the event was hosted by the national press club. ms. matthew, and welcome to the national press club, the place where news happens. my name is lisa nicole matthews, and i am the 114th president of the national press club, and assignment manager for u.s. video at the associated press. thank you for joining us today for our headliners event with air force chief of staff, general charles q. brown jr., or as he refers to himself, cq brown jr. we will get started in a moment but just a reminder that we are happy to accept your questions, and i will ask as many as time permits. to submit a question, please email headliners@press.org. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown jr. is the first and only black service chief in u.s. history, and he hasn't been shy about calling out the military for its failure to diversify the leadership ranks and the racism that still exists within it. general brown has said that the death of george floyd and the black lives matter movement made the air force take a hard look at itself. [clears throat] ex

julian rich, the established members of the national press club. it is a great honor for me to have this opportunity. before i engage with you, let me say a few words. i appreciate your interest in my memoir "resolved: united nations in a divided world". i hope this will inspire for actions, improve cooperation and encourage people around the world to become global citizens. during my 5 decades long public service in the republic of korea and 10 years at the united nations as secretary-general this is my first ever memoir. i have never written a book in the past because of time but i thought after retirement it is my duty to share with the world's people my experience. it is ongoing. i just wanted to leave this message as secretary-general of the united nations. as you know, my whole life has been colonialism was the summer for democracy in korea and around the world. i myself have gone through turbulent periods as a korean citizen of the united nations. i was raised in 1950, came of age in poverty and watched my country go through democracy with t

the discussion was hosted by the national press club. >> thank you for joining us today for our event with general charles brown jr. or as he refers to himself cq. we are happy to accept your questions and i will ask as many as time permits to summit a question, please email headliners at press.org. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown, jr. is the first and only black service chief in u.s. herstory. he has not been shy about calling out the military for the failure to diversify leadership ranks and racism. general brown has said that the death of george floyd and the black lives matter movement made the air force take a hard look at itself. a recent report found that black air personnel have lower promotion rates and fewer opportunities. he says that must change in order for the air force to make the best use of its talent and remain competitive. that competitiveness forms the basis of his admission -- his mission, i should say. last year, general brown announced the new strategic approach, which he titled, accelerate, change or lose. for the air force, to control the ski

i want to take a moment for the national press club to be here today and in hosting this event, and then i want to thank all of you for the coverage of our u.s. military whether here in washington, d.c. and all across the nation, particularly for the members that are deployed in harm's way. and thank you, i willsa, for the very kind introduction. today i want to spend a few minutes telling you how we see the global security environment, the threat i see from china, what it poses to civility and how the air force is accelerating change so airpower continue to be decisive in the future. ideally when we leave here today, i want you feeling as concerned as i am in understanding the rate of change must increase. now when i look at my air force career, i've been doing this for 36 years, and i still don't feel as old as i am. but it seems like yesterday when i came in. but i can break out my career pretty much into three distinct phases. i came in at the end of the cold war. and watched how we built up and understood what the cold war is all about. and then, back in august of 1990 we made a shi

vice president beganned another press conference on the question of kashmir and hopes they expect settlement or failing that through the united nations that he warned countries of the free world against accepting soviet aid. the communist price he said could be a rope around their neck. unlike u.s. assistance which has given to maybe taken freedom, aid from russia could spell its end. after h hours the nixon's plane departed winging west to the capital of turkey. it was nice when vice president and mrs. nixon arrived at airport. the turkey president welcomed the personal ambassadorrary of eisenhower. insisted that the vice president and his wife be his personal guest. ♪ ♪ ♪ these were feelings that mr. nixon noted everywhere he went, people with different backgrounds and national origins. ♪ ♪ ♪ one of the most impressive moments of vice president's stay in the turkish capital was laying of a wreath of tomb, the founder of modern turkey. ♪ ♪ ♪ the second highest official of the united states government paid a solemn salute to the memory of one of the most extraordinary leaders of the century. driving back to the city on route to the a

