104th president of the national press club. where the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming events such as this well working to foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club i would ask you to visit our web site at www.press.org and to donate to programs offered to the public through our eric friedheim national journalism library. find more information at www.press.org/library. on behalf of our members worldwide i would like to welcome our speaker as well as those of you who are his guests and those of you attending today's event. our head table does include guess of the speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. if you are a pause in our audience i would like to remind you that we do have members of the general public attending today so it is not necessarily evidence of t

he spoke monday at the national press club for about one hour. >> i am pleased and honored to be here today speaking at this institution. the national press club is a venue like another and it has been the center of washington journalism and news for more than 100 years. i was doing some research to prepare for this and my staff did some investigation into the press club and they noticed the historic emblem was that of the now all which symbolizes wisdom, awareness, and long nights on the job. i will not claim wisdom and i will let you judge resins' awareness, but i can definitely relate to the long nights spent sleepless on the job. as chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission, one of the best aspects of my job is having the opportunity to lead a staff of nearly 4000 talented, dedicated public servants. like a regulatory agency, we hear from all sides and all perspectives about both our own safety record and that of the industry that we regulate. we know we can always do better and we always strive to do better i have absolute confidence, and i believe that the american people sh

you can find out more about the national press club at our website. thank you. we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] -- 2011] [unintelligible] >> next, your calls and comments on "washington journal." ken and discussion on the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. then a senate hearing on data security. >> he had gone out and got a pistol. he began tracking him. >> on september 6, 1901, and anarchist fired two fatal shot at president william mckinley. .

there's two events coming up at the national press club that i want to announce. june 23rd, thursday night, we're going to have neil gayman. he has his books "american god" 10th anniversary edition. this will be a ballroom event. august 1st, senator bob graham. he will be discussing his keys to the kingdom in the conference rooms. i'm sure you all know that our guest, michael brown, served as the first undersecretary of homeland security for president george w. bush from 2003 to 2005. he was also director, deputy director, and general council of fema from 2001 to 2005. at the white house, he served on the consequence management committee, comprise of cabinet deputies, following the attacks of 9/11. and headed the white house transition team for emergency preparedness and response, department of homeland security. he also served on the national security could be -- security council deputy committee. also he's an oklahoma native. he attended the university central of oklahoma, the oklahoma university school of law, and holds a juris doctorate in law, he has held --

at the national press club the minnesota congresswoman refused to answer questions about her husband'shristian counseling clinic which attempts to convert gay patients and has accepted government funding. >>> a delaware man convicted of killing a woman with an axe was executed this morning. robert jackson was put to det by lethal injection. >>> and the skeletal remains of a man missing for 27 years were discovered in the chimney of a bank in louisiana, during renovations. joseph schneider vanished before a court appearance on charges of stealing a car. how he got there, how he got stuck there remain as mystery. >>> and now, here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. >>> the dow opened up 12,240 after losing 62 points thursday. the s&p fell four points. the nasdaq was up one. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei tumble ed 68 points, while in hong kong the hang seng dropped 130. >>> a sell-off late in the game yesterday had the dow tallying its fifth straight day of losses. stocks reverse course on late development over the ongoing debt

from the national press club, this is an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is mark hamrick and i'm the one in the fourth president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our professions future of programming, events such as this while working to foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website, press.org. please visit press.org/library. so we have of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome our speakers today as well as those attending today's event ahead table includes guest of our speakers as well as journals for club members. if you hear applause from the audience today we like to know that members of the general public are attending so it's not necessarily a lack of journalistic objectivity that you are seeing. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences today. our luncheons are featured on her member produced weekly podcasts and that's available for free download on itunes. you can also foll

what it to thank the national press club stuff including the broadcast operations center. you can find more information about press club on the web site and if you'd like a copy of today's program check out our web site at pressboard. thank you for coming today. this meeting is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] on july 21st 2010, president obama signed into law of financial regulation also known as the dodd-frank act. the financial reform project of new york university business school posted a daylong conference focusing on the implementation and impact of the legislation. next, remarks by the president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city. he discusses regulating so-called too big to fail institutions. this is 50 minutes. >> it's time for the lunchtime keynote and it's my pleasure to introduce president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of kansas city and the senior fomc member. he's a person whose practice law from colorado to misery and and mexico to wyoming. it's a big chunk -- there you go. i didn't study civics for no purpose. he's had a distinguished caree

