the washington bureau chief and president of the national journalism library and past president of the national press club. the washington bureau chief for "glamour" magazine. a reporter with the usa today and immediate past president of the national press club. the founder and executive director of "share our strength." andrew schneider, associate chair for kipling juror and the committee's chair. a producer with news that media. the president of the discovery channel. governor martin o'malley of maryland, a guest speaker. [applause] you can tell the were in elections last week. [laughter] cnn's research director. the assignment editor for talk radio news service. and finally, an executive producer. thank you. [applause] our audience and they recognized today's guest. he is affectionately known as "the dude." the moniker has clung to jeff bridges since the start in "the big lebowski." he was named oscar winner this year. at the academy awards -- [applause] bridges received the best actor award for portraying an alcoholic country singer. he is at the press club as his latest role as a national spokes

justin duckham from talk radio and new member of the national press club. paul mckella, executive producer of f.b.r. films. thank you. our audience may recognize today's guests as he is affectionately known in certain circles. they call him the dude. the moniker is coined to actor jeff bridges since he played the unemployed slacker in the cult film "the big lebowski." he is given another title other than dude, named oscar winner. at the academy awards, bridges received the best actor award for the portrayal of country singer bad blake in th film "crazy heart." today he's at the press club in his latest role as the spokesman for share our strengths, no kid hungry campaign. bridges, along with share our strength's founder billy shore, is launching a nationwide initiative to stamp out childhood hunger in the u.s. by 2015, a goal president barack obama embraced during his presidential campaign. this week bridges met with two top advisors of president obama, agriculture secretary tom vilsack and education secretary billy duncan to spotlight what he calls a hidden

and membership secretary of the national press club. world's leading professional organization for journalists and are committed to our profession's future through our programming and by fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the press club, please visit our website at www.press.org to donate to our program, visit www.press.org/library. on behalf of our minneapolis worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and attendees at today's event which include guest of our speaker as well as working journalists. i would also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. after the speech concludes i will ask as many questions as time permits. i would now like to introduce our head table guest. from your right, if you'll stand please and as you are introduced, mike walter, president and c.e.o. of walter media, our -- washington correspondent arshad mahmoud, dan glickman, former u.s. agriculture secretary and now a senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center who's a guest of our speaker, myron bellkind, the natio

the federal communications directer of the national resources defense council present the first book about the bp oil spill and its consequences. the national press club in washington, d.c. hosts this half hour event. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you all for coming. i'm bob deans, i'm the associate directer of communications for the natural resources defense council, and it's my high honor tonight to welcome you to the national press club and to introduce to you the author of "in deep water," peter lehner, the executive directer of the national resources defense council. want to thank everybody here for coming out on a monday night, and especially those who have traveled from afar. i understand we have the mayor of racine, wisconsin, with us here tonight, and i want to assure you, sir, we will get you out of here on time to watch the green bay packers kick you off tonight against the chicago bears. we also want to say thank you to the reporters who are here after spending a long day at the hearings of the national commission of the bp oil spill. we certainly appreciate you being here. on the night of april 20th after weeks of misjudgments,

the nation's capital. kristen is a member of the national press club. odrigo valdiron mog, a member of the national press club board of governors is an independent op-ed writer and managing director of plantation international llc come and vic iii of the alliance could director at morgan stanley. in june, 2008, the air force was in trouble. relations with congress, the defense secretary and with the other services were strained for a variety of reasons. there for a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker program beset by scandal and other woes was grounded. calls for amounted to stop playing the costly f-22 fighter jet and most significantly, air force personnel recently lost track of nuclear weapons in transit. defense secretary robert gates had enough. he ousted the air force secretary and the chief of staff. the new choice for the air force chief of staff was the general norton schwartz, who is today's speaker. in choosing general schwartz, president obama engaged and wanted to signal things would be done differently from now want to read in every with t

the coca-cola co. speaking here at a national press club luncheon. the second important item of business, the presentation of the coveted national press club mug. [applause] >> wow, isn't that good? notovernor o'malley does even have one of those. [laughter] we will get that taken care of. we do have a final question here. dealing with -- a lot of the words have been spoken here, and you were quoting something the speakers in your own address, and many famous names have come up in this address as well. people have words to live by, to abide by. i'm just wondering, what are the words that the dude abides by? >> connection, joy. those of the words that pop up in my mind. participation, you know. enjoy the fact that we are live right now and can participate in this world and make it a beautiful place. >> thank you, jeff bridges. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] we would also like to thank you for coming today. we thank the national press club staff for putting toge

