Militarily military members as the basis for their work. This was hosted by the rand corporation. I think we can go ahead and get started. First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is deanna lee. I am part of the Digital Communications team here at rand, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, Global Research organization that tackles the Worlds Toughest problems. I am very happy to welcome you to todays policy lab on a very important topic, addressing violent extremism in the United States. Our policy lab series is designed to give an opportunity to hear directly from rand experts about todays most important policy issues. I am really pleased to see so many folks have joined our zoom webinar. I want to welcome folks watching and listening on cspan one and cspan radio, both broadcasting live. For those who have joined on zoom, have you house rules. We will have time at the end of the presentation for a short q a session. If you do have questions, please post those in the q a forum on zoom, not
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a free press and protecting journalists. Ill remind everybody the guests in the chamber are guests and youre free to be here, but this is no audience participation in the hearing. This is a hearing and were going to conduct it accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. And that cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and theyre still true today. First amendment guarantees freedom of the press and prohibits the government from making any law to that freedom. Just hugo black stated, the Founding Fathers gave the press the role. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. And the hale to the freedom of the press is the keystone upon which all
[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome every the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair iso authorized to declare a recess at any time. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a free press and protecting journalists. I will remind everybody that the guests in the chamber guests and you are free to be here but this is no audience participation in the hearing. This is a hearing and we will conduct it accordingly. I will not recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and they are still true today. First amendment to the constitution guarantees freedom of the press and prohibits the federal government from making any law abridging the freedom. In its concurrence, the New York Times versus the United St
Of Confidential Sources. In february a federal judge felt held Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for failing to divulge resources. The house judiciary subcommittee hearing is just over 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on the free press and protecting journalists. I will remind everybody that the guests in the chamber our guests and you are free to be here, but this is no audience participation. This is a hearing and we will conducted accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. That cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and they are still true tod
Eileen good morning, and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im eileen oreilly, the president of the National Press club and the managing editor of standards training at axios. This morning we have a special headliners newsmaker event, featuring diane foley, the mother of journalist james foley who was murdered by isis in 2014. The Foley Foundation is announcing its new Journalist Safety Task force and will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as a journalists remain in harms way all around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal to release the reporter evan gershkovich, who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. We continue to advocate for the release of austin tice, who has been held captive in syria for more than 11 years. We have a hugely active press team here that works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the pr