, freedom forum and chair and chief executive officer of the newseum. when the decision was made to move across the river to the district peter agreed to don his hard hat to oversee the construction of this magnificent building on pennsylvania avenue. please help me to welcome peter prichard. [applause] >> thank you when we launched newseum 2008 on pennsylvania avenue i really didn't expect to be closing and a beer 11 years but before i say much more if we are thinking people i think we should thank those who made this such a resounding and memorable success. for many years one of the most popular museums in washington recognized around the world for the excellence of its commitment, programs and welcoming attitude to anyone who ever walked through the doors. please with - - take one moment to thank our most excellent chair jan and all employees working full and part-time and all generous friends and donors and volunteers who contributed so much to the success. [applause] thank you. naturally when an excellent institution like this has to close people a

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welcome to the newseum's theater.rd, the new -- the senior director of programs here at the museum. we are so pleased to be partnering with the fbi for today's very special program as we celebrate 100 years of african-american special agents. today, the program will honor

so we'll freedom of the press and so i am confident with the newseum. thank you all so much. [applause] schenectady neighbored president and chief operating officer of the freedom forum institute and as you just heard the five freedoms of the first amendment apply to us all and they power our democracy. we are here tonight to celebrate the work and legacy of the newseum but as i've said to colleagues and friends and visitors and supporters of the first amendment throughout the last year or so we are not simply a magnificent building with a great mission but rather we are a magnificent mission that is operated out of a great building. the building will close in the work will go on. that magnificent mission of defending and explaining and educating about our first amendment freedoms. that will continue. the first amendment will also continue to have champions in high places and in regular life. we use and defend what i call blue-collar amendment, part of our bill of rights. we may or may not use all the other freedoms protected and rights protected by the bill of rights for the

for two decades the newseum honored the field of journalism and journalists.mong them i'm very proud to say my parents. but newseum will close its doors tomorrow due to a lack of funding, and that is a real shame because some might use the closing of the newseum to ring the death knell for our industry. habits are shifting rapidly, but overall news consumption is quite healthy. when you factor in digital media and television, it's quite healthy. no doubt journalism is changing, but you know what? we are still here. yes, the newseum may be closing, but we are not going anywhere. we are losing one thing. a bunch of simulated life shots from the interactive tv exhibit. a proving ground for would-be reporters, amateur comedians, sometimes a news reporter who just wanted to have some fun. also, overactive children. >> there is breaking news. let's go to our correspondent for a life update. >> we're here actually not to even report anything that's going on in the news. >> testing, testing. >> this is -- this story. >> we're trading threes. [ laughter ] ♪ >> thank yo

patty: the newseum has been open first 420 years.uddenly, we will close our location on december 31 to the public and go off into the future and figure out our mission for the future because our mission has never been more important to explain to the people of the first amendment, particularly the role of the freedom of the press. susan: the newseum is london by admission fees, and how else? patty: our memory finder is the freedom forum, our parent organization -- our primary funder is the freedom forum, our parent organization. we also have donors. and ticket prices from the people who come to see us. susan: i am sure the people watching have made it a part of their visits when they come to the nation's capital. do you have plans for where all the exhibits might be going? patty: we have our first traveling exhibit scheduled, "rise up" will travel to the museum of pop-culture in seattle in june. "40 chances" about the power of photography to uncover the cost of hunger. so we have a lot of exhibits on the road. we will be continuing o

welcome to the newseum's theater. i am john maynard, the new -- the senior director of programs here at the museum. we are so pleased to be partnering with the fbi for today's very special program as we celebrate 100 years of african-american special agents. today, the program will honor their history, honor their service, and look towards the future. the newseum has enjoyed working with the fbi during our time here. our exhibit "inside today's fbi," which explores headline-making fbi cases and examines how the bureau is fighting terrorism and cyber crime, is a visitor favorite. we have enjoyed hosting many programs with the fbi. revolving around the exhibit. i want to give a warm welcome to many former and current fbi agents in the room, and a warm welcome to our visitors and our members. thank you as always for your support. it is my pleasure to introduce fbi associate deputy director paul abbate. [applause] paul: good afternoon, everyone. what an amazing day. so privileged to be here. thank you john, and to the new

newseum's the theater. i am john maynard, the new director of programs here at the museum.so pleased to be partnering with the fbi for today's very

that is next week's panel at the newseum. ok. wifey: by god's grace, my is my biggest advocate, cheerleader, and a warrior, and with the kids. jeff: is she here today? hadley: she is not. i wish she was. [applause] see it on c-span, apparently. so, john, when you hear the stories, what words of advice would you have for people who either want to join the fbi, or people who are already in and want to reach the heights that you did? think thesewell, i are all successful people. i don't know if they need much advice from me. but what i would tell anybody, especially an african-american achievement,igher is to understand that there are going to be some difficulties. understand there are going to be some obstacles. understand that all of these things are going to be in your way, and there will be numerous ones, but you have to's day focused -- have to stay focused on your objective. and if you do that, you see these obstacles as -- the term i like to use is a statistical term, noise. they are not relevant to what it is that you are tr

i'm going to the newseum. why? i said, well, i am doing this thing, the fbi, it's about black fbi agents. "what? black fbi agents?" yeah, black fbi agents. he was surprised. i was not really surprised he was surprised. you probably aren't either. but it just -- it made me sort backuckle because looking -- and i have had to do my research preparing for this -- inre was james wormley jones 1919. i didn't know that. he didn't want to believe it, the uber driver. james wormley jones. met john glover. up in covering the fbi of today, i had not really looked back on the fbi of the past. so, that's one thing. the other thing is, when they , i would noto this be doing my job if i didn't say, yeah, but are you going to talk about what the numbers are now? and they could have brushed off that question. but i respect the fact that they dealt with it. and i was told, listen. you can't look to the future until you look back at the mistakes of the past. i appreciate that. so, that's where we are going to begin this conversation

