. >> silvia morris is our guest on "q&a." >> she was so beautiful and witty. she was irresistible to men. i never saw her in old age. owan was at this party. she stroked his beard. metsays heavens, i've never an 80 year old i wanted to leap into bed with. she had this vampish quality. sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> the president of the discussedf congo his role as a mediator in the central african republic and conflict. the sectarian violence has left thousands dead. he talked about the african response to the ebola virus outbreak and next week's african summit. this is one hour. afternoon and welcome. my name is byron mel kind. professor,unct former international bureau chief for the associated press in the 107th president of the national press club. [applause] no need to applause. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit

. >> silvia morris on the life and career and sharing the personal relationship during her final years tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the air force recently held a press briefing. addressedh lee james air force readiness. general mark welsh provided an update about a body found on a plane. he says that raises security concerns and that they would review protocols. this is one hour. >> what we are going to do today is secretary james and general welsh will invoke their remarks and we will open it up for questions and answers. please, state your name and affiliation when asked. we will do one question and one follow-up and then depending on how much time, we will see if we can get to other questions. if there is any other questions, you are more than welcome to call the air force press room. without any further ado, secretary james. >> thank you for joining us and spending some time this afternoon. as thebeen on the job 23rd secretary of the air force for about seven months. during that seven months, i have spent my time here in washington focused on working with our congress, w

. >> silvia morris is our guest. >> she was so beautiful and smart. and even insistible richard: was at the party and they had coffee. at one point, she stroked his said, i have never met an 18-year-old who i wanted to leap into bed -- 80-year-old i have wanted to leap into bed with. personalbout a relationship during her final years. it is on q and a. on thursdaye call to the security council, a u.n. official condemned the attack on the school and call that a violation of international law. the meeting began with an update on casualties on both sides of a 72 hourct and cease-fire was announced in gaza. this is 20 minutes. >> the current crisis in gaza takes place agains hostilities and the ongoing blockade land, air, and sea. the crossings for limited pedestrian movements. of gaza'st, over 80% population, over half of them children under the age of 18, rely on humanitarian aid. the use ofs apply on the gaza strip. waters are totally or partially inaccessible. they are estimated to be food insecure and unemployment remains high at 43%. the economy is

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. >> silvia dukes morris is the guest on q&a. >> she was so beautiful and so she wasd also so witty always irresistible to me. -- i went to her 18th birthday party. richard conway and was at the party and they sat to dinner together and she began to stroke his beard. afterwards he said have since, i have never met an 18-year-old to get intowanted bed with. she had this quality her entire life. sylvia dukes morris and sharing about the personal relationship during her final years. sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> yesterday on what was scheduled to be their last legislative day before august recess, house leaders pulled the emergency border security spending bill on the floor. after a gop conference meeting, the rules committee approved the rule,led same day allowing consideration of a border funding bill before september 5. the meeting was 20 minutes. we are here tonight to make sure a piece of legislation will be available to us, i just did not know when, but there is a strong sense. i think it is good to measure twice and saw once. if you get a chance to do that, then you do the right thi

morris. edmund life.t to live that in looking at the way the world is changing and communications you think the future next 40 will be able to do the same thing you and silvia last 40 years?e you are by nature a writer there's nothing that can stop doing it. i never tried to encourage young people to write. to dissuede them. all i would say to them is it's likely y difficult and to be more and more so unless ou adapt to the new technologies. those who think that they can earn a living writing print in are going to be more and more dissolutioned. t's always been difficult but becoming impossible. young people now should adapt to screen to audio and to these ew techniques, to computersation and network and tart writing in terms of that technology and incorporate more effects.nd sound i tried to do it myself when i did the audio of dutch, for years , and this is ten ago. many of to incorporate appearances.at i so i used technologies like for example when i described his speech in may of 1985, the crisis point of his presidency. story how that speech came to be written by his speech writer and how he came to on that climatic day. i had the sound recording and t