. >> at the national press club of this night. this school of maryland is represented, and they are seeking donations for their library. joining us is one of steve's students. what is the cs code? >> a preparatory school that just opened last year. it's a boarding school. it focuses on address kids in the city. >> why are you at risk? >> well, i'm not getting the of vicinity i would be getting at a public school. that's why. >> what are you studying at the scene school? : have you been doing there? >> right now i'm studying. taking algebra to. and doing physical science. i've been going to see the school for the past three years now. >> and? >> and i'm in the eighth grade. >> to you like it? >> i do like it. it's very enjoyable. >> what do you want to study in college? >> i'm planning on majoring in computer engineering. and maybe philosophy. i have not made up my mind get. i plan on going to princeton university. >> it looks from this brochure like you have a pretty famous visitor at the school. >> well, our sister school at barac

conference here at the national press club- exciting, excitingortunity. i'm very familiar with the press. believe it or not, i received a little press a few times in my active addiction. you laugh, but it's true. but i think the important thing is, now i am getting press as a result of my recovery, about sharing my recovery story with others. this annual event is so important because in addition to alerting americans about the dangers and trends of drug abuse, we must also educate them about the reality of recovery. having people like me who've been through the trials of addiction and found recovery, telling our stories, it's an important part of broadening social understanding and building broad public support for our cause. this is the 21st annual observance of national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month, and faces and voices of recovery is honored to be able to share this day and this lunch with you. we're really grateful, as a matter of fact, that you've taken the time to be with us, and as you'll hear throughout the program, the theme

this meeting of the national press club is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> president obama proposed pay freezes for federal employees of the next two years to help reduce the federal budget deficit. we will have the president's remarks in a moment on c-span. then a few minutes, secretary of state hillary clinton condemns the disclosure of classified documents by wikileaks and calls the disclosure an attack on the international community. later, an update on the status of the u.s.-russia nuclear arms control treaty known as start. on tomorrow's "washington journal," the house intelligence committee ranking member will talk about our recent release of classified documents by wikileaks. brad sherman will also discuss wikileaks and the tax cuts that the house cut -- that the house will work on this week. susan glasser on the start treaty and wikileaks. plus a recent article on influential secrets for 2010. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a

the coca-cola co. speaking here at a national press club luncheon. the second important item of business, the presentation of the coveted national press club mug. >> wow, isn't that good? >> governor o'malley does not even have one of those. we will get that taken care of. we do have a final question here. dealing with -- a lot of the words have been spoken here, and you were quoting something the speakers in your own address, and many famous names have come up in this address as well. people have words to live guide by. to abide i'm just wondering, what are the words that the dude abides by? >> connection, joy. those of the words that pop up in my mind. participation, you know. . [applause] luas well as our organizer, melinda cook, the library research, and the support the use the audience have for supporting the national press club today. for more information about joining the national press club and had to acquire a copy of today's program, please visit our web site www.press.org . this meeting is adjourned. and [applause] [captioning performed by

the associated press. thank you for your time. guest: thank you. >> earlier this fall, joseph sharon gave remarks at the national press club here in washington on global food and poverty. here is a look. >> i will start with this red cup. this is a cup from our school feeding program in one out, but it is very representative of the fact that when we talk about 925 million people who are hungry, what that means, about one out of every six people on earth wake up each morning and are not sure even how to fill the cup with a. for the children and we reach, often this is the only secure access they have to food in their life. most of the people in that number of women -- in that and children,liomwn and every six seconds a child will die for not having that access of food. in 1986 i was home 4 with my first child, who was a newborn. there was a mother in ethiopia whose baby was crying out for food, and you don't know -- and she had no milk in her breast and had no food. i thought there cannot be anything more painful than to it not be able to answer a child pasquale for food. what struck me at the time connecticut and now and then was

the former managing editor of " the washington times" when the press award for journalistic achievement. she it has also been a member of the national press club and has served on the speakers' committee. today, she is discussing 10 ideas that can feed the world. welcome to the national press club, josette sheeran. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. it is indeed a great moment to feel like i'm coming home, back to my own roots here at the national press club, where i've spent many an hour exploring the ideas that have helped defined the world that we are in today. today we're going to talk about my optimism and why i believe we can end hunger, yes, in our lifetimes. i like to begin by taking a journey with you to the front lines of hunger. i will start with this. this is a cup from our school feeding program and is representative of the fact that will then talk about 925 million people who are hungry, what that means is about one and of every six people on earth wake up each morning and are not sure how to fill this cup with food. for the children we reached, often this is the only secure access to food they have in their lives