press conference. on the question of kashmir, he said the united states helped for a settlement via direct india/pakistan talks or, failing that, through the unite united nations said, could be a rope around their necks. aid from russia could spell its end. after four hours in karachi, the nixons' plane departed west towards the capital of turkey. it was night when vice president and mrs. nixon arrived at ankara's airport. both turkey's president and her premier welcomed the personal emissary of president eisenhower. the president, who recalled mr. nixon's hospitality when he visited washington, insisted that the vice president and his wife be his personal guests. [cheers and applause] the next day there were more of those chance meetings with ordinary people, a brief chat with a young turkish news boy brought out his deep interest in america and his affection for president eisenhower. these were feelings that mr. nixon noticed everywhere he went and in people from widely different backgrounds and national arcs. ♪ ♪ >> one of the most impressive moments of vice president nixon's day in the turkish capital was his laying a wreath at the tomb of the found per of

air force chief of staff general charles brown speaking at a national press club newsmakers event at:00 p.m. eastern online at c-span.org. listen with the free c-span radio app. the u.s. senate is not in session today to allow lawmakers to travel to wyoming for the funeral of their former colleague mike enzi. senators spent the week working on a bipartisan infrastructure bill with many amendments getting debate and votes. the senate is set for a second consecutive weekend session beginning 11:00 a.m. eastern saturday to work on the proposed bill. as always, follow the senate live on c-span2. sunday, c-span's series january 6: views from the house continues. three more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day, including ronny jackson, who recounts what happened during those early moments on the house floor. >> i don't know how far we got into it. i feel there were five people or so who were speaking, alternating back and forth. and people oc was at the podium overseeing it all. at some point they pulled her away and someone came in to replace

it is our pleasure to welcome you to the national press club to the virtual podium. you very much. a very kind introduction into speed to the members of the press club it is a great honor for me to have this opportunity. before i engage with you, let me just say a few words i appreciate first of all your interest in my memoir united nations in a divided war and those that improve cooperation around the world to become global citizens and with the public service in korea 37 years and in the united nations as a secretary-general this is my first ever memoir i have never written a book in the past. but i thought it was my entitlement in my duty to share my experience. i just wanted to leave this message as a second general the united nations and of the republic. as you may know my whole life was a struggle for democracy around the world i myself have gone through the turbulent period i was raised in 1950 and came of age in terrible poverty and watch my country go from dictatorship to a stable andh prosperous democracy with the help of the united nations. without them these experiences

seems your suspension came about after you delivered a fiery speech at the end of may to the national press club. when you talked about the forces that were targeting journalists in pakistan, you spoke out after one particularjournalistjust a few days before had been attacked in his own home in islamabad. you suggested that these forces, if they continued, would face retaliation from journalists. what did you mean by "these forces" and what kind of retaliation were you talking about? stephen sackur, you see, i survived many assassination attempts in pakistan, and i never gotjustice. i was involved in many fake cases and the pakistani courts, they cleared me and i was involved in fake cases again and again. i was threatened again and again. but you see, when our information minister fawad chaudhry spoke to you in your show, the same day, on may 28th, when the day i delivered a speech, he said that "there are some journalists "in pakistan, who stage dramas just to get asylum "outside pakistan. " and i was standing with my journalist colleague who was attacked inside his home, and he's a young

. >> thank you for that kind introduction the members of the national press club it is a great honor for me to have this opportunity. let me say a couple words i appreciate your interest in my memoir and to inspire that possibility and those around the world to become global citizens republic of korea 37 years with the united nations this is my first ever memoir that i thought it is my duty to share my experience but i just want to leave this message on the second general and as you may know, my whole life span for democracy and i myself have gone through the turbulent period as a citizen in the united nations i was raised to come of age with that democracy without the united nations these experiences grounded me with the importance of opportunity and international cooperation and partnership and international and private with that development and human rights and climate change and so many things. and with those lessons that we have learned with those alliances and the refugees to understand our precious conditions why are we not doing better? for me and those and then when they nee

i've gathered here at the bank of the national press club in the capital city back to protest against disappearing their calling on the government to release activists and members of the opposition. i've been sick or to me. several local and international human rights organization. recently our top un officials, donors and freight partners to step up measures to whole senior bangladesh. the security forces, members accountable for many hold seems to be all they have now had my husband. so he was picked up by police in plain clothes, near the central jail. he was involved with opposition, student politics, whatever he might be. i just want him returned the band with home ministry and the rapid diction battalion did not respond to our 0 request for an interview day. all the family members organized by mere dog got together to protest against the enforced disappearances of our family members by this fascist government. we want them to return the disappeared people and that justice is served. according to bangladesh, she human rights group, nearly 600 people have been forcibly disappeared

