this is one of the great things about the work that we're doing with steven hall architects is that they are really pushing us to imagine the things that we haven't yet necessarily dreamed of. and certainly there are some great examples of simulcasts from inside theaters to outside walls like the one that is being designed. but i have, in talking to my colleagues on the artistic programming staff at the kennedy center have a lot of really exciting ideas about all kinds of things that can be filmed up there or opportunities for improvisational dance in front of beautiful backdrops, or opportunities for performances to take place that are sort of spontaneous as well as the ones that might be a film series or a simulcast from the theater or a rebroadcast of a program, but it gives us huge flexibility to do all kinds of new things, it's really exciting. >> what's the future of the millennium stage. >> that's a really great question. the millennium stage is 14 plus years old now. and it was new and innovative and when i heard that it was being announced, i thought, how in the world are they g

kennedy center use its future outdoor video wall that is part of the planned extension by architect steven hall that's not a good enough answer. one of the great things about the work that we're doing with steven hull architects is that they are really pushing us to imagine the things that we haven't yet necessarily dreamed of. and certainly there are some great examples of simulcast from walls, like the one that is being designed. colleagues on the artistic programming staff at the kennedy center, have a lot of exciting ideas about all kinds of things that can be filmed. there are opportunities for improvisational dance for musical backdrops. and those that are sort of spontaneous. as well as the ones that might be a film series, or a simulcast from the theater, or a from theñ a program. a but it gives us huge flexibility to do all kinds of new things. it's really exciting. >> what's the future of the millennium stage? u really great question. the millennium stage is 14-plus years old now. it was new and innovative. and when i heard that it was being announced, i said, how in the world are the

hall of fame. it was set up under 1976. we have payments and portraits of all of those rangers. they really begin with steven f. austin. they not only manage to make the area reasonably safe for settlement but the rangers played a major role in texas gaining its independence long enough to develop a strategy. as a result, texas became its own independent nation for about ten years. >>> good afternoon. i welcome all of you here in the auditorium and those of you watching on c-span or subsequently, our web cast. the wilson center is the living memorial to the 28th president of the united states. my name is robert daly. blank blaeng blank blaeng blank wlank. >> this talk brings together two topics kwh are very often treated separately and belong in the same program, which are corruption and china's attempts to carry out a further round of nuclear reforms. no doubt all of you have been to following corruption stories from china over the past few years. combatting corruption has been one of the major factors to the great popularity in china. you need to look no further than the second line of the new viral song in china cal

hall of fame. it was set up in 1976 for the 175th anverniversary of the rangers. we have paintings or portraits of all those rangers. they really begin with steven f. austin. austin was very successful with his rangers. they fought not only, managed to make the area reasonably safe fioricetlement from indian raids, but when the texas war for independence broke out, the rangers played a major role by staving off the mexican army long enough to allow the colonists to build their own army and develop a strategy. and as a result, texas became its own independent nation, the republic of texas for about ten years. >> watch all of our events from waco saturday on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> next on american history tv, elizabeth who hahoffman speaks. she spoke at world denver. this is just over an hour. >> thank you so much, kay. thank you all for being here. i can't tell you how pleased and honored i have be here addressing the world affairs council. and especially because what i hope we will discuss tonight is i think one of the most critical questions of our time. which is -- you're not going to know

hall. >> on the next "washington journal," american university law professor stephen vladeck and steven grovesdiscussed the senate intelligence committee report on the cia's interrogation techniques. pennsylvanian congressman tim murphy who cochairs the mental health caucus talks about mental health care access two years after the new town school shootings. jonathan loew of the brady center to prevent gun violence reviews efforts to tighten gun laws. we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook or twitter. >> this week on "q&a," manu raju bresnahan share stories about being on the trail with mitch mcconnell. >> he planned for four years this campaign. he started in 2010 after what he saw happened for rand paul, the kentucky republican senator. rand paul beat mcconnell's handpicked guy. at that point, mcconnell realized, i have to recalibrate everything i know about primary politics in my home state. he started to make changes. he hired key staff. he started to build this sophisticated infrastructure knowing that this would be the most difficult race. >> they knew they

steven tyler, we love you forever. miss you always. rest in peace, joe cobber. a music legend. enormously talented. never made the hall of fame.liveed -- joe cocker lived the life. the dead at age 70. >> is a survey by the military times find 15% of active duty servicemembers approve of the president's job as commander-in-chief. that is it compared to 55% who say they disapproved. why is this happening? retired general jack keane is chairman of institute for study of war and fox news military analyst. thanks for joining us here this week. >> glad to be here, molly. molly: is this about a loss of confidence in the president? >> basically the same issue that the general population has but with the military it is pretty specific. first foreign policy, there is a loss of confidence in that policy as it pertains to iraq, afghanistan, syria, the rise of isis. certainly the power grab that putin's been exercising in crimea and ukraine. but, it cuts really deep with iraq and afghanistan because our troops have been obviously personally involved there. their families have sacrificed. they have lost teammates. many of them, tens of thou

hall, sheila does the job exceptionally well. just one example: two years ago the senate hosted a screening of steven spielberg's now legendary filmncoln." there were some real big shots there: spielberg, daniel day lewis, the guy that wrote the script. they were all there. so there were frankly a lot of prima donnas there, including all the senators. so it was an exceptionally difficult feat to pull off. coordinating attendance for 100 senators. they all wanted to go and see this -- these famous people. so she was preparing a panel discussion with the cast and crew, all while following school district capitol protocols as to who could go where and what we could do and the places we went. but she had a secret weapon, and that was her. she didn't know it, but that was the secret weapon. she took care of every possible problem, coordinated every single detail, even down to a make-shift concession stand in the lobby. it was a wonderful event, marvelous event because for the briefest moment it brought the senate together in a spirit of unity that we hadn't had in some time. it all happened because of her. she is very devoted to her fa

hall. >> playing the saxophone. >> yeah. >> that was first time. >> good memory there chris murphy. >> he is a great young audience, president is trying to reach younger audiences. >> will steveno back to the real steven or fake o'reilly. >> he is so good just as himself. >> yes. >> chris, thanks. >> philly guy through and through, kevin hart will be here in minutes. we are asking him about this new film the wedding ringer. >> oh, yeah. >> seen it, it is great. >>> of course jen freddie's hanging out in a cheese cave this morning. >> making cheese. >> it is cheesy. >> it is owe cheese any here it looks like art doesn't it. seriously this is where you need to be this time of the year cheese on top of cheese. we will tell you why it is important we are here and we will tell you this story and say hi to amelia the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is

texas ranger hall of fame set up in 1976 for rangers and honors the rangers who gave their lives under heroic circumstances. we have paintings of all those rangers. they begin with steven f austin. he was very successful with his rangers. they fought not only managed to make the area reasonable safe from indian raids but when the texas war for independence broke out the rangers played a major role in texas gaining its independence by sending off the mexican army long enough to allow the colonist to build their own army and as a result texas became its own individual nation, the republic of texas for several years. . >> good afternoon and welcome. my name is myron bellkind, i'm a professor, former bureau chief for associated press and 107th president of the national press clu club. we are committed to our future with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the nation press club please visit our website at press.org. i'd like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. we have working journalists who are club members. if you hear applause, there's members of the public attending, so not a lack of journal