secretary of the interior sally jewel has a supporter of the national parks service and those sites underh the war and resulting struggle for civil rights. as our nation's 51st secretary of the interior, she serves as steward for approximately 20% of our nation's lands including national parks national wild life refugees and other public lands. we are proud to say she's a regular visitor here to the national mall and all our national parks in the washington area. it gives me great pleasure to introduce secretary of the interior sally jewel. [ applause ] >> well thank you bob and thank you all for coming out on such a beautiful day. on behalf of president obama i'd like to welcome you to our lincoln memorial and national mall. we refer to this as america's front yard. i think it looks great covered in a blanket of snow. what do you guys think? i'm told lincoln gave his second inaugural address after a period of very wet weather. thousands of speck at a at atators had to stand in deep mud at the time. i think it's great we get to stand on frozen ground. it's easier than it used to be back t

it gives me great pleasure to introduce secretary of the interior sally jewel. >> well thank you bobnk you all for coming out on such a beautiful day. on behalf of president obama i'd like to welcome you to our lincoln memorial and national mall. we refer to this as america's front yard. i think it looks great covered in a blanket of snow. what do you guys think? i'm told lincoln gave his second inaugural address after a period of very wet weather. thousands of spectators had to stand in deep mud at the time. i think it's great we get to stand on frozen ground. it's easier than it used to be back then. i'll be brief. i know you'll hear from wonderful speakers on the agenda that provide insight into substance and context of what was lincoln's most stirring reflections on the war. at the end of his address, lincoln pondered whether the indication of civil war was god's punishment on the nation for slavery. lincoln had a sense that the great price of the war, one out of every ten young adult men in the country died, was being paid because america had failed. in the words of dr. king spo

prior to becoming secretary, sally jewell served in a private sector.ly as president and ceo of rei, recreational equipment inc., and she joined rei as chief operating officer in 2000 and was named ceo in 2005. during her tenure rei nearly tripled its business revenues to $2 billion. and was consistently ranked as one of the 100 best companies to work for in "fortune" magazine. secretary jewelle as we know, has become a great partner in the national league of cities in our agreement with the department of the interior, to further a program to connect kids with nature. which she has made her special mission, i think, as secretary. please join me in giving a very warm welcome to secretary sally jewell. [ applause ] >> well, hi, everybody. are you awake? okay. because -- yeah long enough after lunch, we should be fine. well, thank you for that kind introduction, ralph. and i just had a nice visit with chris coleman. you've got strong past and current leadership. it is a pleasure to be here with all of you today. and i just want to start by thanking you all

. >> sally jewel's career began digging oil wells with mobil.flak from environmentalists for supporting that controversial drilling for gas known as fracking. >> it's been used as a dirty word. and it can be done wrong and impactful and can be done right and very important. >> you can say that about a lot of things, but new york did this five-year study and decided no, too risky for us. so does that mean you'd be comfortable with fracking on the edge of the everglades? >> there are places that are too special to develop. don't get me wrong. >> as for the threat of sea level rise, she says the best way to fight salt water is with fresh water and a healthy glades. >> we do know that natural ecosystems like the everglades, mangrove swamps, natural wetlands, are buffers to upland communities. doesn't mean all the communities here, if you see a foot, two foot, three feet of sea level rise will be able to be saved or will be sensible to be saved, but it does mean that there's a lot more florida will be here if we pay attention to this stuff than we do

sally jewel, the secretary of interior, says fracking can be done safely and disposal of the water cane done safely. >> do you believe, that jane? >> no. transcanada told us they could do it safely as well and they had 14 leaks in their first year of the pipeline. unless you have information we don't have we don't know what's in those trucks and under oath trex had to admit they don't know what's in those trucks. and they said, maybe we'll monitor the trucks once a month. maybe is not good enough. we want to know what is in that stuff now. >> and they'll tell you. in any event, we've done this safely, it's been done safely. if there's any problems with any kind of process, we fix those problems. we have safety problems with farming. that doesn't mean we quit farming. we make it safer. that's the same thing with all modern life. really the end game here is to shut down energy production and some people are not honest enough to admit it. >> well what if it does like mr. kreutzer? isn't that an issue? how can we guarantee that this is going to be a safe deposit in this well and why take t

i want to thank our outstanding secretary of the interior, sally jewel, who is here. [ applause ] here team at the interior department and national park service director, johnathan jarvis for helping protect places leek this. [ applause ] the park superintendent pedro ramos does outstanding work. [ applause ] i want to thank congressmen who are here doing outstanding work. [ applause ] as well as deb by. they are all in when it comes to protecting the everglades and we're proud of the good work they are doing. we had the science guy, bill nye here. [ applause ] there's bill. now they are all here. we're all here because this 1.5 million acres is unlike any place on earth. it's no wonder that over a million people visited last year alone. tall grass prairies and forrests home to an incredible diversity of wildlife bald eagles, herrings hundreds of plant species from pine trees to wild orchids. you can find alligators and crocodiles in the same habitat. i'm told this is a good thing. [ laughter ] in the words of marge douglas, there's no other everglades in the world. part of the reason

just last week the secretary of the interior sally jewell announced a distinct populatiopopulatio n of the bird that lives on the california nevada border will not need to be listed on the endangered species list thanks to proactive collaborative investment by federal state and private partners. and secretary jewell stayed at the announcement quote the collaborative science-based efforts in nevada and california are proof that we can conserve sagebrush habitat across the west while we encourage sustainable economic development unquote. republican governor of nevada ryan sandoval stated that quote sage grouse and economic development can exist, coexist in both the tri-state area and across the range of the greater stage -- sage grouse. steve williams and served as director of the fish and wildlife service under president george w. bush agrees quote my concern is the legislative delay will slow the work that is being carried out by ranchers, farmers, industry and conservationists leading to further decline into species numbers, unquote. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and go

and taps will be played at 7:22 eastern time the exact time of president lincoln's death and sally jewel will remark at the peterson house steps. live coverage starting wednesday an c-span2. >> next weekend in los angeles is the los angeles annual festival of times of books. april 18th and 19th we will be live from the university of southern california campus. we have the deputy publisher of the los angeles times here. when and how and why did the los angeles times start sponsoring this book fair? >> the los angeles times started this book fair about 20 years ago. it is the 20th anniversary of the festival of books. it was an important way the newspaper could engage with the community to provide a space for all kinds of people from publishers authors, bankers, and also chefs and artist and actors and actresses, to come together to celebrate los angeles as one of the created capitals of the world. >> and what can we expect next weekend in los angeles? >> we will have over 500 authors, celebrities, musicians, and book sellers and publishers and cultural organizations across nine stages. th