that's her breaking news desk in washington and i'm president the national press club. the club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. we are committed to our profession's future three programs just like this and we fight for a free press worldwide. for more information about the club, visit our web site press.org. to donate to programs offered through our clubs journalism institute visit press.org/institute. on behalf of members worldwide i want to welcome you to today's luncheon. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter. use the hashtag and pc lunch and remember the public attends our lunches. a plaza's not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. after our guest speech we will have a question and answer session and i will ask as many questions as time permits. our head table includes guess of our speaker and working journalists who are members of the national press club. let me introduce them to you now. i would ask each person to stand briefly as names are announced. fro

i'm the president of the national press club. we are the world's latest organization for journalism. we are committed to our professions future through programs just like this. we fight for a free press worldwide. for more information about the club, visit our website. press.org. donate to programs offered through our journalism institute. on behalf of our members worldwide, i want to welcome people in our audience to today's newsmaker luncheon. i want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter, using the #mpclunch. remember the public attends. after our guests speech, we will have a answer and -- a question and answer session. i'll ask as many questions as time permits. our head table includes guests of our speaker and working journalists. let me introduce them. i ask each person to stand briefly. from the audiences right, pender mccarter, retired public relations director for ieee. jackie keizo, for me -- former presidential -- at white house, fema and gsa. bill, vice president of deve

[applause] >> and we take you live now to the national press club in washington dc. googles chief internet evangelist is one of the people widely recognized as being cofounder of internet. he is being introduced right now by the national press club. >> it was the earliest version of the internet. one of those involved in the demonstration today is today's speaker. since 1972, vint cerf has developed the architecture of the internet and ushered the continued spread of the web and has become one of the most widely expected -- respected authorities on internet policy and governance. many call him the father of the internet. since 2005, he has served as the chief internet evangelist for google. he says he took that monitor because they wouldn't approve the title of archduke. [laughter] dr. cerf is well versed the values and capabilities of internet. the voice concerns that the 21st century could become an information blackhole unless we find ways to preserve photos, documents, and other digital content, which is hard because we don't know how computers of the future will

first word, that's our breaking news desk here in washington, and i am the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading organization for journalists. we are committed to our profession's future through programs just like this, and we fight for a free press worldwide. for more information about the club visit our website press.org, and to donate to programs offered through our club's journalism institute visit press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide, i want to welcome people in our audience to today's newsmaker luncheon. i'd also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter using #npclunch. remember, the public attends our lunches. applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. after our guest's speech we'll have requestquestion and answer period. i will ask as many questions as time permits. our head table includes guests of our speaker and working journalists who are club members. i'd ask each person to stand briefly as names are announced. from the audience's right, pender mccarter, retired pub

i am an editor for bloomberg first word and i am the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading organization for journalist. we are committed to our profession's future through programs like this and we fight for a free press worldwide. for more information about the club visit our website press.org and to donate to programs offered through the club's institute visit press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide i want to welcome people in the audience to today's news maker lunch maker and welcome c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on twitter using the #mpclunch. remember the public attends our lunches. applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic object objectivity. our head table includes guest of our speaker ge working journalist who are club members. let me introduce them to you. i will ask each person to stand briefly. from the audience's right, tender mccarter retired public relation director for iee, jacky caseal, former presidential innovation fellow at the whitehouse, fema and gsa, bill yarn vice presid

i always enjoy being with the members of the national women's press club.n when you give members of congress an unmerciful going over. i think that i enjoyed being with you, not only because of the many good friends that i have among you, but also because i was a newspaper woman myself before becoming a member of the house and the senate. in fairness to everyone i concluded that i should make my decision before the end of january. and i had done so. it's not been an easy decision either yes or no would be difficult. the arguments made to me that i should become a candidate have been gratifying. first, it's been con tenned that i should run because i have more national experience, office experience than any of the other announced candidates. or the unannounced candidates. [ laughter ] with that experience, going back to 1940 and predating any of the others. second -- [ applause ] to destroy any political bigotry against women on this score just as the late john f. kennedy had broken the political barrier on religion and destroyed once and for all such politi