they should not be an offensive cyber nation presses of it when it's not only about the group. there are many other companies that export their technology to democratic in london craddick countries. and therefore, the best solution would be an immediate, more terrorism on the federal transfer, unused of surveillance technologies until there is a human right. the global human rights mechanism in place that would regulate this industry, the companies and government, accountable to human rights abuses of related to the use of spyware, pegasus gamble, and things like that. we would never have the end of the this is a threat of privacy. democracy and all that kind of thing. because of course that occurred to me, but i can chris lee the most detrimental aspect. it's how it will have a chilling effect on the look i see in the middle east because people are worried about being watched. they'll behave in a way that the same with them actually being watched and discouraged janice actors, etc. and being critical. if there is jean, i'm doing the best of journalism to tennessee and now whic

now the rules come from the national press and publication administration, which overseas the countries video game market and told state media teenagers are the future of our mother land, protecting the physical and mental health of minors is related to the people's vital interests and relate to the cultivation of the younger generation in the era of national rejuvenation, the chinese game market has become increasingly popular in recent years and is expected to generate more than 45 $1000000000.00 in revenue just this year. according to industry analyst news, you wow, i cannot help but think that if a rural like that were passed here in the united states, there would be a protest in the streets. i mean, is this something that can only happen in china? yeah, i mean, you got to have to have a government that can actually put something like this in place. i mean, here, number one, business has way too big of a influence on policy. and frankly, i mean, when some of these gay manufacturers were asked about this here in the united states and said, you know, what do you make of this? and the

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in my extracurricular activity i am president of the national press club's institute, and in which the crown jewel is the national prix dom library. and libraries are important, because that is what the texas book festival is all about. the book festival raises money for libraries in texas, and for literacy programs. all of books that you buy benefit the libraries of the state of texas. i highly recommend that you buy "gunfight." our author will sign books after our program in the book signing tent up congress avenue. so, i have been asked by the folks at c-span to ask you to turn off or silence your cell phone, because we have had some problems earlier today, and if you want to take out the concealed weapons permits now, it is probably a good time now. concealed weapons don't take them out, because if you do, they are not concealed anymore. what we are here today to talk about "gunfight, the battle over the right to bear arms in america." it is written by adam winkler, and he is a profes or of law at ucla, and specialist of constitutional law, and his wide ranging constitutional law h

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so this is an ongoing issue with antifa, even though we aren'tn hearing much about them in the national press shot ashley babbitt. i love how anarchists are just enforcing the dnc line of the day with weapons. anarchists. you are a brave man to do this. much reviled for it, but it's worth doing. thank you.u. >> my pleasure.h >> tucker: the republican party is very frustrated. but it is changing. a frequent guest on the show is one of the people who looks to change it. a major announcement coming next. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: when they were widespread and legitimate worries about election integrity several months ago, adam lacks adulthood is the former attorney general of nevada was one of the very few elected officials former or current who took those seriously and got to the bottom of them. he did it on the show and we've always been great grateful fornt that. adamur laxalt joins us now. >> tucker: and thank you tucker. on the backdrop of what we are seeing in afghanistan, is there any more important time forgh us to get new leadership for this country? we are sitting here watc

and my extracurricular lie from the president of the national press clubs journalism institute of which the crown jewel is the international journalism library. libraries are important because they are what the texas book festival is all about. the book festival raises money for public libraries in texas and for literacy programs. all of the books you buy benefit the library of the state of texas. i highly recommend that you buy a gun, our author will sign books after our program in the book signing tent on congress avenue. i have been asked by the folks at c-span to ask you to turn off or silence your cellphones, we've had some problems earlier today and if you want to take out your concealed weapons permits now, it's probably a good time. also, concealed weapons, don't take them out, because otherwise they won't be concealed anymore. we're here today to talk about gunfight, the battle over the right to bear arms in america. it's authored by adam wing clear, he's a professor of law at ucla and a specialist in american constitutional law. his wide-ranging scholarship has touched on dive

if you listen to some of the national press it and even some of the national experts. who i believe are exaggerating and engaging in hyperbole. and necessarily alarming people. you might think otherwise . >> he says a doctor in his own state is now in a code red emergency. because of the influx of patients in hospitals. a total of 98% of the u.s. population currently living in counties that have high or substantial transmissions according to the cdc. hospitalizations in the united states are nearly 70,000. that is up 22% by one week. >> only eight i see you that's in the entire state of arkansas. covid deaths are rising, again. with 500 americans dying on average each day. nearly 1600 children that they are currently hospitalized . that is up 146% since last month. been back that is the original point. more vaccinated americans are saying enough is enough. because some of the unvaccinated are relying on allies, conspiracy and misinformation to make their decisions. an optical business owner says that he cannot convince all of his employees to get vaccinated. listen to