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why don't you just give it to me hardcore and for anybody who's watching who has never been to the newseum here in washington you have until the 31st when it closes and quick tonight or 1st thing tomorrow morning if you go to the newseum is web site it's a real shame or gets bored because you can see today's front pages from across the usa and all around the world and it's very interesting to see how this is expressed 6 simply you know this is all we have the attention span for and to lionel's point i bought these from the kid at walgreens and he said so trump's not present any more this is not been understood it hasn't really been the last of all and so that's why i want to get to this next piece because it really jumped out at me tells the gabber drew fire speaking of being misunderstood for what she was trying to do drew fire from both sides for choosing to vote present when the when they took the impeachment vote just as they take a listen to this clip of the congresswoman just a small a small part of reform minute speech on why she chose to vote present take a listen i am standing in

the newseum describes the goal as increasing public understanding of the importance of a free press.own because it can't afford to remain open. >>> a san jose family'ng firefighters. two cats from a burning home last night along live oakway not far from challenger school strawberry park. neighbors feel for the homeowner, who has to sta a hom. >> really scary situation in the neighborhood, for the property owner. he was okay, i did talk to him, and offered my home for a place to sleep at night. >> the good news out of this, firefighters say no one was hurt. >>> are you ready for 2020? you bought the party hats and put the champagne in the refrigerato refrigerator, you checked your fsa balance also? >> maybe not. if not, consumer investigator chris chmura recommends one more task in your 2019 year. >> flexible spending account, aka fsas lets you stash away pre-tax money for medical expenses, commuter expenses and other staff. millions of savvy workers have them but some plans require you to spend all of the money each year before the clock strikes 12:00 on december 31st. whatever you d

. >>> in washington, the newseum is set to close its doors as the journalism museum, which charges 25 bucks for adults has struggled to compete with free museums in the district. all of the historical artifacts will go into storage. so sad hearing this. it is located between the white house and the capitol. and its primary funder and creator, the freedom forum, hopes to reopen it at another location. we're certainly rooting for that, but hasn't announced plans. >>> president trump and former president obama couldn't be more different, but there is one thing they can agree on, maybe -- they are tied as gallup's most admired man in 2019. both men scored votes from 18% of u.s. adults. it's barack obama's 12th time topping the list. it's president trump's first. mr. trump has previously come in second place for the last four years. former first lady michelle obama won the top slot as america's most admired woman. she is the only woman to poll in double digits. >>> actress sharon stone is back on the dating app bumble after being blocked this week. this was a surprising story for me, but g

visit ncicap.org] [applause] e.u coming up tonight on c-span, on q, the newseum's at a rule joins ustalk about presidential coverage. after that, we sipped on for interviews with two presidential candidates, former governor deval patrick and former senator michael bennet. ♪ susan: patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. we will talk about today about news media and presidents. when you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint. ,

but a privately run newseum in the town does open its doors specially for this man a nice surprise for 80 year old quality engineer of the century dungeon level who used to work at mercedes stopa still on it. and it's in the mail this one's from my time at the company it has the heart of mercedes. although the body was made by nicola fadia soon you call. it a shell i feel nostalgic. with so i really miss that time. mason the workers used to call the company or my mom or say these ads i want my money yes it's. in my time there were 15000 people working there there were 3 cooperative stores for the workforce you were you could buy everything you needed for one month even clothes and house or appliances and at the end of the month it would be taken off of your wages for that part of it but it was way cheaper than regular stores because the company bought it and people that are. the part i meant to met you also had excellent medical care provided in-house for staff and their families i missed this and the company also. had a football pitch for staff and a club where we could have dances to

libyans protest against war holy for have to seize forces launch air strikes of targets do that you newseum border. me and london with the top stories from europe including. chaotic scenes in montenegro as parliament as subs protest a new law which could affect the property rights of that orthodox chad. also a plane crashes after takeoff killing 12 people but many on board have walked away . with other sports news russia is to appeal its 4 year ban saying it's entirely disputes findings by the world anti doping agency. the united nations is going warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syria's last rebel whole province it leave you the 250000 people who fled the area in the past 2 weeks parts of it live being on the daily aerial bombardment part. russian backed syrian government forces president bashar assad has repeatedly vowed to take back the province and his offensive has intensified despite a ceasefire announced in august that he syrians are on the move north towards the turkish border but turkey's president has warned his country cannot cope with another influx of refugee

. ♪ >> chris: there's a museum about journalism here in washington called the newseum.ent this week, the celebration of the first amendment. i was invited to talk about the importance of a fair and impartial press. there was a lot of coverage about what i said about president trump's attacks on press freedom but not so much about my comments on bias in the media. so here is some of that. >> we are not participants in what we cover. we are umpires or observers trying to be objective witnesses to what is going on. if the president or anyone we are covering says something untrue or do something questionable, we can and should report it but we shouldn't be drawn into the fight. we shouldn't be drawn into taking sides, as tempting as that is. we are not as good at it as they are and we are abandoning the special all the founders gave us in this democracy. >> chris: the museum closes at the end of the month after more than 11 years and more than 10 million visitors. but the freedom form says the museum will go on either end and the location or a new platforms and when it retu

susan: patty rhule, in your job at the newseum, you and your team have been charged with telling the story of the news media in society. we will talk about today about news media and presidents. when you think about that relationship from a macro standpoint, what has characterized the relationship between the president and the press throughout our history?

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