of the national press club. we are club. we are the world's leading organization for journalists, committed to our professions future through programs just like this command we fight for a free press worldwide. for more information about the club visit our website. to donate to programs offered through our close journalism institute visit press .org/institute. on behalf on behalf of members worldwide any to welcome members of our audience. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag mpc lunch. remember, the public attends our lunches. applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. it after our guests speech we will have a question-and-answer session. i will ask as many questions as time permits. our head table includes guests of our speaker and working journalists who are club members. let me introduce them to you now. i ask each person to stand briefly has names are announced. from the audience is right tender mcca

press club event. that's on june 1st. i'd like to present mr. keillar with our traditional national press club mug. [ applause ] we just have a little bit of time left. one time when you were here in the past you sang a song. i'm wondering if you'd be interested in singing a song again. [ applause ] >> i will if they will. that's the only deal. this will be my 16th point in my speech that every morning and every public school in america all of the children should face the teacher and they should all sing this song. ♪ ♪ my country tis of thee ♪ ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ ♪ of thee i see ♪ ♪ land where my fathers died ♪ ♪ land of the pilgrim pride ♪ ♪ from every mountainside left freedom ring ♪ [ applause ] >> since you picked a short song, we have a couple of minutes. i have a better finale. one of the questioners asked why you always wear red socks. i'm told you always wear a red tie. maybe you can tell us why. >> i had pair of red socks once and i put them on for a show. people commented on it. nobody had ever commented on my wearing brown or black socks. when you're in the business

press club. i would like to present our guest with the greatest gift of all, the national press club mug, which you can treasure for decades. [laughter] [applause] vint: that is a mug shot. host: the final question, but we have time for two -- it sounds it could have come in over the internet. i'm not sure whether he did. his questioner says you have fewer than 5000 followers on twitter and you are not verified -- what is up with that? vint: i don't tweet all that much. just everyone's a while. i have better things to do. and besides, i get more than enough visibility as it is. i don't need anymore. i get stopped by to autograph guys as soon as i walked into they. i don't know, verification, what do to get verified? send your blood type? i remember asking the guy who founded twitter is your title chief twit? twitter, it's your title chief twit deck of it is inc. -- twit? john hughes: is there a nobel prize in computing and to the be what? vint cerf: the story, which may not be true, is that his wife ran away with a really good mathematician. and in consequence, mr. nobel told his committee, under n

and i would like to present each of our three guests with the national press club mug. >> thank you very much. these are the extremely valuable artifacts that people come and get when they speak at the club. >> i'm just really glad we didn't have to follow garrison keilar. >> but we are all three slightly above average. >> i think you're good looking, too. >> i don't think so. so we have a tradition of ending these lunches a little bit more on the lighter side and we've mentioned how unusual it is to have three airline ceos together in one place taking questions from the press. we don't know when this will happen again. but while we have this opportunity, i want to give each of you -- would you be interested in saying why your airline is better than the guy sitting next to you? >> how much time do you have? >> let me jump out first. i'll say something that i think may surprise you all. i think post consolidation the u.s. airline industry is so much better than it's ever been. and candidly i think reality is far out ahead of perception. i think eat of our carriers delta and american unite

our head table includes working people who are members of the national press club. from the right will watson. a former newspaper editor and 20-year national press club member. larry holdren, patrick host. captain sydney dawson u.s. air force, aid to the superintendent and a guest of the speaker. donald linewein. gene tie. thank you so much. lieutenant cassiem.gra m. granell. business editor for aviation week business magazine. [ applause ] michelle johnson joins us to mark the 60th anniversary of the air force academy which she leads. she was the first female cadet to become a wing commander. the first women's basketball to score 1,700 points and the first female graduate to be chosen as a rhodes scholar. johnson was selected to head the academy in 2013 by then defense secretary chuck hagel. this was at a time when the academy was dealing with scandals involving sexual assault, cheating drug use and religious infollow rans. johnson replaced the head of the athletic department five months ahead of his scheduled retirement and ordered changes to fix an athletic cultur