at the national press club the minnesota congresswoman refused to answer questions about her husband'sn counseling clinic which attempts to convert gay patients and has accepted government funding. >>> the rebel military campaign against leader muammar qadhafi was shot and killed on thursday. >>> polygamous sect leader warren jeffs will be representing himself in his criminal trial after firing his defense team. in opening statements a prosecutor says they'll present audio recordings and dna evidence to prove jeffs raped a 12-year-old and impregnated a 15-year-old. >>> a delaware man convicted of killing a woman with an ax was executed this morning. robert jackson was put to death by lethal injection. the state's first execution since 2005. >>> and the skeletal remains of a man missing for 27 years was discovered in the chimney of a bank in louisiana during renovation. joseph sheffsnyder got stuck there, and it remains a mystery. >>> the dow opens 12,240 after losing 62 points thursday. the s&p fell four points. the nasdaq was up one. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in

son of a former yukon they are he now plans to walk across his home state and the rest of the nation press has more on this point it doesn't matter why we got into the war or what the partisan politics were about matters as the two soldiers to have it on average and in the any way that we can in this war one day soon as to the extent and i would walk five hundred miles for that i would walk a thousand miles from. them. some people said some terrible things not never to my face you know but in even though they got this electronic bravery and they really say some crazy things one guy wrote in and he said that he hoped that i got run over by a truck on my walk. a lot of people said i just hope you keep walking the mexico or you leave this country we don't want you here. and we want gavan said that he wished that i had died in iraq. because then i would have been honorable. so i was about to go to utah state to help promote the walk and right before we go we had a phone call from the utah department of transportation and they told me that if i was going to walk they would arrest me for trespas

find more information about the national press club at our web site at www at press.org thank you very much and we are adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> c-span bringing you politics and public affairs every morning, it's "washington journal" about the news of the day connecting you with news officials, policy makers and journalists. watch the u.s. house and week nights, congressional hearings and policy forums and supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, see our signature interview programs. on saturdays, "the communicators," and sundays, newsmakers." watch our programming at cspan dorgan all searchable. c-span, washington, your way. a public service created by america's public cable companies. >> the space shuttle atlantis returns to earth tomorrow morning. last landing and end of the space shuttle program. it is scheduled to touch down at 6:00 eastern. our live coverage begins at 5:30 eastern on c-span2. on cspan3, first anniversary of the financial regulations law known as the dodd-fran

library and broadcast center for guys in today's event and you could find out more about the national press club at our website at you and get a copy of today's program and www.press.org, thank you and we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [room noise] [general chatter] >> >>, a briefing on the situation in sudan. after that, timothy diner takes place in a discussion on u.s.- india trade relations. then a conversation with the texas governor rick perry. >> this fourth of july weekend on american history tv on c-span 3 will visit the smithsonian to learn about day expedition to circumnavigate the globe and the treasure that they found, 40 specimens which became the foundation for the smithsonian. laura bush on her time in the white house planning her part -- husband's library. and her memoir. then a panel including mike mccurry discussing jfk's relationship with the press. it the complete schedule as c- span.org. >> he says he is optimistic that sudan is on track to become an independent s

the national press club is a venue like no. it's been the center of journalism and news for more than 100 years. as i was doing some research preparing for this and my staff did a little investigation of the press club, they noticed it's historic emblem of that of an owl. which symbolizing wisdom, awareness, and long nights spent on the job. i won't claim wisdom and i'll let you judge my sense of awareness. but i can definitely relate to the long nights spent sleepless on the job. as chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission, one the best aspects of my job is having the opportunity to lead a staff of nearly 4,000 talented, dedicated public servants. like any regulatory agency, we hear from all sides and all perspectives about both our own safety record, and that of the industry we regulate. we know we can always do better. and we always strive to do better. but i have absolute confidence and i believe that the american people should as well in the experience, expertise, and professionalism of the nrc staff. today i've broug