this meeting of the national press club is adjourned. [captioning performed by nation captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . . >> i want personally to impress upon them the importance i place on the kind of open discussions we have had to date and my intention to continue working closely with them. obviously, this is a mart of great concern. we don't want anyone in any countries that could be affected by those alleged leaks here to have any doubts about our intention and commitment. that's why i stressed in my remarks that policy is made in washington. the president and i have been very clear about our goals and objectives in dealing with the full range of global challenges that we face. we will continue to look for every opportunity to work with our friends and partners and allies around the world and to deal in a very clear eyed way with those who we have differences, which of course brings me to iran. it should not be a surprise to anyone that iran is a source of great concern not only in the

the event will take place at the national press club. >>> the auspices of washington is getting readycome a cardinal. pope benedict will elevate the archbishop and three others during a lavish ceremony tomorrow at vatican city. today the current and future cardinals will meet with the pulte to discuss critical issues facing the church including the sex scandals. >>> it could soon be easier for federal police to get to work. if congress has passed a bill requiring federal agencies to develop policies for telecommuting, which will increase productivity and ease congestion on highways. most republicans voted against the bill, saying it would cost too much to implement. >>> time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. we have it all. >> sounds like a nice weekend. >> i'm ready. >> it is straightforward. a lot of sunshine, pressure. if all-like temperature. >> it's good when we don't have rain. >> we have been lucky this month will get one day of soaking rain and the legal about a week or so without rain. we will see what happens in the forecast. these are some of the coldest temperatur

tonight will be at the national press club talking about this. d "elen" a this flu season, what would you pick for your flu vaccine? a shot in tharm? a spray in the nose? i pick my nose. i pick my nose. i pick my nose gracefully. flumist. it's the only flu vaccine that starts fighting where you usually catch it. in a study of kids 2 to 5 years of age, flumist cut the risk of getting the flu in half compared to the flu shot. i picked my nose. she said i could. flumist may not protect everyone. flumist is not for people allergic to eggs or other vacci ingredients or for children and teens tang aspirin or products containing aspirin, or for anyone who's had life-threatening reactions to flu vaccines. health conditions incling guillian-barrÉ syndrome, a weakened immune system, diabetes, egnancy, or heart, kidney, or lung disease may exclude you from getting flumist. your docr will decide if flumist is right for you. common side effects include runny nose or nasal congestion, sore throat, and fever. talk to your doctor to find out if flumist is right f

secretary of treasury ray lahood who is a republican former of congress and is what the national press club in nathan asked about his livability initiative and the question was some critics suggest -- he said it is a way to coerce people out of their cars and he has repeatedly said what the administration would like to do is replicate portland around the country. portland is in oregon. they have this all -- idea they talk a map around the magic pendleton area. the zoning to push people and, push development inside that line they get densely packed, and make it near government mass transit systems scheduled by the government so people can walk and bike and make it difficult including reducing the number of parking spaces, make it difficult for people to drive because that is the way they want people to live. in the book, make an argument that this is very contrary to american pioneering spirit and also to the idea that we vote with their feet in the united states of america comment when people don't like the politics in portland or places like portland they moved to other places. that i

i were also like to thank the national press club staff. ress club and had to acquire a copy of today's program, please visit our website at www.press.org. we are adjourned. thank you. [gavel] [applause] >> coming up a look at civil discourse with donna brazil and monica crowley. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a conversation on whether democrats and republicans can work together in congress. then the ethics of war with speakers from france, england, is real, and the u.s. service academies. >> 24 new governors are taking office as a result of the midterm elections. one of the new republicans is niki haley. she succeeds gov. mark sanford whose term limited. she has been in the state house since 2004. her occupation is an accountant. pennsylvania also has a new republican governor, tom corbett to replaces ed rendell. he is the state attorney general. he retired from the army national guard. >> this weekend, pulling data with a pair of countries -- polling data from eight arab countries. this is part of our extended holiday weekend of non-fiction books a