press club. on july 8th we've just got the coach of the washington capitals who, unfortunately, season is done for now. he's still coming to the national press club. and i'd like to present each of our three guests with the national press club mug. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> these are the extremely valuable artifacts that people get when they come and speak at the club. i'm sure it will be treasured by each of you. >> always. >> i'm just really glad we didn't have to follow garrison keeler. >> we are all three slightly above average. >> i think you're good looking, too, brother. >> i don't think so. >> so we have a tradition of ending these lunches a little more on the lighter side. we've mentioned how unusual it is to have three airline ceos together in one place, taking questions from the press. we don't know when this will happen again. i don't know that -- >> hopefully never. >> -- it happened before. while we have this opportunity, would you be interested in saying why your airline is better than the guy sitting next to you? >> how much time do you have? >> is there a particular advantage that you see in yours? >> i'l

[applause] i would also like to thank national press club staff including its realism institute and broadcast center, for organizing today's event. remember, if you'd like a copy of today's program or to learn more about the national press club, go to our website press.org. thank you very much. we are adjourned. [applause] >> [indistinct chatter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> and today, another candidate turned the race. we will take your life now where former governor microscopy is expected to announce -- former governor mike huckabee is expected to announce. >> [singing] >> [applause] >> [singing] >> [cheering] >> hello everybody! hello! i come off the plane and what is the first thing i hear and it didn't stop all the way to the theater? i like mike. >> [cheering] [applause] >> i like -- >> [chanting] we like mike! >> i tell you what, i come to the city for the first time and have known mike for many, many years. i can see wh

press club. on july 8 we have had the coach of the washington capitals still coming to the national press club command i i would like to present each of our three guests with the national press club mug. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> extremely valuable artifacts of people get when they come and speak. i i am sure it will be treasured by each. >> i'm just glad we did not have to follow garrison keillor. >> we are all three slightly above average. [applause] >> i think your good-looking to. >> we have a tradition of ending these luncheons a little bit more lighter side we mentioned how unusual it is to have three airline ceos together in one place taking questions from the press. we don't know when this will happen again. >> hopefully never. >> well we have will we have this opportunity would you be interested in saying why you your airline is better than the guy sitting next to you? >> how much time do you have? >> is there a particular advantage a particular advantage you see? >> let me jump in 1st. [laughter] >> i actually will say something that i think may surprise you all. i think that pos

to lead the conversation and also secretary paulson we will add it to your collection of the national press clubd this. [laughter] >> it was the mystery of who it was who hit wilbur in in the teeth with a hockey stick and knocked out all of his teetwenty was 18 with depression and self-imposed seclusion in his house over three years. he could not coated college he wanted to go to yale but instead he stayed home he very seldom went out and to provide himself with education:his own with the help of his father and public library. but it swerved to the path of his life in a way that nobody had anticipated. >> host: before you joined a though law school as professor, what were you doing? to make defense staff of non-partisan in committee on taxation. the staff will work to provide lawmakers with information about how a change of tax law would affect our tax revenues in the future it helps to draft tax legislation in a non-partisan way that means that hands republicans and democrat and house and senate and it turns out it is the easiest dog in the room to kick. >> host: if i were a member in came to y

i'd also like to thank national press club staff, including its journalism institute and broadcast center for organizing today's event. and remember, if you would like a copy of today's program or to learn more about the national press club go to our website. that's press.org. thank you very much. we are adjourned. [ applause ] >>> and we're live on capitol hill this morning as a senate subcommittee is holding a hearing on global health issues. as you can see, lots of media on hand this morning to hear from rick warren, who's the pastor of saddle back church, and yes that is elton john, singer and musician. he's also the founder of the elton john a.i.d.s. foundation. this is expected to start in just a couple moments. live coverage here on c-span3. >>> back in your cages. give these people a break. there you go mr. chair. i think we got to put a quarter in it. there you go. the subcommittee will come to order. our hearing today is on global health programs and we have a panel of incredibly brilliant people who i'm honored to welcome you to the united states senate so you can inform the se

