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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 t...

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 n...

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 worlds 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 P...

A tremendous amount of alarm precisely because of where it is next to the Victorian Albert Museum and that full History Museum in the Science Museum on a saturday this is a part of london that is heaving with tourists heaving with locals and of course the city is no stranger to Violent Attacks that have led to fatalities so what we have seen is an incredibly rapid Police Response we saw armed units here weve seen in the last couple of hours forensic teams combing the site picking up possible evi...

Some other nominees, so today we will consider three nominations and i want to thank my colleagues for helping working through the nominations in an appropriate fashion to allow us to take the steps forward today. Any comments you would like to make . No, mr. Chairman. We are trying to get confirmed em bas duirs to make your job a little bit easier, i hope you appreciate the fact that chairman corker are moving through nominations as quick as possible and one of the things to do if confirmed to ...

Secretary matus and general dunford, i hope you will provide insight on what the strategy may be. What are we getting ready for . What are the priorities . That is not a hard question an important question if we are being asked, it is a Readiness Package the department is wont improve readiness and it is disconnected from strategy the administrations package proposes 18 billion in cuts to nondefense programs to offset military spending. The administration provided no detail on these cuts but we ...

Upcoming fiscal year budget. Senator probation subcommittee held this hearing wednesday. The subcommittee on defense appropriations of the United States senate will come to order. Today, we are receiving an update on military readiness and Defense Budget matters. We are pleased to welcome to the committee honorable james mattis secretary of defense, general Joseph Dunford junior chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The fiscal year 2017 department of defense appropriation agreement has been app...

Nonfiction authors. Panel featured discussion on civil rights, education policy, Mississippi State history and the 2016 president ial election. Notable authors include john meachum. And former Senate Majority leader trent discussing book on political polarization, crisis point. Go to booktv. Org for the complete weekend schedule. Our cspan campaign 2016 bus is in chicago this week at the National Conference of state legislatures asking what issue is more important to you, your district, and your...

What i have encouraged is that we get started on that work immediately and we pushed through over the next several outs and try to leave extraneous issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. I know, for example, that there are many republicans who are angry about planned parenthood. I deeply disagree with them on that issue, and i think that it is mischaracterized it has mischaracterized what planned. Arenthood does but you cannot have an issue like that potentially wreck the en...

John thanks for coming out again, i want to see you coming every 6 months we need those discussions and ill say it like it is ill say a commission now, you know, weve got a lot of tough issues facing us and i couldnt be working with a better group of commissioners even with the seal rise weve got to show true leadership open which way to take our waterfront in the city you said even with transportation and things like that that requires coalitions thinking out of the box because i know a lot of ...