bridges, you will be talking to the national press club about this campaign. how did you get interested in the issue of children who are hungry? guest: this was back in 1983. i founded an organization called the end hungerford networ -- end hunger network. there is enough food, we have enough money, we know the solutions to end it, but what is missing is the political will. what can i do to help create the political will? i said, well, i involved in the entertainment industry, i deal with the media all the time, doing like what we're doing here. i can help spread the word about this problem and get people involved in it. i will give you the long list, but my organization has -- i will not give you the long list, but my organization has done some wonderful things. this campaign that bill shore has come up with is so exciting to me, this no kid hungry campaign. it really feels like we could end hunger in our country by 2015. that is what the campaign is all about. it is not about creating new programs, and experimenting with programs that might not work. , food s

that "new york times" interview where she talks about 2012, she's also defending her avoiding the national pressys she talks to reporters all the time at fox news and is on twitter and facebook. she says, quote, i'm not avoiding anything or anybody. i think there's a number of national press corps who are going to hold her to that promise. chuck? >> okay. norah o'donnell, wow. >> we're speechless, norah. >> that good, huh? you liked the piece that much? >> celebrity politician, whatever it is. didn't finish her term as governor, something that folks ought to remember. >> tend to gloss over. >>> on capitol hill, meet the new boss. after a big change election. what does that mean? same as the old boss. >> house democrats have voted to bring back pelosi and her leadership team despite her, let's borrow a word, shall lacking in the midterms. listen to this response to a question from luke russert yesterday. >> how would your ratings be if $75 million were spent against you? because they know that i'm the person that can attract the resources both intellectual and otherwise to take us to victory beca

that may not have always been as apparent to folks who didn't live here and perhaps the national presswell. >> earmarks. senators mccaskill and udahl say ban them. >> i say at a minimum, we should end the secret earmarks that have so bedeviled the process and undermined confidence. there should be a rational process if there are designated spending for any state or district. but you know, earmarks are really only a tiny part of the deficit and debt problem, less than a fraction of 1% and i'm much more concerned about the major opportunities for cutting spending and getting serious about reducing our national debt and i made very specific professionals how to do it. >> how would you treat the upper 2% income earner getting so much attention in this conversation? >> i believe there ought to be an extension of tax cuts for the middle class. i have opposed extending the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%, the idea that somehow those tax breaks benefit small businesses i think is a complete ruse. but i stress i am strongly in support of tax relief for small businesses. priority number one

thank you to the staff of the national press club. thank you to the staff of the energy department. thank you for coming here today. this meeting is adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the hse recessed about halfway through the bills that were scheduled for work today. for managers were not ready for debate. members agreed to a one-month delay in medicare payments to doctors. it now goes on to president obama. live coverage when the house returns at 6:00 to vote on two of those measures debated this afternoon. tonight, three perspectives on how technology is being used in other countries to promote government transparencies. it is at 9 at -- 8:00 eastern. >> i am the education program specialist. each year, we conduct a video documentary competition. this year's theme is washington, d.c.. we would like you to explain how the federal government has affected an issue when event in your life and committee. select a topic that interests you. the goal is used -- is for you to fully resear

coming up at 12:15, a discussion on the future of health care at the national press club. until then, it looked at the economy and a map of the financial stress of the united states. host: let me introduce you to two guests here in washington. one is joining me by phone in orlando. mike schneider is on the phone. good morning to you. guest: good morning. host: i want to start with showing you have lines and arou the country. there is the hartford current which has an index of its own. there is some good news for people who live in hartford. you all have a statistical analysis that looks at the companies -- the country's the stress level. we invited you here in april. let's listen to what you had to say then. guest: you can only look at the real numbers and what the world had to say then. it peaked in october and has come down a little bit to 9.7%. in march, we created 160,000 payroll jobs. that was the best performance in three years. people are definitely encouraged. if you look at march 1 year ago, we were losing 107,000 jobs in one -- in that month alone. i think things

i would also like to thank the national press club staff for organizing today's events. for more information about joining the press club at acquiring a copy of today's program, visit our web site at www.press.org. we are adjourned. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up, the president and ceo of national public radio on the future of radio. then the ethics of war with speakers from france, england, israel, and the u.s. service academy. tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at what to expect from the incoming 112th congress. then, the assistant secretary of state and chief u.s. start negotiator on the latest efforts to announce a new start treaty with russia. later we will chat with bruce fleming about his new book. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. now, a look at some of the newly elected governors. republican rick schneider one michigan's election with 58% of the vote. then, in oregon's race, the democrat won with 49% of the boat repeating republican