this is at the national press club. >> recent pentagon developments show that navy secretary ray mabus sees change ahead for the military branch that he oversees. last week, mabus directed his staff to create an advisory counsel to, quote, assist, accelerate and enable innovation to thrive. the week before he anountsed plans to appoint a new deputy assistant secretary to focus solely on unmanned systems such as aerial drones and robotic submarines. since assuming his post in may 2009 mabus a former governor of mississippi, hasn't hesitated to try new things. he's got a page on facebook. he has named ships former congress women and labor leader cesar chavez. he's made come mow appearances on the navy crime drama nshlgs cis. despite these new things, there are other things for the navy that remain constant. u.s. vessels are currently deployed to hot spots all over the world. recently, the navy reposition add u.s. carrier battle group in the arabian sea as the security situation in yemen deteriorated. in recent days all eye versus been on the strait as a cargo ship flying the flag of the

lead the conversation and also with secretary paulsen we will add to your collection of the national press club month. [laughter] one. [applause] [inaudible conversations] in mecca i believe in the rule of law in i think it is important we know who is in this country and o&y. my perspective policy is right for the economy to promote our economy we talk about the possibility to support the undocumented to the was working in the white house and i believe it was not possible. we couldn't but even if we could do would be devastating to certain industries of better approach is that is talked about with my co-author to find those that are qualified to put them into a legal status to stay here and work and produce and i think by working here and being productive will enhance our economy and create additional jobs for citizens. it is something very important for our economy and national security it is no way to go and i have no problems walking into a government office to say i need a driver's license so i think that's a legal status they should be entitled to the privileges and we can talk of that mea

she will be the featured speaker at the national press club. you can watch her comments at 1:00 and c-span3. >> here's a look at some featured programs this weekend. saturday, we are live from south carolina for the gop freedom summit. on mother's day, members of the first families remember first ladies, featuring the daughters of jackie kennedy, betty ford, and laura bush. on c-span2 jon krakauer on sexual assault in the u.s.. sunday evening, and done woody talks about her life and military career. saturday afternoon, and oral history on the liberation of not see concentration cap's. -- cap's. on sunday afternoon, the 70th anniversary of the world war to end. get our complete schedule. >> live today washington journal is next. then a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe. the sunlight foundation will discuss transparency and government surveillance. >> on the next washington journal, a discussion on advances in mental health research and treatment. then, the author of "clinton cash." later, the america by t

secretary of education arnie duncan talks about poverty, and we found this from a speech at the national press club, which is as you see the poverty-related schools crossing the line. >> we can't use the excuse for educated children at risk and helping them to beat the odds year after year after year. our children only have one chance to get a great education. they can't wait for poverty to magically disappear. >> yet you have to reach adequate yearly progress goals else you lose your job, your school, in some states can be broken up and the children dispersed to different places. that sounds a little like you there. >> yes, but it's what i was made to do. i actually received as long as i remember. free assistance. i walked in the shoes of the children. since i have walked in the shoes of the children. i'm equipment to lead a school. >> if you look at the way we staff school, how we fill them up with children. decide where they are going to do, what we will pay for we are probably the only country in the world that funds rich kids schools better than poor kids schools, when we know that poor kids h

joining us now from the national press club is his brother, who has become a spokesman for the familythe trial is closed. you have a lot of good sources. you have learned to be a reporter like your brother, through all of this. what, if anything, have you learned about what happened in the proceedings day -- today? >> we found out only yesterday the trial would be closed. we have been petitioning to have an open trial so we can get some transparency. it's actually a legal for any information to come out from the trial, but we do know the trial, first day, lasted about two hours. my mother and sister in law both went down to the court but were not able to go into the courtroom. jason was accompanied by his attorney. there was an english translator there are on the government. the expectation is on that first day, they would read the evidence against him, read the charges against him, and there would be some conversation that went on around that. john: there are two pieces of evidence the iranian government feels are in some way incriminating of your brother, one of which is a visa appl

