model and sewer contractor, walker was the oldest of four kids in a working class mormon home in sunland, california. >> they were your typical family, very loving, very close ni knit. >> amber leah was a childhood friend of walker's. >> most friends called him a pollying woul ing woulwog. he had a contagious spirit. he was always smiling. just effervescent personality was electric. >> at 13 years old that landed him a string of roles in shows like "who's the boss" and "charles in charge." but for this quintessential california kid, acting took a back seat. >> paul walker grew up in san fernando valley. he loved surfing from a young age. always fascinated by the ocean. later he was into brazilian jujit jujitsu. he loved the outdoors. >> how could out in love surfing looking like what he looked like. >> i think for a lot of people he became a prototypical california heartthrob. >> a california heartthrob with a thing for cars. >> i remember when i got a jetta, a volkswagen jetta my senior year. he saw my car and said, oh, i'm not one who swears, he said, that car -- which kind of could th

from your right, jonathan sunland, political reporter for bloomberg news and a former national press club president. pomelos sanchez, washington producer, correspondent for univision. robbers schlesinger, managing editor, opinion, u.s. news and world report. andrew bakes, resident scholar american enterprise institute and a guest of our speaker. marilyn thompson, washington bureau chief for thompson riders a macias sun says, partner and co-chair, government affairs practice group. a guest of our speaker. vice chair of the npc speakers' committee, a correspondent for "usa today" and a past president of the national press club. skipping over our speaker for a moment, the speaker's dining member who organized this luncheon. thank you very much. senior research fellow george mason university. chief correspondent "washington post". betsy fisher martin, senior executive producer and managing editor of political programming for fec news. susan page, washington bureau chief, "usa today". larry lippman, executive editor for state news at the aarp bulletin and passed in pc president. [applause