[gavel] >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and are committed to the future. for more information, please visit our website at www.press.org. to donate to our scholarship programs, please visit www.p ress.org/library. i would like to welcome our speakers. i would also like to welcome our c-span and radio audiences. i will ask as many questions of the audience as time permits. i would like to introduce our head table guests. from your right, neal rowland of automotive news. derek sans, karen demurga, director of arfa z, andrew schneider, associate editor for kipling year. rod kukro, dan lisekao, mike sorahan, and finally tom dogan. [applause] the future looked bright for dr. steven chu when he became the nation's 12th secretary of energy in 2009. he found early support the summer when the house of representatives passed comprehensive legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions and this alternative fuel sources and es. then the road got harder. the senate never a

at 1:00 eastern energy secretary steven chu will be at the national press club. he's expected to touch on renewable energy, dependence on foreign oil and climate change issues. again, that's live at 1:00 pm here on c-span2. the lame duck session of the 111th congress gets underway today >> new members of congress with the c-span video library. find the complete list under the congress tab. every new member is listed with their district map, their campaign finances for the midterm elections and any appearances on c-span. it's all free on your computer anytime. it's washington your way. >> last week, attorney general eric holder spoke at an event marking the american indian heritage month. he discussed justice department programs aimed at helping tribal communities in the u.s. and this is just 25 minutes. >> good morning and welcome. my name is tracy. i'm the director of the office of travel justice. it's my pleasure to join the attorney general, eric holder, associate attorney general, tom perrelli and our distinguished speakers, doj senior leadership and all of yo

the box. tony snow came from the press. maybe someone with a long experience from the press. season, a national presence. i do not know your politics, but trust -- >> the problem is not my politics. the problem is my arrest record. just sitting there, venting into the microphone. i must say, steve, that i think television people look at a camera with two minutes to say what they think the president is going to say when he walks in there, that takes some skill, don't you think? >> of course it does. i always watch -- love watching them dance when they get the two-minute warning for the president. >> is always great when the president comes in early and they are still talking. >> there are noises, steve, from the palin camp, intimations she may run for president. because she is such great copy, every journalist in the country is speculating. would you like to speculate? >> there is a division of opinion about whether she will run. i think she desperately wants to run. why else would she give an hour- long interview to the new york times sunday magazine? she is a book tour starting again peerage is talk to

the nation's agenda to a degree that modern audiences would find astonishing. he decided what was news. he decided what was on the record, what was off the record. and he enforced that. he had the nation's pressps in washington fit inside the oval office. that's where he had his press conferences. he had them regularly -- he had them for morning newspapers, and he had them for afternoon or evening newspapers. he controlled the flow of information in a way that any modern president would envy. and again, if you look at the current and the last president opposite sides of the political spectrum, very differing agendas. and yet, both producing polarization and angst. i think cable tv which enshrines conflict. consensus doesn't sell dog food. and cable tv is all about -- often people scream at each other. at the very least, it's all about reducing arguments to an absurd level of simplicity. >> but didn't you have back then all this competition among newspapers where you were getting yellow journalism and people screaming at each other in newspapers? >> but the president -- but the president -- it was a different culture. it was a more reverential culture, i suppose. everything doug says is true a

will be live as energy secretary steven chu talks about energy dependence on foreign oil at the national presslub at 1:00 even -- 1:00 eastern. look at the new members of congress did find a complete list on the c-span video library. every new member is listed with their district map, their campaign finances, in any appearance on c-span. it is all free, on your computer, any time. it is washington, your way. >> one of the new members of the house next year is della croce -- delaware democrat john carney. he is an energy company executive. he has been delawares finance secretary and lieutenant governor. another new member is a republican representing florida's eastern panhandle, a funeral home owner who defeated the incumbent. congress returns to the lame- duck session today at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we will be live as the house takes up nine bills, including an extension of the medicare rates for doctors. the senate will continue work on expanding fda oversight of food recalls. it will discuss federal spending, -- they will discuss federal spending and the expiring tax cuts. we're standing by live

earlier this fall, josette sheeran gave remarks at the national press club here in washington on global view of -- food security and property. here is a look. >> today, we are going to talk about my optimism, and why i believe we can and hunker -- can end hunger in my lifetime. i want to take a journey with you to the front lines of hunger. this is a cup from our school program in rwanda. it is representative of the fact that when we talk about 925 million people going hungry, what that means about one out of every six people on earth wake up each morning and aren't sure how to fill this cup with food. for the children we reach, often this is the only secure access to food they have in their life. most of the people in that number, women and children, and still today, every six seconds, a child will die from not being able to access enough food to stay alive. my own personal awakening came in 1986. i was home with my first child, who was newborn. i was watching an image on television of a mother in ethiopia whose baby was crying out very weakly for food. she had no milk in her breasts.