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so this is an ongoing issue with antifa, even though we aren't hearing much about them in the national press glad we shot ashley babbitt. i love how anarchists are just enforcing the dnc line of the day with weapons. anarchists. you are a brave man to do this. much reviled for it, but it's worth doing. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> tucker: the republican party is very frustrated. but it is changing. a frequent guest on the show called out of blocks out is one of the people who looks to change it. a major announcement coming next. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ so many people are overweight now, and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why they don't work. now there's release from golo. it naturally helps reverse insulin resistance, stops sugar cravings, and releases stubborn fat all while controlling stress and emotional eating. at last, a diet pill that actually works. go to golo.com to get yours. one of my favorite supplements is qun

a group of reporters were once having lunch at the national press club and they were complaining about drew pearson and his column to his elbowing his way to the front of the stories and claiming that some of his reporting was factually shady. and one of them finally spoke up and said, let's face it. not one of us here would have the nerve to write what pearson does or hope to get it printed. the others agreed that they read the column because they could never tell when it was going to cover the story of the day coming out of washington. at times, while his exposes were good, sometimes they would meet with indifference from the rest press corps. at other times, his scoops caught everyone's attention. editors at the "washington post" described his technique as scatter shot. sometimes right on target. and other times, missing it all together. it seemed to them as if it was a conscious strategy. a readiness to risk being wrong now and then as a necessity for becoming the necessary price for being right more often. my research has convinced me that drew pearson was more often right. that h

winning awards for his reporting for both the national press club and the gerald ford foundation. when michael set out to write a book about trump's .20 reelection campaign he expected to do what he calls an introduction a traditional campaign book, i now trump would market himself for a second term. of course 2020 turned out to be a most unconventional year, given the pandemic. there was nothing traditional about trump's campaign. michael's book chronicles much of the chaos and disorganization that marked the reelection effort, disastrous dysfunctional response to the coronavirus crisis, the internal battles between chop and military advisers, over whether to unleash soldiers on civil rights protests, and much, much more. a review of the book called it a nuanced, sharp and thoroughly revealing, and publishers weekly termed the book and immersive blow-by-blow rundown. peggy noonan has been a columnist for the "wall street journal" since 2000, and four ears mac ears ago one the pulitzer prize for commentary. she is also the author of nine books, u.s. politics history and culture, t

winning awards for reporting from both the national press club and the ford foundation.el set out to write a book about trump's 2020 reelection campaign. he expected to do what he calls in the introduction a traditional campaign book about how copy would market himself for a second term. of course, 2020 turned out to be most unconventional year given the pandemic and nothing traditional about trump's campaign. book chronicles much of the chaos and disorganization that marked the reelection effort, disastrous dysfunctional response to the coronavirus crisis, the internal battles between trump and military advisers over whether to unleash soldiers on civil rights protests and much, much more. the review of the book, nuance, sharp and fairly reviewing and publishers turned the work in immersive blow by blow onedown. michael's conversation partner here this evening has been the columnist for the wall street journal since 2000. she's also the author of 9 books, u.s. politics history and culture, most recent of which was time of our lives. so michael and peggy, the screen is y

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. >> absolutely and i always joke and say, i got the role of national press secretary on a campaign andleadership role and i love that she chose to have a baby now because i always try to tell women, look, you can have it all, you can achieve in the workplace and have a child and be a mother, what message, though, does the center when when you have men summarily categorizing us as lacking in energy if we decide to have a baby. >> abby: knowing the women in my life, i think that's going to fire them up and they're going to say, i'm going to have these children and be even better at my job and i'm just so confused why we are still having this conversation, there was a recent study from 2019 that said more than 80% of women have a child while they are still in their working years so the fact that we are still talking about it in 2021 is kind of mind-blowing but don't come after mom's they are extremely efficient with their jobs and raising their children and also doing just a normal job, recently in chicago, my sister-in-law is pregnant and she beat me up the stairs and i'm not even pregna