we were going to add to your collection of national press club mugs. [applause] >> here is some of what we are covering wednesday on c-span2. >> i was chief of staff of the congress is nonpartisan joint community on taxation. the staff works to provide lawmakers with information about how a change in tax law is going to affect our tax revenues in the future. it it helps to draft tax legislation. does so in a nonpartisan way which means it has four masters. republicans and democrats and house and senate and it turns out that it means you are the easiest dog in the room to kick. >> so if i were a member of congress and i came to you and said to my want to tax system that is x it is your job to draft that? >> yes. >> regardless of what happens? >> yes. i think all of us to who have been chief of staff you know appreciate that responsibility and try to take it seriously. you know deliver what the bosses are asking for regardless of our personal feelings. >> you have also penned the book, we are better than this kamal government should spend our money. in t

from the national press club this is 40 minutes. >> thank you all for being here. the president scheduled a news conference and i had the coverage so i jumped in the car and raced here as soon as i could. speaking about something very relevant to what you have worked so hard i want to talk about the broad economic context of china and just a word about pink paulson, i knew about the stress of policymakers behind the scenes and i don't think that anyone went through as stressful a period as you did and put this country on a footing for the future, this country and the world so i just wanted to say that it's a privilege to be here with someone writing about his perspective as a policymaker with his experience in china but also who have more than a hundred visits going back years and years as the ceo of goldman and brings the perspective of the private sector and public sector together as we assess our greatest economic rival the banker. secretary paulson, thank you very much for being here. >> it is my great pleasure to be interviewed by you because i've admired the

from the national press club in washington, d.c., this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all for being here and being patient. the president scheduled a news conference and i was anchoring the coverage so i jumped in the car and i raced here as soon as i could. i was speaking about something very relevant to what you have worked so hard on. we put the country on a footing for the future, this country and the world, so i just wanted to say that it's a privilege for me to be here with someone who is writing about his perspective as a policymaker with his long experience in china but actually had more than 100 visits going back years and years as the ceo of goldman who brings the perspective together as we assess our greatest economic rival. secretary paulson thank you for being here it is a privilege. >> it's my pleasure to be interviewed by you because i've admired the job you've done for a long time and i think you all for being here but i'm looking forward to the conversation. >> dealing with china is a fascinating insight. the president did just

keith hill: good morning and welcome to the national press club. my name is keith hill. i am former president and a member of the clubs newsmaker committee. a few has keeping items. please turn off cell phones or items that will make a noise. i will be asking questions to michael morel for about 30 minutes, and then i give priority to reporters for questions. then i will open it up to others. i request that you

. >> good evening and welcome to the national press club. >> we are live at the national press club for discussion now on the sinking of the lusitania. a nearly 1200 or the passengers and crew on board worst killed 100 years ago. this is a panel of scholars examining that abandon the role the sinking played in changing american public opinion about world war i. live coverage. >> and its effect on american news media and on the propaganda campaign to get the united states to enter the war on allied side. the heritage committee is honored to be working with united states world war i centennial commission who put together this program. their mission is so important to knowledge about world war i in this country is limited. when i asked college-educated people what they knew about the lusitania i got a blank stare but it is one of the great offensive led to u.s. mutual war that changed the world in so many ways. in a sense we are still fighting world war i and the middle east. representing the u.s. world war i centennial commission tonight is at one fountain. mr. thompson would you please c

. >> before we get to the final question i just want to mention in the national press club this leading organization for journalist. for more information go to the web site and to learn about the non-profit visit the web site. one week from today we will have the all -- author of the prairie home companion will address the press club band on july 8 we have the cushion of the washington end capitol's n.m. with the right to present each of our three guests. [laughter] [applause] >> these are the extremely valuable artifacts i am sure it will be treasured. >> recall slightly above-average. [laughter] so we have the tradition to end of the lighter side and to mention how we have three in every donor of that will happen again. [laughter] but all have the opportunity to save what yours is better than the guys sitting next to you. [laughter] >> how much time do you have? >> i will jump out first. [laughter] >> actually i think post consolidation common industry is so much better than it has ever been and candidly is far out ahead of perception. delta and american united offer today have a bett