two years ago i stood before some of you at the national press club and talked about what had happened then. i accepted responsibility for the defeat, congratulated president obama, president-elect obama, and said that we're a center-right country which we still are and warned that if he lurched to the left and he choked on the bone of responsibility, that the republicans would be back. and i think he did, and i think his agenda was overreaching, and i think that's what happened last night. >> mr. trumka? how do you read last night's elections? >> well, first of all, i think the corporate agenda and groups like american cross roads had a good day, but the question is why? and, obviously, i disagree with what my friend michael just said in a lot of ways. yesterday the issue that people drove them to vote was about jobs and the economy. and it wasn't because they bought on to the pledge to america because if you look at it, we don't have all the data analyzed yet. we're going to be doing a call at noontime. so any of you that choose to find out the rest of the data we have, please, feel

he had the nation's press corps in washington sit inside the oval office.them for morning newspapers and afternoon or evening newspapers. he controlled the flow of information in a way that any modern president would envy. >if you look at the current and the last president, very differing agendas, and both producing polarization. in i sink cable-tv, which enshrines conflict, consensus is not daunting. at the very least, it is all about reducing arguments to a level of simplicity. it was a different culture. everything doug says is true. you cannot overestimate the emotional bond that proclaimed -- that franklin roosevelt built almost overnight. it is easy to sentimentalize, but the reality is after three years of seeming inaction, frozen unconcerned of an administration and the nation's spiraled ever deeper, suddenly the boy yet, optimistic man with a flair for action try something. if it does not work, we will try something else. roosevelt paid capital. i think it is one lesson. great presidents do not manage crises. they use them. they exploit them to bui

they spoke at this event at the national press club organized by the non-profit advocacy group common cause. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> let me describe briefly the formats of the event, then i will make a couple introductory remarks and introduce our first guest. charlie cook is sitting just to my left and he will give some brief remarks and we will open it up to questions. he has to run to a previously committed events right after that. then we will introduce our panel. each of them will speak briefly and we will open up for more questions. we have about an hour. we look forward to the conversation. on behalf of common cause, i am delighted to help frame this conversation and hope we can get a rich guy look on the importance of this issue. just a couple of facts to put this in context, the 2010 midterm election last week was the most expensive one ever. when all the spending reports are finally tallied, the spending on that election will probably exceed $4 billion. that compares to $2.6 billion in the 2006 midterm elections. of that, almost $300 million came from groups opera

from the national press club in washington, d.c., this is an hour and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i'm bill crystal, editor of the weekly standard, and it's a pleasure to welcome you here for this informal discussions of the elections of last tuesday. we'll cover what happened, and move on to implications for the next few weeks and months for congress and the obama administration and maybe the broader implications on this interesting election. i welcome you on bhaft of the weekly standard and washington standard and it's really a pleasure to collaborate with the examiner on this event. if you wanted to learn more, well, you know everything you need to know about us. we are both excellent, top of the line publications. there's fact sheets in the pacts that you have. i looked over quickly the fact sheet, and most is true. that's good. [laughter] no, it's all absolutely true. let me introduce the fellow panel is who need no introduction. there's michael barrone and author of the editor of the almanac of american pol

well-known author desmond tutu along with his daughter who is here at the national press club of the night. what is this book about? >> i think most of what this book is about is the essential quality of human beings, that we are good. our recent to quality is our goodness. our behavior does not always bear out the essential quality, but it is my belief and my father's believe that our essentials quality is goodness and everything else is an aberration. we relate to stories from both our lives, both of us are clergy, both of us. my father famously chaired the truth and reconciliation commission as seen in all kinds of places where he has seen all kinds of grief and horror. i have seen the same kinds of grief and horror, but on a more domestic scale in my role. so i have a very clear sense of the pain that we can inflict on one another, but i also know that is not the essence of our being. we respond with horror to what is terrific because word is not the essence of our being. >> are you also a resident of south africa? >> i'm not. i have a residence of alexandria virginia. >> how lon