. >> having a brick and mortar store helps the national press feel and trust we are a legitimate source for design items. the more word of mouth that's out there, the more people know of the store and the sight. the more people that are going to go to the website when they are not in seattle. >> he feels he's hit a winning combination. the buzz brings buyers. >> click and mortar is what we like to call it. it's a wonderful synergy. >>> every dollar counts in this unpredictable economy. here are five common bookkeeping mistakes to avoid. number one, neglecting sales tax. a mistake in the collection or reporting of sales tax leads to big fines. two, not classifying employees correctly. if you hire an independent contractor, be aware of the tax implications. set up a system to track who is spending petty cash and report the process. four, not reconciling your bank accounts. check your accounts on a regular basis to spot irregularitieirre. five, reimbursable expenses. track and fill their expenses in a timely manner. >>> still to come -- where's the money. looking for funding, based on how

welcome to the national press club. i am on the book and other committee, and we are so honored tonight to have as our guest, michael brown. he will be speaking to you all about his book, "deadly indifference." copies of the book are available for purchase over there were nicola setting. each sale benefits the national journalism library. no outside buds will be allowed. and mr. brown will be signing your copy after he gives his little talk year. you will be happy to do that for you. before i begin please turn your cell phones off which means i have to turn-2. ahead. there are two events coming up at the national press club that i want to announce. jane 23rd, thursday night, we will have neil damon. he has his book. this will be of all relevant. on august 1st we will have senator bob gramm. he will be discussing his keys to the kingdom in the conference from. i am sure you all know that our guest, 89, served as the first under secretary of homeland security for president george w. bush from 2003-2005. he was also direct

you need a national press club hiked. = -- hat. how about a round of applause for our guest speaker today? [applause] >> harry reid canceled the senate july 4 recess next week. he said centers will stay to continue negotiations on increasing the debt ceiling. he made the announcement one day after president obama criticized lawmakers for their work schedule. today, senate republicans boycotted a committee meeting on free trade agreement with south korea. they disagreed with the inclusion of a program that would aid workers who have lost their jobs due to outsourcing. senate republicans held a news conference instead. outgoing defense secretary robert gates farewell ceremony. president obama o awarded tempt the presidential medal of freedom. he is the first defense secretary to serve both a republican and democratic president. >> charles golden speaks at the national press club tomorrow. live coverage here on c-span at 1:00 eastern. the last space shuttle launch is scheduled for friday, july 8. >> he decided several days that he was

approach is the whole eight hundred percent of the eastern european unit all folds bank and some national press to make it a hundred and forty million dollars and so we're now here at burbank so i was waiting for the head of bank get a bump you have to give us all the details of the outcoming deal that so you know ok thank you to us and we will indeed work for those comments from the management of the sperm bank on the deal thank you so much. let's take a look at the markets now we start with the commodities and oil has actually changed the pace and direction pretty much it's going down now investors however are suspecting that fuel consumption may climb in the future that's ahead of reports that may show industrial production increased in june and consumer confidence improve put the dollar is the gaining strength and therefore oil is actually going down this hour. european markets opened on the negative note the fourth seeded down the half a percent dax up point six percent mainly auto makers down in germany after a pretty strong session the previous day. now it's moved to russia and the situa

the 100 for president and the national press club. we're all the world's leading professional organization for journalist and we're committed to our profession's future through our programming, even such as this, while also working to foster a free press worldwide. for more permission about the national press club, i invite you all to look at our website. and to donate to programs offered to the public for our national journalism library. you can check that out on the web site as well. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker. if you hear applause, we would like to know that members of the general public are attending today, so does not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. [laughter] i would also like to welcome our audience on c-span and public radio. we have weekly podcast available for free down -- download on itunes and you can also follow us on twitter. after our guests, we'll have q&a and we will ask as many questions as time permits. i would ask the guests to stand up briefly