. >> reporter: at the national press club a book called "reagan remembered" and compiles firsthand recollections by 81 individuals who worked with him. former ambassador gill robber bert son, remembered an incident aboard an airplane 47 years ago this week, the news that martin luther king had been killed. >> the governor just looked down and then he sat down and he looked back across the aisle and saw the governor's lips moving praying. >> reporter: james miller remembers a tense conversation between the president and house speaker tip o'neil a democrat. >> i said mr. president, there you go. you're trying to bail out your rich friend. the president said there you go tip o'neil government that's the answer to everything. >> reporter: february brought us ronald reagan decisions of greatness by aide martin anderson and his wife and next week it will be "reagan to life" and in october we'll see the debut of "last act, the final years and emerging legacy of ronald reagan" by craig shirley who has so far written 1700 pages on reagan and his work is part to correct the caricature from the establishme

this is one hour. >> good morning and welcome to the national press club. i'm an and a writer with b -- editor writer with bloomberg. i will be monitoring today's newsmaker with our guest former ca jeopardy director -- cia deputy director mike morell. before i start, as i said before please set your phones to vibrate. second the format will be that i ask questions for about 30 minutes and then i will open the floor to questions. i will give priority to reporters because they are here for a job. once the reporters have asked their questions, i will open it up to others. third, i request that you ask the question, give us your name and your affiliation. we all remember may 2, 2011, the day osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. what are some of the other cia's counterterrorism successes and failures over the last 20 my guest today mike morell is a good person to answer the question because he was probably involved with most if not all of them. mike morell is one of the country's most renown security professionals. he served as cia deputy director and twice a

keith hill: good morning and welcome to the national press club. my name is keith hill. i am former president and a member of the clubs newsmaker committee. a few has keeping items. please turn off cell phones or items that will make a noise. i will be asking questions to michael morel for about 30 minutes, and then i give priority to reporters for questions. then i will open it up to others. i request that you ask a question and give us your name, and the issue. we all remember may 2, 2011, the day osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. what are some of the other cia's counterterrorism successes and failures over the last 20 years? our guest today, mike morell, is a good person to answer that question because he was probably involved with most, if not all of them. michael morell is one of the country's most renowned individuals. he served as the cia director or and twice as the acting director. mr. morell played a central role in this country's fight against terrorism and he has over 30 years with the agency. he participated in the deliberations that led to the raid an

the national press club change.org/free jason to stein petition. half a million people have double it. and then reporters without borders. a wonderful organization supporting journalists because you need it these days. >> you certainly do. all the best to you and your family. a speedy return of jason. i hope we're all celebrating soon. thanks. >>> in california teams are set to remove the broken section of pipeline that spilled oil, mile of oil. crews continue to clean up the shoreline. some details over here from ryan. this was one of those stories that seemed sort of underreported and misunderstood. >> it is 90 miles up the coast from l.a. it closed two major beaches and memorial day it wasn't right timing for that one. it created an oil slick on the water half the size. santa barbara. >> that's a big oil spill. gosh! >> so in addition to the camp grounds, beaches, folks can't fish. you can see by the signs. this is a mess. workers are cleaning up. they have to wear the rubberized boots and the overalls. >> toxic. >> you know the dangers if you g

. >> tomorrow, former deputy cia director michael morell speaks at the national press club offering hisassessment of the counterterrorism successes and failures over the last 20 years. that is life at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the new congress, with color photos of every senate and house member and bio and twitter handles. also, a foldout map of congressional hill, a look at committees, the president's cabinet, and governors. order your copy today. it is $13.95 through the c-span store at c-span.org. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," our guest is former canadian astronaut chris hadfield, author of “an astronaut's guide to life on earth.” he talks about his missions in space, his time as commander of the international space station, and his use of video to inform the public about what life in space is like and experiments going on there. we start our program with a video that launched him in the public eye. [video clip]

