people probably hear you on national public radio, on your talk show, across the country. and you've written a couple of books now, several books, three books. >> three books. >> hinojosa: finding my voice, which i just love as a title, is your story of kind of how you ended up where you are now. >> it's a story of how i began as the child of immigrants who believed that young children should be seen and not heard, who should never ask, "why?" so the fact that i am doing these daily interviews, maria, asking anybody and everybody... >> hinojosa: anything? >> anything, and why, is for me the greatest pleasure and freedom in the world. >> hinojosa: and let's just start off at the top, because there might be some people who have heard you on the air, and they may say, "i know diane rehm, but i'm not sure why sometimes she sounds a little bit different or a little bit halting with her voice." >> or why she sounds as though she's 105. >> hinojosa: "and why is she on the air sounding like this?" >> "and why is she on the air?" i began my career as a volunteer at wamu back in 197

scott walker told national public radio he would not have used those words but would be much tougher.thers declined to comment. huckabee, standing by his words, put out a video late today doubling down. did he go too far for his own good? john: yes. the comments have been, even though some republicans don't want to say it, a lot of that have crossed a respectable line and people are against it. it is outrageous on some level but what bothers me most is that it's a hypocritical thing coming from huckabee, who as recently as 2008 was giving speeches about diplomatic approaches to and run, about containing iran, about pursuing a policy barack obama has pursued. mark: mike huckabee often says extreme things that get repudiated and denounced. but they don't often hurt him. i don't know if this will hurt him. given that they put out the video, my senses he thinks it's going to help them. being attacked by hillary clinton and barack obama, he thinks is a good thing. john: i just don't understand how -- it seems the obvious calculation is going on for a lot of these candidates, in the wake of

on national public radio last fall during an interview that was supposed to be about cosby's artwork,ns about the allegations were met with silence. >> this question gives me no pleasure but there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question. do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. npr host scott simon gave more insight. >> he gave that impish cosby smile and was silent. >> when an associated press reporters asked him if he wanted to comment on what his accusers have said he got this. >> i have to asks about the -- >> no no we don't answer that. >> i just wanted to ask if you wanted to respond about whether any of that was true. >> there's no response. >> reporter: and then cosby took it one step further. >> now can i get something from you, that none of that will be shown? >> i can't promise that myself. but you didn't say anything. >> and i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. >> i hear you. i will tell that to my editors and i think that will understand. >

certainly those that that listened to national public radio. he has been in the presence for 19 years and for over a decade now he's been one of the hosts of the morning edition, and the news program in the united states. i take your word for it. [laughter] >> and steve appeared here three and a half years ago when his first book was published instant city which chronicled today and he's back now to talk about the second book. in it he goes not abroad but back in time in the united states to the era of andrew jackson and he tells the story not only of jackson that of john ross, the tribal chief of the cherokee once military comrade the spam ended up on opposing sides with epic struggles over land seizure and resettlement of the native american tribes that severely tested america's young democracy. it was a transformative chapter in the nation's development and also a very tragic one and as steve notes in his acknowledgments, authors have grappled with that period and its protagonist in different ways at different times since. he's been per trad

on national public radio last fall during an interview that was supposed to be about cosby's artworktions about the allegations were met with silence. >> this question gives me no pleasure, mr. cosby. there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question. do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. >> npr host scott simon shared more color about cosby's reaction with cnn. >> he gave that delightful little iish smile at first and then was silent and didn't answer the question. >> when an associated press reporter asked cosby last november if he wanted to comment on what his accusers said he got this. >> i have to ask about your name coming up in the news recently regarding this comedian -- >> no no we don't answer that. >> okay. i wanted to ask if you wanted to respond about whether or not any of that was true. >> there is no response. >> and then cosby took it one step further. >> can i get something from you? >> what's that? >> that none of that will be shown? >> i c

tameka smith, national public radios wamu. allison fitzgerald managing editor for finance at the center for public integrity. skipping over our speaker for a moment, angela keen a minnesotan, a white house correspondent for bloomberg news, a former national press club president, and the speaker's committee member who organized today's lunch. thank you, angela. menachem wecker, a tremendous reporter who covers art, religion and education. elizabeth jia a multimedia reporter producer or cbs affiliate wusa channel 9. verdoze al farouk medical reporter for the gray sheet. and devon henry a native minnesotan and energy and environment reporter for the hill. [ applause ] i want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. and remind you that you can follow the action today on twitter. use the #npclunch. and remember the public attends our lunches. applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. well garrison keillor is a storyteller, author, humorist and radio personality. he's best known as the voice on the rad

tamika smith, anchor for national public radio's wamu. alison fitzgerald, managing editor of politics at the center for public integrity and a national press club board member. skipping over our speaker for a moment -- [laughter] angela, a minnesotan, white house correspondent for bloomberg news, former national press club president and the speakers committee member who organized the day's lunch. thank you, angela. a freelance reporter who covers are, religion, and education. elizabeth jia, a multimedia reporter producer for cbs affiliates, w usa channel nine. all peru, medical reporter for the gray sheet. and david henry, a native minnesotan and energy and environment reporter for "the hill." [applause] i want to welcome our c-span and public radio audience and remind you you can follow the action today on twitter, use the #npclunch. and remember, people are attending during this lunch, so applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic object to -- objectivity. and are guest today is a humorist and radio personality best known as the