from the national press club this is an hour. >> as it was recently stated there is something going on in washington, d.c., and the american people have been paying attention. it's the national debate that is before all of us on whether or not this nation will once again raise the debt limit. and more importantly, how it will deal with the economic difficulties that are impacting literally millions of our federal americans across the nation. in january of this year secretary tim geithner sent a letter to members of congress informing us that the debt limit would be reached sometime between march 31 and may 16 of this year. we have now known for seven months that we were approaching the debt limit. and yet the administration has failed to put forward a plan to either reduce spending or to turn our economy around. and instead president obama has asked for a $2.4 trillion link check to get himself through the election in 2012. in the wake of t.a.r.p. which let no one forget, the president approved and embraced during the presidential debate in 2008, as well as the presidents approval of t

well fifteen months ago i walked a couple blocks down the street to the national press club to attend a news conference on a little known website called wiki leaks the news conference was hosted by the web site's founder julian assange on who at the time nearly no one had heard of when the news conference was over i interviewed him one on one and i asked him to come back to our studios that afternoon for a couple more interviews he agreed no problem and appeared on the news right here on our team america and then later on the alona show let's fast forward to today and julian is songe cannot walk down the streets free his name is widely recognized around the world and his extradition case has become one of the most famous and closely watched in the world well today julian assange spent most of the afternoon in a british court room where he is fighting extradition and where he claims that his encounters with two women who made complaints against him involved consensual sex charges should be dropped artie's laura has more. seven months since julian our souls was released on bail he retur

numerous questions on the issue on thursday she was at the again about repaired of therapy at the national press club right here in washington but i am running for the presidency of the united states my husband is not running for the presidency neither are my children neither is or business neither is our foster children and i am more than happy to stand for questions on running for presidency of the united states ok that's true or not so michelle wants her husband children and cost her children off limits during the campaign i think that's wise of the congresswoman but here's the problem michele bachmann has a little bit of a credibility issue here see you can't demand that your husband be left alone during a presidential campaign when you yourself went after barack obama's wife during his campaign. it was michelle obama who said she's only recently proud of her country and so these are very anti-american views that's the way most americans feel about our country most americans chris are wild about america and they're very concerned to have a president who doesn't share those values. why that w

an emotional subject today at the national press club. >> when it occurs, and the tears subside, we will keep on moving toward where we want to go next. >> he showed off his blue bracelets in honor of gabrielle giffords, an item he said recently blessed by the pope. that prompted these inspiring words from her husband. >> many of you have been following the recovery of my wife. she has to -- she is doing very well. i love for very much i also love the space shuttle very much. >> while recounting the successes and the uncertainty of what is next, he joked about his own future. >> thank you plan to run for public office? i will go into more detail next week when i visit iowa and new hampshire. my main focus right now is her recovery. >> nasa is one big family, they will tell you. the shuttle era may be over, but the mission is not. all of this change is based on budget. it has become too costly. next week's launch will be a 12- day mission. >> thank you very much. we will have complete coverage of the final flight. leon harris will report from kennedy space center next week. nasa began tes

in keeping with the spirit of the "national press club". i asked someone else here recently on another subject who was let's say comparable position to you what kind of grade they would give the current administration with regard, let's say, management of the financial crisis and now in the current situation. let's just say for the administration as a whole, what kind of letter grade would you give? you want us to drill down? >> it's a good question. i'm not going to answer it because i don't want to, look, i'm trying to speak on policy, i don't want anything that i say or positions i may articulate to look like they're pro or connie particular candidate or any particular political party. i try to avoid that impression. i'm afraid if i start grading president or any other elected official i will get into that. i will take a pass. >> got a couple weeks where you might consider taking another approach. the sec passed rules to require money market fund to invest in assets with high credit ratings. because interest rates are so low in the u.s.

