We are committed to our professions future through programs just like this and we fight for a free press worldwide. For more information about the club visit our website, press. Org. To donate to programs offered through our clubs, Journalism Institute visit press. Org institute. On behalf of members worldwide i want to welcome you to todays luncheon. Id like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter. Use the hashtag npc lunch. Remember, the public attends our lunches applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. Ill ask as many questions as time permits. Our head table includes working people who are members of the National Press club. From the right will watson. A former newspaper editor and 20year National Press club member. Larry holdren, patrick host. Captain sydney dawson u. S. Air force, aid to the superintendent and a guest of the speaker. Donald linewein. Gene tie. Thank you so much. Lieutenant cassiem. Gra m. Grane
It if you just woke up. We have temperatures soaring to near 80 degrees this have afternoon. Feeling like early summer or maybe late summer, not middle of the summer when it is warmer but it will be nice. Some clouds this morning. It is not causing too many problems that we know of. The bus stop buddy in the flyers jersey today, because they need a win, they need their first win of the season. They play ducks tonight at wells fargo center. 67 degrees is our current temperature. Southeasterly breeze at 5 miles an hour. We are ten minutes away from the official sunrise time but sunnies burning through those clouds that we had overnight. 78 degrees is the High Temperature today, mostly sunny, breezy and warm and tonight were down to 67, we have a lot of clouds, mild night once again maybe a few showers here and there, that is your tuesday. We will have your seven day forecast coming up. Lets get to the roads and start off with route 42 in new jersey just past route 55. This is northbound
Least one woman is on a company board, that company is 40 less likely to have to restate their earnings. In light of their financial collapse, i think every company should want women on their corporate boards. I think theres a recognition that women bring something unique to the workplace. We have a different, often times we have a different management style a different problem solving style, we see growth differently, and this combination of male and female voices together is what creates much better policy, both better Public Policy from a government perspective and better policy from a corporate perspective. I think that for those who would like women not to participate in the workplace or not participate in our economy, its undervaluing women and undervaluing what their contributions are and i think thats a mistake because again, why wouldnt you want all of your talent trying to move the u. S. Economy forward . Any Clear Thinking person would want that. I think we just have to keep
Nugent . A salute to emily for your wonderful carry on Woman Company you rock. What from your angle is publishing . This is an unusual process. It was funny because most of the time we have a manuscript and sent it to folks who might like the book and might interested and have it previous knowledge of the author
Citizens unnecessarily. This is a huge, historic week that we are about to see unfold in our nations capitol and i pray that we can pass this bill and send it over to the United States house of representatives so we can have this full debate in our nation for equality for every person who lives within our boundaries and with that i yield back the balance of my time. The presiding officer under the previous order, the senate elkvemmi gpp this version which would be ban work place discrimination on basis of Sexual Orientation or gender identity, is the, 2007 was the last time it came up. And in either chamber. So that is why the legislation moving forward last night, on a 6130 vote is a big deal even if it does face pretty dim prospects in the house. Your headline in politico says the gay rights measure advances in the senate. You write about dynamics of vote on and off the floor. Tell us about that. So we, it was always going to be a question which republican senators were going to con