Afternoon. I and americas aviation reporter and im also on the board of governors here the National Press club. Sorry about that. Welcome to the National Press club. Our guest today is Lily Eskelsen garcia the president of the National Education association. I would like to welcome our public radio and cspan audiences and i want to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the npc lies. Thats an pc lie. For public radio and cspan audiences please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Now its time to at a deuce our guests. I would ask each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until ive finished introducing the entire table. From your right, Kimberly Hall communications and partnerships manager at the poverty and Race Research action counsel. Thomas burr Washington Bureau chief of the Salt Lake Tribune and former presiden
Over the country. Did you send a tweet i dont know if you were rubbing it in. Nice weather here. They were not happy. They sent a tweet saying get lost. Not in those words but basically that. Right. Theyre a little upset at our look at this. This is awesome. It is fantastic. Theres the terrible 35car pileup on one of the expressways in chicago. We laugh and poke some fun but it can turn danger us and possibly deadly. A big story we have been following. Before we mow on, national pi day. 314. March 14th. I enjoyed math growing up. Were you math fans at all. No. I liked math. I will not answer that question because i encourage all young girls for science, technology and math. It wasnt my strong suit. I loved english and writing. I wish i could say yes. You said happy birthday to steph curry. He shares the birthday with albert einstein. He is a straight a student and the quarterback on the football team. His lawyer says the 16yearold is accused of holding down a teammate who was then alle
Ifill im gwen eiffel. Woodruff welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the Vice President ial debate between republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine. The stage is said at longwood, university in farmville, virginia, with the level of anticipation pales in comparison to last weeks showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump there is still a lot on the line. Ifill there s. Its a chance for to introduce themselves to the nation but more important, to bolster the top of the respective ticket. Elaine quijano of cbs news will moderate. Joining us are regular contributors, syndicated columnist mark shields, from the Cook Political Report amy walter and Washington Post columnist mike it gerson. Welcome all. Here is the question of the night. Why does the Vice President ial debate matter . Michael gerson . Well, i think republicans need some good news after historic trouncing. Theres morale issue here. And they need a good night. Woodruff amy walter 124. I agree. They have t
Ifill im gwen eiffel. Woodruff welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the Vice President ial debate between republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine. The stage is said at longwood, university in farmville, virginia, with the level of anticipation pales in comparison to last weeks showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump there is still a lot on the line. Ifill there s. Its a chance for to introduce themselves to the nation but more important, to bolster the top of the respective ticket. Elaine quijano of cbs news will moderate. Joining us are regular contributors, syndicated columnist mark shields, from the Cook Political Report amy walter and Washington Post columnist mike it gerson. Welcome all. Here is the question of the night. Why does the Vice President ial debate matter . Michael gerson . Well, i think republicans need some good news after historic trouncing. Theres morale issue here. And they need a good night. Woodruff amy walter 124. I agree. They have t
Ifill im gwen eiffel. Woodruff welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the Vice President ial debate between republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine. The stage is said at longwood, university in farmville, virginia, with the level of anticipation pales in comparison to last weeks showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump there is still a lot on the line. Ifill there s. Its a chance for to introduce themselves to the nation but more important, to bolster the top of the respective ticket. Elaine quijano of cbs news will moderate. Joining us are regular contributors, syndicated columnist mark shields, from the Cook Political Report amy walter and Washington Post columnist mike it gerson. Welcome all. Here is the question of the night. Why does the Vice President ial debate matter . Michael gerson . Well, i think republicans need some good news after historic trouncing. Theres morale issue here. And they need a good night. Woodruff amy walter 124. I agree. They have t