derrick johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the national organization for the advancement of colored people. first of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. sclubdc,follow us @pres npclive. as you are setting your phones to vibrate, getting your twitter questions ready, i also want all of you to have these lovely whitcards in front of you. start the time to scribbling those wonderful questions, if you have not already submitted any, so we can keep the conversation going and healthy. you can keep passing them up to the front. you don t have to wait for mr. johnson to finish his remarks. there are members who will raise their hands and help bring them forward at any time and get them to donna, who will sort through them and get them to me. there is another way you can get que
we are pleased to have as our headline luncheon speaker derrick johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the national association for the advancement of colored people. first of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. [laughter] just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. you can follow us @pressclubdc, using #npclive. #headliners, and you can @npcpresident. as you are setting your phones to vibrate, getting your twitter questions ready, i also want all of you to have these lovely white cards in front of you. now is t time to start scribbling those wonderful questions, if you have not already submitted any, so we can keep the conversation going and healthy. you can keep passing them up to the front. you don t have to wait for mr. johnson to finish his remarks. there are members who will raise their hands and help bring t
arguments over confederate statues. this is about one hour. [gavel pound] jeff: yes, i do it with authority. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the national press club where we have trademarked a moniker of being the world s leading professional organization for journalists. also where i have been saying this year, in challenging times, the freedom of the press, that we are the constitution. i am jeff ballou, the editor for al jazeera english and the 110th president of the national press club. we are pleased to have as our headline luncheon speaker derrick johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the national association for the advancement of colored people. the naacp.own as first of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. [laughter] in jeff: just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. you can follow us @pre
this account for fiscal year 2018 has already reduced by undreds of millions of dollars how much dollars. mr. visclosky: how much more are you going to cut? i happen to live in gary, indiana. i don t live in new jersey. i don t live in new york. what i appreciate is that the chairman, the ranking member, the members of the subcommittee put together a national investment bill. this is an investment in our nation. one of the largest metropolitan regions and economic engine. and if we fail to make these types of investments, we are making a fundamental mistake. particularly given the fact that during the last campaign, we heard a lot about investing in infrastructure and the gentleman is here tonight wanting to further reduce that particular investment. this is an important account to every american citizen. i support the committee s position and i am opposed to the gentleman s amendment and i would yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida is re
what s being called the storm of the century crippled new york city cutting power and plunging manhattan into darkness. more than 13 feet of water wushds over the seawahl in battery park, rushing into tunnels and subways. it could leave the city paralyzed for days. when do you expect the subway system to be up and running again? four or five days i think. at this point we don t know. if you had to guess, con ed and the subways, three, four days and i would be happy if that s what it turns out to be. the mta reporting that seven tunnels have been flooded announced in our 108 years our employees have never faced like a challenge like the one that confronts us now. 215 patients were evacuated from new york hospitals when backup yen raters failed. queens, firefighters battled a blaze that consumed 50 homes. meanwhile, a crane mangled from heavy winds dangled 80 stories above midtown, manhattan. president obama has signed major disaster declarations for new york city, long