the national press club hosted this hour-long event. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national presslub. i am the 100 for president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our profession's future. we are working to foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website. to donate to programs offered to the public for our national journalism library, please visit www.press.org/library. our head table includes guest of our speakers as well as working journalists to our club members. it is not necessarily a lack of journalistic objectivity you are seeing. i would like to welcome our c- span and public radio audiences today. our lunches are featured at our weekly podcast, available for free download on itunes. you can also follow the action on twitter. after our guests speeches conclude, we'll have questions and answers. now it is time to introduce our table guests and i would like to ask each of you here to stand up briefly as your name is announced from your right

short hair cuts are all the rage, so i would like to present you with complementary natural -- national press club baseball hats. air around applause for our speakers today. thank you. [applause] i would like to thank all of you for being here and thank the press club staff including the library and broadcast center. you can find out more about the press club at our web site and you can get a copy of today's program at www.press.org. thank you and we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> missing control houston. >> roger, discovery. >> nasa is on schedule for the final mission of the space shuttle program friday with the launch of the sts-135 atlantis. you can explore what is ahead for nasa online on the c-span and the library. search, watch, clip, and share. c-span has launched a new website for politics in the 2012 presidential race with the latest events in the campaign trail, biography information, facebook updates from candidates and political reporters, links to c-span partners. c-span.org/campa

[laughter] at the national press club, she told the man assembled -- the women in the press were confinedo the balcony -- she told the man they had often heard her said that whatever makes jerry happy makes me happy. if you'll believe that, you are in deep and worthy of your profession. [laughter] she had them and she made it look easy. it was not easy. through betty for its courage, we later learned just how hard those years were. mrs. ford had something very important going for her, she knew who she was. before her sudden ascension to first lady, she said," i will do the best i can and if they don't like it, they can kick me out but they cannot make maybe somebody i am not." she knew, like her friends the other congressional women, she knew that her husband could not be who he was if she were not who she was. president ford gave me a glimpse of the importance of that strength when he told me," the night before i took the oath of office, i held betty's and repeated together are proverbs. i made the unforgivable mistake of failing to ask which proverbs. i know which one he and all this sa

the minnesota congresswoman addressed the national press club in washington today. bachmann says she fought against president obama's health care reform plan and increased spending. >> we come to agree with ronald reagan that government doesn't solve problems, it subsidizing problems. and that government's first duty is to protect the people not to run their lives. >> bachmann also urged president obama to agree to pay the interest on the national debt which she says the u.s. can afford under current revenues. >>> one american car is going so fast that car company can't keep it in stock. which one, next. >>> plus, lessons learned, the graphic demonstration today and why it's aimed at parents with small children. >>> and do you have tylenol in your medicine chest. experts are releasing how much tylenol you should be taking. >>> the website clay corp..com says that safeway is looking to build a new score on the corner of ignacio valley road and creek. the city has sent out a notice. there's no word what would happen to the safeway store already operating right across

library and broadcast center for guys in today's event and you could find out more about the national press club at our website at you and get a copy of today's program and www.press.org, thank you and we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [room noise] [general chatter] [random >> looking ahead to our prime time programming, at 8:00 eastern we will feature henry kissinger f henryareed zacharia -- the topic is china in the 21st century and it gets underway tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. >> c-span launched a new easy to navigate website for politics in the 2012 presidential race. with the latest events from the campaign trail, biographical information on the candidates, twitter feet and facebook updates and links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. this and us that c-span.org slash campaign 2012. >> to into c-span this independence day. writer michael lind and other panelists will discuss whether the united states can remain united. >> the political lev

this is about an hour. >> good afternoon, and welcome to the national press club. leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through programming events such as this while also working to foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club at www.press.org and to donate to programs offered free to the public, you can see our web site about that. on behalf of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome our speaker and those of you in our audience today. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists so if you hear applause in the audience, note that members of the general public are in the audience so it's not necessarily evidence of lack of objectivity. i'd like to welcome our c-span viewers. you can also follow the action on twitter using the hash tag pound, npc lunch. after our guest concludes, we will have q&a. for our head table guests, i will introduce each of you and ask each of you to stand up briefly as your name is announced. beginning from your right. ken

uconn find more information about the national press club on our web site www. press.org. you can find a copy of today's programs streaming future events as well. thank you very much. we are adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> now live coverage from the british committee. in two hours rupert murdoch and his son james along with former news international executive rebecca bob brooks will testify at a british parliamentary committee of allegations of phone hacking live on c-span3. now live to a hearing focusing on metropolitan police and its hearing on the previous and current investigations on phone hacking. chairman of the british home committee is speaking. >> -- which was hosted by the federation. and sponsored by the government. you both know about the owner of the champions but i was invited to the news international some party recently but did not attend. are there any other interested members who need to declare directly or indirectly? >> the events are declared with interest