the top 10. a national study released by the press ranks oakland the fifth most dangerous city in the nation.oakland was third last year by the same organizations or did drop to a response. people who live in east oakland tend to agree with this ranking, they say there's way too many homicides in this part of town with if they agree with the steady or not, everyone says crime should be oakland's top party. they believe the city needs to do a whole lot more reaching out to the children. oakland, dahlin, kron4 news. >> we spoke to oakland residents and mayor left dean krjean quan. she questionse method used to come up with it. here's where she had to say. >> i am asking everyone in the bay area in the country take a fresh look at oakland, it's a changing city and an amazing city crime is down and oakland the last three years crime is down 28%, murder rate is half of what it was when jerry brown was mayor. it has come down a lot. >> mayor alexi says she will work with police chief to bring out more community policing, she wants officers to have more time to interact with community members. off b

i made a public offer at the national press club to accept the president's campaign promise of post parses it by proposing to work with him on a number of goals that he himself had suggested, such as reforming entitlements, reducing the debt, increasing our energy independence, and lowering taxes to create jobs. it turned out the white house had different plans. their strategy from the start was to govern hard left and use their big majorities to push through the most left-wing agenda possible, squeezing on popular proposals through congress by the slimmest majorities and hoping americans would forget the details and the process over a period of time. their idea of consensus was for republicans to do whatever the us to do.tion wanted they plowed through with one piece of legislation after another, written by liberals, for liberals. they had given us ample opportunity to stand up for the principle of lower taxes and a strong defense. they called for the closing of guantanamo without any plan for housing the terrorists who were held there. they had their stimulus that would triple the nation

from the national press club, this is about 1.25 minutes. >> good afternoon. in the editor of the weekly standard and it is a pleasure to welcome you to this discussion about the elections last tuesday we will quickly cover what happened and one of the implications. this is an interesting collection. let me welcome you on behalf of the weekly standard. structure, s a pleasure to collaborate >> if you more, to learn these are both top of the line publications, and there are fact sheets in a little packet you have. most of it is true. that me introduce my fellow panelists who need no introduction. michael barone is a common this -- is a columnist with "the examiner." . he is the editor of the almanac of american politics. i often say this and i will get michael to do this, the author of the best book on the history of american history in the 20th century, called, "our country." it needs to be updated, so people should nag him to update. my colleague fred barnes, who helped me start "the weekly standard". obviously, one of the leading political journalists of our

they spoke at this event at the national press club in arguing for a nonprofit advocacy group. this is one hour 10 minutes. remarks and introduce our first guest. charlie ok is sitting just to my left and he will gi some brief remarks and we will open it up to questions. he has to run to a previously committed events right after that. then we will introduce our panel. each of them will speak briefly and we will open up for more questions. we have about an hour. we look forward to the conversation. on behalf of common cause, i am delighted to help frame this conversation and hope we can get a rich guy look on the importance of this issue. just a couple of facts to put this in context, the 2010 midterm election last week was the most expensive one ever. when all the spending reports are finally tallied, the spending on that election will probably exceed $4 billn. that compares to $2.6 billion in the 06 midterm electio. of that, almost $300 million came from groups erating independently of the candidates and political parties. paris recalled -- they were free to spend without limi

the associated press has called the race for brown. so far raw numbers show a very tight race. all across the nation, a different story republican candidates have won enough seats to gain control of the house of representatives. much more on that coming up. back here in california the early returns indicate proposition 19 which would legalize marijuana is losing. ktvu is covering breaking news right now. we will bring you live coverage from along the bay area, the state and washington, d.c. >>> never before have we seen a race like the california governor's race. meg whitman spent $140 million of heifer own money. right now it is still unclear if investment is going to pay off. here are the current numbers, jerry brown took an early lead when the polls closed and he has been holding on to it ever since now. the race has not yet been officially called but as you

we regard our staff openly with efforts in the national press. with the dates on the speed of's role is not well informed, in part because we've been so determined to protect our secrets. in today's open society, no government institution is given the benefit of the doubt all the time. there are new expectations of public -- and legal -- accountability that have developed. in short, in 2010 the context for the u.k.'s secret intelligence work is very different from 1994. i am not going to use today to tantalize you with hints of sensitive operations or intelligence successes. instead, i want to answer to important questions. what value do we get from a secret overseas intelligence effort in the modern era? and how can the public have confidence that work done in secret is lawful, ethical, and in their interests? first, how we all fit in? the secret intelligence service, mi6, operates abroad. dealing with its overseas and gathering intelligence mainly for human sources. the security service, mi5, works here in the u.k., protecting the homeland from