decade and is a staff writer at the dalia news event has written for the post the ap, bbc national public radio and the voice. her new book fire fight a battle to integrate new york's bravest is based on ten years of interviews with firefighters. it traces the history of race and the new york fire department for the first black firefighter to the massive dissemination lawsuit settled in 2014. at the center of the book are stories of courage that firefighters risking their lives in the line of duty while risking their livelihoods in the system. we share the stage this evening with these firefighters all members of the society and organization to combat racism which was instrumental in the struggle in the book. the members here all currently active firefighters who appear in the book are paul washington you can clap for them. [applause] the former president and michael marshall former society advocates. the discussion is moderated by todd robbins the teachers at the graduate school of journalism he's a former housing organizer and has been economist and a staff writer at the voice the dalia news

certainly, those of you who listen to national public radio. he's been an on-air presence there for 19 years, and for over a decade now he's been one to have hosts of "morning edition," the most widely-heard radio news program in the united states. i take your guys' word for it right? and steve appeared here at p and p three and a half years ago when his first book was published, "instant city," which chronicled a day in the life of karachi, pakistan. and he's back now to talk about his second book, "jackson land." in it steve goes not abroad, but back in time in the united states to the era of andrew jackson. he tells the story not only of jackson, but of john ross, the tribal chief of the cherokee. once military comrades, these two men ended up on posing sides of an epic struggle over land seize sur and resettlement of native american tribes that severely tested america's young democracy. it was a transformative chapter in our nation's development and also a very tragic one. and as steve notes in his acknowledgments, authors have grappled wit

staff writer at the ny daily news and has written for the new york post wnyc, the ap, bbc, national public radio and the village voice. her new book, "firefight: the century-long battle to integrate new york's bravest," is based on nearly ten years of reporting and interviews with firefighters. it traces the history of race in the new york fire department from the first black firefighter in 1919 to the massive discrimination lawsuit finally settled in 2014. at the center of this book are stories of courage about firefighters risking their lives in the line of duty but also risking their livelihood by battling an unjust system. otis shares the stage this evening with these firefighters all members of the vulcan society, an organization started in the 1940s to combat segregation and racism in the fdny which was instrumental in the struggle described in the book. the members here are all currently active firefighters who also appear in the book are paul washington -- you can clap for that. [applause] who's former president of the vulcan society and michael marshall -- clap for that -- [applause] ye

he told national public radio, i quote, who if at all can you prevent aran from using its new wealth over the next several years to support assad of certificatea, to support hezbollah, van hollen toors in yemen or elsewhere? i mean, there's been no lessening of they are support for hezbollah or assad during the course of the last four or five years at a time when their economy has been doing terribly. end of quotation. if that's the point, mr. president. the united states should not throw up its hands and actually allow the iranian economy to be stimulated or have even more money to solidify their place as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. immediate sanctions relief will only provide more resources for them to use and their proxy militias in iraq dominate that country, and advance their goals in syria yemen, and elsewhere. of course they'll have more motivation to do so. the tentative agreement announced in april and everything we have heard and read since then seems to reinforce the lesson that this administration is willing to give away much more in return for nothing

national press club. [applause] >> i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences and remind you that you can follow the action on twitter. use the #npclunch. for today's speaker, 2015 marks round two in seeking the republican presidential nomination. he was unsuccessful in but there 2012, are differences now. there are differences that go beyond the eyeglasses that give governor perry a new look. he began his preparations early for this cycle, much earlier than in 2012. he has avoided using the word "oops" -- that was memorable on the 2012 campaign trail. governor perry says another difference in 2016 is that this race is a "show me, don't tell me" election. he says, current and former governors, in contrast to members of congress are better , prepared to run the country. he cites the credential, job creation during his 14 years as texas governor. he also cites his handling of the mexican border, and hurricane katrina refugees. one of his trademark development tools as a governor, was to visit companies in other states and to persuade them to move to texas. in fact, in 2013, he went to maryl

public radio followers. you can follow us on twitter using #npclunch. gary sinise has devoted great energy to raising support and awareness for america's servicemembers and their families. it was here at the national press club in 2011 that he announced the launch of the gary sinise foundation. the foundation's mission is to boost troop morale and help build resources and self-reliance for servicemen and women who are in transition. the foundation's projects include providing custom smartphones for the severely -- smart homes for the severely wounded. even before the foundation, he used his celebrity status in support of u.s. military personnel. his band has performed around the world, raising millions of dollars to benefit the nation's veterans. the band is called "the lieutenant dan band." it is named for his academy award nominated role as vietnam veteran lieutenant dan in the movie "forrest gump." you might know sinise for other roles as well. he spent nearly a decade playing detective matt taylor in "csi new york." he also had roles in movies such as "apollo 13," "the green mile," and "ransom." it is his role as servicemember advocate he seems to enjoy most. he serves as spokesman for the hon