at the national press club he talked about loving his wife and the space shuttle.elly is retiring from nasa and the navy. >>> another busy week in washington from the debt ceiling and budget talks to the president calling out republicans accusing them of not truly negotiating. earlier today shannon breem gave us a preview of this week's show. >> we'll have those folks that feel very singled out by the president. senator john cornyn from texas is one of the key players on the republican side of this whole debate and he's going to talk about where the negotiations stand and whether or not republicans may be willing to talk about cutting some of the tax breaks, tax loopholes the president referenced. it sounds like there may be some negotiating room on that point, something you're not hearing from all the republicans on capitol hill but something we are hearing from senator cornyn. >> i know another big issue is afghanistan. we heard from the president talking about his plan for the troop withdrawal. one of your guests will be on to talk about that? >> absolutely. we

charles bolden is speaking at the national press club today. live coverage it 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> tune in to c-span this independence day. there will be a discussion on whether united states can remain united. >> at the political level, we are divided. >> the dali lama talked about religion, violence, and the death penalty. later, nixon white house insiders discuss his foreign- policy. monday, july 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. for a complete schedule, due to c-span.org. >> no republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, on the u.s. economy and jobs. he was at the former site of allentown metalworks, a site president obama visit did in 2009 to highlight his economic stimulus plan. this is 10 minutes. >> we are standing at the site of the allentown mental wards. this is the place president obama this did about a year and a half ago. the plant has been open 100 years. to survive the great depression. it could not survive the obama economy the president says, "give me more time." it could have been worse. it could have been worse for the people who work

kelly told the national press club his main focus is to spend more time with his children. >>> thanks to wall street, the fireworks started a little early this year. the markets had it best week in two years. the dow gained almost 600 point this is week as traders were encouraged by growth in manufacturing. investors were also reacting to news of greece's debt crisis being temporarily solved. in the end the dow gained 5.4% for the week. the nasdaq and s&p also did extremely well in the past five days gaining 6.2% and 5.6% respectively. for all three, it was their biggest weekly percentage gains since july of 2009. >>> meanwhile a new white house report shows more than 2 million jobs exist because of the 2009 economic stimulus package. the white house council of economic advisers says that thanks to the $821 billion stimulus package combined with tax breaks, at least 2.4 million jobs were, quote, raised relative to what otherwise -- to what it otherwise would have been. the council was careful with its terminology. it avoided saying the jobs were created or saved. president obama has f

. >>> he spoke with the national press club today saying he loves his wife and the space shuttle. >> many of you have been following the recovery of my wife gabby. she's doing very well. she's sorry she couldn't be here today. we both are so appreciative of the outpouring of support, the hopes and prayers of so many people are tremendous source of strength to her, but also to me, our family, our friend and our staff. i love her very much. but i have to say i love the space shuttle very much. the space shuttle have been very good to this country. it's an incredible ship that is difficult to let go. but also know that nasa will open a new and exciting chapter. we're going to continue to inspire our children, and we're going to be -- continue to be a great investment for the american people. >> kelly is retiring the navy and from nasa, and maintenance to spend more time with his wife and his family. >>> a major development today in the sexual assault case against a former leader of the international monetary fund. dominique strauss-kahn is no longer under house arrest after the credibil

also a member of the press club, he's written extensively for national geographic society and has appeared on television as an authority on military and intelligence subjects. please welcome paul dickson and thomas a. allen. [applause] >> thanks a lot. we're extremely happy to be here tonight. this has been a long odyssey for tom and myself. and people always said, how did this thing start? how did you get this idea? and i think i was probably the one that first started to think about this. i kept -- the question that came to me was, why was this big event, this -- i thought turning point. why was it always sort of margin liesed? >> and one night, tom and i were at a writer's party in georgetown. and we both lived in montgomery county. so i didn't have a ride home from the party, and i hardly knew tom at that point. so i said, can i get a ride home? and tom said, sure. and by the time the door opened at my house, tom and i were partners on this thing. and that was three, over three years ago. we did three years of rather intense research. and i think the best way to sort of illustrate sort

