each and every day at the newseum, we highlight the risks journalists around the world take to reporthe truth. john certainly put his life and work at risk, taking these pictures. so this exhibit is another apt example of what journalists are willing to do to bring the world the news. our mission at the newseum is to help the public and the media better understand one another, which is certainly needed in today's society. and to educate visitors about the value of free and fair press and the five freedoms of the first amendment. since we opened our doors here on pennsylvania avenue nearly 10 years ago, we welcomed more than 7 million visitors and our digital education programs reached 10 million students around the world every year. i would like to take a moment to thank all of our visitors, our newseum members and friends of the first amendment society to help make these programs possible. this exhibit was a partnership with "stars & stripes," distinguished newspaper which i tried every day to read when i was in vietnam. 3d photo works, which converts 2d images into 3d tactile and ta

take me in the early days about one but they have downgraded our lead the bear latest downgrade to newseum has come dangerously close to losing its status as the only free greely to merge from the arab states these kind of reports this is not reported by everybody. frankly speaking i don't know which most of most of the human rights organizations western you're right organization they do not have a good picture and i want to go into some of these they do not have a good picture of your progress towards a democratic so let me tell you what we are doing in the program we'll explain to you that we are but i just want to make the point that it didn't inspire confidence last september that three of the new faces in the government had served as ministers during the dictatorship of ben ali and if they are able and capable to do or to handle their departments i mean that does not mean they have not got prosecuted by the by the justice they were never said that these people you know the committed any crime that we don't have the old system what signal does that send what depends what the purpose of

know you're all the something money can't buy we are of course talking about love ok to bellow i newseum and dedicate it to a famous slovakian love poem entitled marina the vote schools are lined with tens of thousands of love boxes each one inscribed with part of a press this is are invited to deposit momentos of their own love stories where they are to become more valuable as time goes by and love grows. so you're upset with the latest from of the world all of a business i'll be back tomorrow same time same place see you then right now here's a look at the world markets. beat the germans. and surprisingly instead of losing to culture major. us american music takes a look at germany this increasing use of two traditions every day rights and language. nobody wants our thoughts on. d.w. dot com the german. law . firm. we make up oh but we watch as a hospital. we all the symbolism of the slums. being want to shape the continents future tense part of it and join dumpsters as they share their stories their dreams their championships the seventy seven percent platform for africa chart.

after seven years to newseum remains the one country to much from the so-called arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it margaret steerage in munich security conference shoes for my. the country's foreign minister has to shine finally come up the revolution and with the house and a better future. in sixteen years. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked all over the streets of many canvassed and they have problems are all of the same reporting the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and. who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the defense of the humans on the scene or why the old school had decided to put their trust in us. main is jenny harrison at work again. welcome to focus on europe. germany's government has been in paralysis for months since an indecisive election last september finally however the end seems to be in sight.

some, a quick look at front pages from across the country courtesy of the museum -- newseum. more coverage of the horrific shooting at a high school. "the l.a. times" is led by the indictment of russian nationals for interference in the 2016 elections. tribune" is led by mitt romney who yesterday lost his bid for the u.s. senate from utah where he now resides, calling him candidate romney. "the monitor" from a gallon, texas, talks about vice president mike pence touring the .order ellen is calling on our republican line from indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. when i call, i would like to give information that c-span and the listeners can check out for themselves that might help bring democrats and republicans together by looking at information they might not know. i recently ordered a small where anyone can get it inexpensively from grass fire.com.-- grass it has 20 chapters with what the president did in specific areas. it is very interesting. when they talk about russia involved in our elections, i am 85 years old. many years ago, before rush limbaugh had a talk s

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exercise over events in the arab spring in cairo they were very proud of the role they played into newseum during. the one thing about the create how much impact they were able to make on some of the demonstrators at the time and then finally they ended up by boasting over the. critical. very important role in the case of libya and the overthrow of the gadhafi regime and i kind of regard of the conversation as you know a bit of boosting you know when people get around it will be are you sure. well while there is little hype over those accusations or indeed an investigation this channel is still in the sights of many alleging we have influenced elections for example and u.k. based public relations firm called eighty nine op which box the best for britain campaign alongside or taurus released a report on russia's media allegedly influencing breaks it. the p.r. firm claims for example round the exaggerated stories on the refugee flow into europe that's despite the humanitarian crisis being high on the agenda of almost every european country it also mentions that artie's reach and social media

rights and democracy has also been contested the international crisis group warned last month that you newseum was drifting back towards its old or thora tarion reflexes something i'm sure you will deny but freedom house reported that your failure to consolidate democracy meant a sharp decline in this year's freedom index reflecting a pattern of war thora tarion behavior and the president subsidy but freedom house rated treaties are the first. and the meta reason freedom house to easy is the most free country and that it's not living up to the hopes it says with the latest downgrade they've downgraded it is number one they downgrade let you take the media that is about one but they have downgraded our lead to bear latest downgrade tunisia has come dangerously close to losing its status as the only free glee's to merchandize arab states these kind of reports this is not reported by everybody these frankly speaking i don't know on which most of the human rights organizations western you're right organization they do not have a good picture and i want to go into some of these they do not have a g

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you know, you go back, you're in the newseum here, and a great newspaper business has to certify how many readers they have and publish that. because that's what they sell advertising rates based upon. you think about today's information world, are we getting scammed in this market? who knows? i don't know. we know there are bots out there that pretend to be people, and there are followers that don't exist, and all of this is getting monetized. i think there's role for the ftc, the fcc and congress. mr. mcdowell: so this an area where your committee will be doing some further investigation? mr. walden: yep, absolutely. mr. mcdowell: on the state of the market, the state of the net overall? mr. walden: absolutely. here's my view, you've got to put the consumer first. and if you put the consumer first, it means you have a market you can trust in, and that will drive innovation and competition, which should lower prices and expand choices more consumers. and if there's bad behavior, we will go after it, i don't care who it is. and the energy and commerce committee has a pretty good reco

a number of us were at the newseum in september. one of the highlights was justice sotomayor. she had taken over the board of civics. the group that she started. she gave a wonderful sort of talk about civic education, and the constitution, and then she walked through the crowd and to questions, sort of one-on-one. there was a moment. there were young people there. so i want to say that, yes we , need to listen to the young people, but we also need to listen to each other. so there was a young undergraduate who was seething in response. and she said -- she said to the justice "how can you talk about , all of this free speech when so many people are just so wrong? what do i do?" by the way, that is exactly what happened in that meeting. the adults were like, ok. she put her hand on that young woman's shoulder and said "listen." and i do think that as we talk and consider knowledge, agency, voice, protest, the flip side of that is yes, we listen to young people, but we also listen to each other. catherine: great way to end. thank you so much. we would love to take your questions

some of the headlines from around the country with front pages provided courtesy of the museum -- newseum los angeles times dominated by the olympics. politics are taking center stage. alsorizona republic talking about a dramatic start to the olympic games with some images there from that. also on the olympics, from cleveland, a colorful start to the games. it focuses on that as the big spending bill, and the spending bill is the focus of the news and observer in charlotte. while some consumers balk, the gop signs off on a bigger deficit. the budget bill was ultimately passed and signed by the president. rich is calling from kansas city on our republican line. caller: good morning. host: what is on your mind? caller: i would just like to return to the initial segment about the release of the memos. of course, we can't go back and do things differently from the start now, but i think it ford've been appropriate both of these memos to be reviewed by the justice department, and have them released simultaneously if at all. beon't deny that there may some gamesmanship afoot with -- witho relea