. >> when i talked about woodrow wilson and the national press club, it seems like he needed -- he liked reporters. do you really think that was true, and how did he deal with reporters, especially after the lusitania? >> i am glad to answer that but i think we need to finish the picture of the propaganda site. the reason, it is kind of a microcosm. we never found out what was wrong with the british side which is indeed exactly the problem for the american public. the germans were clumsy and a bad decision. the british took advantage of that clumsiness to its great advantage. tremendous advantage. part of this was because they were so clever. they had something called wellington house, to create new propaganda. it was so secret the houses of parliament did not know about it and the united states of america was one of its prime areas because they wanted to drag us to that war the way the germans wanted to keep us out of it. it is interesting, for example one of the big news events as they found a guy who was a german propagandist, and a secret surgeon -- secret service agent -- it was lea

world war i centennial commission hosted this discussion at the national press club. >> our panel willlking about three topics -- the sinking of the lusitania and how i came to happen. second, the propaganda campaign spurred on that helped convince americans to go to war. third, president wilson is leadership and strategy leading up to his declaration of war. we have a distinguished panel of experts. admiral samuel cox, retired, the director of naval history and curator for the navy responsible for the navy's museums art and artifact collections. 150 million pages of archives and for collecting and interpreting u.s. naval history throughout the world. a graduate of the u.s. able academy, his career focused on intelligence and he served as rector of intelligence for the u.s. cyber command. he's the co-author of 10 books and numerous articles. we should note his book, woodrow wilson, a burden to great to bear. his new book comes out at the end of the month. john asked will hamilton comes to us from louisiana state university and is a senior scholar at the woodrow wilson international cen

thursday the national press club and world war i centennial commission host a discussion on the tragedy and impact on american public opinion. that's live, 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >> here's some book festivals we'll be covering this spring. in the middle of may, maryland, for live coverage of the boork festival with tom davis and martin frost as well as david axelrod and close out may at book expo america in new york city where the publishing industry showcases their upcoming books, and first week in june live for the chicago tribune lit fest including three hour live in-depth program with pulitzer prize winning author, lawrence wright and your phone calls on c-span2's booktv. >> this mother's day, remembering life in the white house. we hear from steve ford rem necessarying about a mishap with the fireplace during his first family dinner at the white house. here's a look. >> the first dinner we had as a family and there's in tension i don't know if you notice when you first go there, you don't know the staff, you know, they've been there for years, and you rotate through, an

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welcome to the national press club. minus keith hill, editor writer with bloomberg's vma former vice club president and i will be moderating today with our guest, former cia deputy director, mike morell. before i start come a few housekeeping items. one as i said before, please turn off all cell phones pagers or anything else making noise during the presentation. second the format will be on the last question of mr. morell for 30 minutes and then open the floor to questions. i will give priority to reporters here to do the job. once the reporter asked the questions i will open it up to others. third i request you asked the question. no speeches please. give us your name and location. you all remember may 2nd 2011 the day osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. what are some of the other cia counterterrorism successes and failures over the last 20 years question mark yesterday, mike trent three com a good person to answer the question because he was probably involved in most if not all. mike's morell is one of the countr

from the national press club this is an hour. [applause] >> want to to welcome or c-span public radio audiences. you can also follow this event on twitter. use the hashtag npc lunch. that's npc lunch and remember the public attend their lunches. applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity objectivity. u.s. airlines relative to the previous decade at least are doing well. they have been posting profits on lower jet fuel prices and than they have been rewarding investors get d's three ceos look overseas and they worry. they say three carriers qatar -- ser and emirates are undermining fair competition and threatening american jobs. they want the obama administration to request consultations for international agreements known as open skies. they also want the administration to seek a freeze on a passenger service by the three carriers during these discussions. several labor unions are aligned with this effort by the u.s. carriers and of course there is a strong point of view on the opposite side. the gulf carriers

it is a pleasure to be here at the national press club and be back in washington. it is interesting. i live in new york was leg left right liberal and conservative pop into the conversation. three decades ago were just over three decades ago the nation at risk. the state of public education in this country. that report triggered an avalanche of reform reforms were imposed from the top down to the bottom up and in between. imposed consecutively, concurrently and occasionally at cross purposes. familiar with the buzzwords and core, high-stakes tests, state takeover. on an army goes. i tend to look at these policies and where we need to go from your through the prism of what's in the best interest of children who are perpetually left behind. if you look at it from that angle we have made some heartening progress in this country and public education to my achievement gaps between white and black students have closed according to the national assessment basically the nation's report card. high school graduation rates are steadily climbing. we have seen impressive result