nation. well, your hard-pressed to make that argument based on the text. now, however, if you look at 12 of the 13 state constitutions and virginia is the big exception to this because they are the ones as john pointed out that established religious freedom, separation of church and state and so forth. if you look at these stasis constitutions and i don't have a political ax to grind, but it fascinates me that almost all of them have very, very specific religious christian, if not protestant qualifications for holding office so you have pennsylvania, for example, the most radical democratic constitution of them all, and in order to serve the government in pennsylvania, you have to uphold the devine inspiration of the old and new testaments. you know, you have to believe in a god. vermont is the one i love. 177 # -- 1776 constitution of the independence of vermont, now this bashing of liberalism, upholds the idea all people serving in government must believe in the inspiration of the devine old and new testaments, obey the sabbath, and be a protestant, cath

kelly told the national press club here in washington, d.c. his main focus is now to spend more time with his children. >>> the fourth of july isn't until monday, but wall street decided to start the fireworks a little early thanks to its best week in two years. the dow gained almost 600 points this week as traders were encouraged by growth in manufacturing. investors were also reacting to news of greece's debt crisis being temporarily solved. in the end, the dow gained 5 pbs 4% for the week closing above 12,580, nasdaq and s&p 500 did extremely well gaining 6.2% and 5.6% respectively. for all three, it was their biggest weekly percentage gain since july of 2009. >>> meanwhile a new report shows more than 2 million jobs exist because of the stimulus package. the council of economic advisers say thanks to the stimulus package combined with tax breaks, at least 2.4 million jobs were created. the council was careful with its term nalg, however. it avoided saying that jobs were created or saved. president obama has faced criticism for this deal in

. >> before michael leaves, i'm going to present him with a national press club mug, so in any tsa this is all you will need. [laughter] this is all you'll need to get you through. we so enjoyed -- >> [inaudible] >> it's great. we so enjoyed having you, thank you so much. it was just a wonderful presentation. there you are. good night, everybody. >> thank you all for coming out. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> that was michael brown, former director of the federal emergency management agencies. for more information visit michaelbrowntoday.com. >> it takes a behind the stacks look, says broadcasting and cable. the l.a. times calls it required tv viewing. and it solves some mysteries that even nicolas cage can't conjure. c-span's original documentary, the library of congress: behind the scenes of the world's largest library. sunday night at 9 eastern on c-span. >> and now from the 2011 chicago tribune printers row literary festival, laura caldwell and jovan mosley who was coerced into confessing to a murder he had nothing to do with. ms. caldwell and another attorney, katherine to

nasa administrator charles bolden speaks tomorrow at the national press club.shuttle launch is scheduled for friday, july 8. >> tune in to c-span this independence day. writer michael lynn and others discuss if the united states can remain divided. >> we are we're more divided than at any point since the civil war. >> later, nixon white house insiders discuss his presidency's foreign policy. this monday, july 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. for the complete schedule of programs and times, go to c-span.org. >> now a hearing about the amount of money being spent in afghanistan. this is a little more than two and a half hours. >> i will start with my opening remarks and if the senator gets here before i get done, he'll have a chance, and if the witnesses have started, i will ask them to allow him to make his opening remarks. i would like to not give a formal opening statement but just express the reason for this hearing. this is not the first hearing we have had and i have begun working on this program almost the day i arrived in the senate. i traveled to iraq