the contest to spend a month at the museum captured the imagination of the national and international pressringing valuable publicity to the museum of science and industry. >> thousands of people have followed her on her blog. and on facebook and twitter. and millions have seen her on tv and in newspaper and heard her on the radio. >> i want to send out an amazingly huge thank you to the entire museum staff. from the moment i walked in i have felt nothing but welcomed into my new home. >>> her bags are packed, ready to gsm her experience at the museum and interaction with the city's kids, something that everyone is like three remember. she says she discovered her inner science geek during this excellent adventure. an adventure she shared with the public. you can bid farewell to kate yourself. log on to our website, we have a link to the museum. type in wgntv.com/web links. in hyde park, julian crews, wgn news. >>> i'm bloomberg's angie lau live at the cme group in chicago. we are seeing more signs labor market is starting to improve. companies are slowing down firings and instead hiring for

host: at the national press club yesterday, stephen chu, no. 14 on your list, he indicated that the u.s is falling behind china in energy. guest: yes, he indicated that we need a new spot that moment. i think that was a very important speech. -- a new sputnik moment. i think that was a very important speech. he indicated that we need to be doing all we can on research, on creating an economy with a cleaner and cleaner energy focus. whether that will happen, i don't know. in some key ways china is already very far ahead in that front. host: no. 21 on the list, heads of google, there on the list because? guest: it was very striking in china when googled stepped into the realm of politics that it has tried seriously to avoid. it is -- and there is an antitrust case against google. we will see where that goes. how tools like google and facebook are shaping the new world economy. it will increasingly become political players. and number host: 19 on the list, texas congressman ron paul. his son is taking the seat in kentucky. you call him the thinking man's t party. why? guest: the tea party

the most broadly crimes per capita. >> this is not a competition that any city wants to win. a national study released by cq press brakes oakland the fifth most dangerous city in the nation. oakland right start last year by the same organization and drop to spot. i have talked to different people in oakland and not everyone agrees with the study. >> it does not correspond with my experience and oakland. >> i've exactly what are brought by myself i live downtown. >> i like it people seem very friendly, i have been here for the last 14 years that it has been safe for me. it has wonderful i live in west oakland it is great. i have not had many problems. >> we never thought we couldn't go anywheres where we felt safe. >> it's probably expert with the violence, the violence is awful. >> yes it's getting pretty violent in oakland where you get to the points where no one has respect for the churches, they're doing these things that the churches. >> the way it is going to lot of people are getting killed my age. >> from my interviews the people who live in east oakland tend to agree with their breaking they say there's t

two years ago i stood before you at the national press club and walked -- and talk about what happened then. i accepted responsibility for the defeat and congratulated obama. i said that we are a center- right country which we still are. i warned that if he lurched to the left and choked on responsibility, that the republicans would be bad. i think that he did. i think his agenda over reached and that is what happened last night. >> mr. trumka, how you read last night's election? >> i think the corporate agenda and the american crossroads had a good day. the question is why. obviously i disagree with what my friend michael just said in a lot of ways. yesterday the issue that people -- what drove them to vote was the jobs and economy. it was not because they bought the pledge to america. if you look at it, we do not have all the data analyzed yet, and we will be doing a call at noon time -- any of you that choose to find out arrest of the data that we have, if you'll free to join our call at noon -- but we went through all the issues, and 63% of the people in those congressional races a

i made a public offer at the national press club to accept the president's campaign promise of post parses it by proposing to work with him on a number of goals that he himself had suggested, such as reforming entitlements, reducing the debt, increasing our energy independence, and lowering taxes to create jobs. it turned out the white house had different plans. their strategy from the start was to govern hard left and use their big majorities to push through the most left-wing agenda possible, squeezing on popular proposals through congress by the slimmest majorities and hoping americans would forget the details and the process over a period of time. their idea of consensus was for republicans to do whatever the administration wanted us to do. they plowed through with one piece of legislation after another, written by liberals, for liberals. they had given us ample opportunity to stand up for the principle of lower taxes and a strong defense. they called for the closing of guantanamo without any plan for housing the terrorists who were held there. they had their stimulus that would triple