From opi. [laughter] [applause] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history the 87th president of the National Press club, bureau chief of gaylord News University of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much the legacy of the 112 year history of journalism especially in washington we are pleased we have a new book of the new history of the club called tales from the National Press club scheduled to be published by the History Press and those that have had an impact on history. This event tonight was proposed by our moderator who himself is part of the Grover Family founded by eds greatgrandfather Alexander Graham bell. Who by the way now editor and publisher of the American Heritage magazine that has inspired generations of historians and hes also the author and editor of 13 history books and a thirdgeneration club member and is here to introduce our distinguished panel from the
For serious readers mixed up a book party for james okeefe. An audible conversations went back [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] much more serious and sophisticated. They did that for about a year, said it isn so it isnt s unprecedented. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [applause] thank you for coming. I just flew in the release from coloradorelief fromcolorado, ann that i woul would brush from my mountaintop in the Rocky Mountains to come to the swamp. [laughter] many of you know i am a refugee about almost ten years ago made a decision to leave after being here for nearly a decade to raise my family out in the Rocky Mountain west, but ive pr
American [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] good evening. Thank you for coming i just went from colorado. It is not often that i would rush for my mountaintop of the Rocky Mountains to come to this fall. As many of you know im a refugee. From the swamp, almost ten years ago i made a decision to leave after being here for nearly a decade to raise my family out in the Rocky Mountain west. I would pretty much crawl over broken glass to do anything that james okeefe asked me to do. He is, in my view one of the most important figures in modern american journalism. [applause] this is my copy of america as you can