>>> just moments ago, michele bachmann speaking to the national press club, reaffirmed her commitmento just say no to government spending and raising the debt ceiling. >> the federal deficit and the federal debt both are in shambles. at least that's the way the american people see it. and still the president has no plan. it's unthinkable but he still has no plan. the american people want someone who will stand up for them. they want someone who will say stop. they're looking for someone who will say no. i will be that person who will say no more. >> casey hunt, politico's national political reporter, joins us now. a power hitter in all ways, including on the baseball field. great to see you. first let's talk about michele bachmann and her hard line because the other voice, potential 2012 nominee, of course, that we haven't heard from is mitt romney, missing in action. bachmann first. she is making it clear where she stands. >> she is making it very clear and she is on the right. she's on the far right side of this debate. she doesn't want to raise the debt ceiling. she's dismissed war

today president obama will update the nation with a press conference at 11:00 a.m. eastern time, cnn will carry that live. let's talk about the phone hacking scandal in the united kingdom. it might not be limited to that side of the atlantic. the fbi is now investigating murdoch's news corporation. there's an accusation that his employees may have tried to hack into the phone conversations and voicemails of 9/11 victims and their families. rudy giuliani was mayor of new york during that time. he and murdoch have been friends for a long time, so what does giuliani make of all this? >> intercepting communications like that is a crime, it has to be investigated. i think what there shouldn't be and we've learned recently with a bunch of criminal cases of different kinds, don't rush to judgment, give people a presumption of innocence. i think that just how high up it goes is a big question and it's one we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions about. >> speaking of hacking, somebody absolutely plundered the pentagon in the spring, it was one of the worst breaches ever of se

before they meet the president will hold a nationally televised press conference. >>> and stop the pressesafter 168 years done in by a hacking scandal the final edition of britain's "news of the world" was published yesterday. there were reports the paper tried to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims. >>> a 22-year-old man has been arrested for trying to break into the theater where david letterman tapes "the late show." he smashed into the windows and parts of the lobby were trashed. letterman's set was undamaged. letterman says he will tape the show today. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge returned to britain this morning. prince william and kate wrapped up their trip to los angeles yesterday and boarded the plane home. their final day began with an unscheduled stop. sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: it was an unexpected treat for neighbors gathered around the british consul general's house. the princess and her prince chatted up the crowd, fielding some odd questions. >> did you come to buy our dog? >> sadly no. maybe next time. >> reporter: it was a thrill. >> it was fantastic. i

. >> your hear the national press club and we're extremely grateful. a lot of members came to me before the event and wanted me to ask the question about the value of the professional journalist versus the ones who essentially participate for no financial benefit to them. how you balance that? how do you decide the where -- where the value comes from adding a professional? for those like me, professional journalist to worry that people will work for free, and might push them aside, are you ok with that? or how do you preserve the added value that only -- we would like to think -- of professional can bring to the table? >> we have over 1300 professional journalist on the payroll, a measure of our commitment. since the merger, we have added over 1060 professional journalists to the team. the fact that we of very robust journalistic enterprise does not in any case negate that we are different platform. this is the distribution mechanism for people who have something to say to be able to use. some of them are journalist crossed posting what they have put o

she spoke last month at the national press club here in washington about her tender and efforts at the but new financial regulations. she criticizes what she calls short-term policies to overturn the new law. her comments are about 50 minutes. [inaudible] [inaudible] some of the staff were here with me. richard in particular, our chief economist who has also been drafted repeatedly as chief speechwriter. he has done wonderful work and a big hand in his speech today. i want to thank them for this and all the wonderful things you have done in the past. thank you very much. andrew who many of you know. our head of public affairs is out there somewhere who is just again been with me the whole five years and done a fabulous job. and his deputy, michelle. and jesse, my chief of staff who i drafted during my treasury days. and again, has been at my side and has been an incredible experience. and, finally, of course my husband, scott cooper, who has just been supportive of everything. including a lot of home obligations when i was not there as much as i wanted to be. and also i might say helpi

we go to the national press club where congressman barney frank will be speaking. a look at the dog-franc reform bill. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> please keep questions brief and to the point we can get in as many questions as possible. after the press has been affecting their questions, other audience members are welcome to rest there. congressman barney frank represents the fourth congressional district of massachusetts and he is also the ranking member of the house financial services committee. he helped pass the dodd-frank consumer protection act last year. welcome, congressman frank. >> thank you. those of you who cover the financial services committee might ask your editors for dual pay because you will also be covering the republican presidential campaign. for the first time in history, three declared republican presidential candidates set up and -- financial services committee, ron paul, thaddeus mccotter, and michelle bachmann. we have ever had three declared presidentia