Is that something the president thinks he can get done in his time in office . Josh earnest it took us more than five years to negotiate this ttp agreement. It was worth the effort and investment. It does ultimately allow u. S. Inds and services to be sold one of the most economically dynamic regions of the world. That is a good thing for american businesses and for american middleclass families. Negotiations are not quite anadvanced, but if there is opportunity for us, based on our consultations with our friends in europe to reach an agreement that will have the same kind of americanpotential for businesses and american workers, we would not hesitate to pursue it. There is more work to be done on that before it will reach completion. This will be the last one. Way will the president reevaluate the task if he seeksntages it out . Josh earnest if the Vice President makes the decision to enter the race, he is confronted with the challenge of balancing the responsibilities that come with running a National Campaign with the responsibilities that come with serving as Vice President of the United States. Would not speculate at this point how he would do that or if any changes would be necessary. Joe biden has demonstrated out his throughout his career, a willingness to work overtime. That likely would be something that would be required in the described. E you just i would not speculate as to what that would look like until the Vice President has made his decision. One of the complications legislation is the number of entities that are allowed to do information sharing. Made anydministration greater strides in thinking they had contact with the statement that have or could be allowed to share that information . Many of the executive actions the president announced in the aftermath of we shootings in newtown ere geared toward the effectiveness of information sharing. Everybody. Up next on cspan, we are alive at the newseum in washington about a conversation about ending world hunger. We will hear from tony blair and Howard Buffett. Theyre showing video of his photos right now. A new exhibit titled 40 chances, finding hope in a hungry world. It features 40 photographs he has taken in his travels to 40 countries. Howard buffett when they get home, a lot of the times, land has been taken away from them. They do not have a consistency. In the end, at least they are home. I remember walking down the tracks one time before the train was coming through. That is called the death train. To try hugely risky way to move. I remember asking this woman, what are you taking this risk. She gave me the same answer i have heard from 200 people. I dont have a choice. My kids are hungry. I cant make money. I dont know what we are going to do. I have to get to america. I have to earn money and find a way to america will stop this goes on all of the world. There are thousands of people dying every year because they are trying to escape some kind of violence and conflict. Think, until we deal with the root of the problem, until we deal with the fact there is no economic opportunity, or there is not enough rule of law, until we deal with those issues and support those countries south of us to try and make those changes and achieved some success, we fences. Adding more the Howard G BuffettFoundation Works around the world to find solutions to world hunger. Howard buffett people need solutions now. We work in places where you are absolutely going to fail. You reallycceed, change something. It is a big, big win. It is a big win for people who do not usually have those opportunities. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the newseums theater event. Ights special 40 chances, finding hope in a hungry world. I am the president and ceo of the newseum. I would like to it knowledge our colleagues from cspan2 and welcome their worldwide audience tonight. The newseum celebrates the freedoms of the First Amendment i welcoming more than 800,000 visitors each year to one of washingtons most sophisticated buildings. Discuss the major issues and controversies about freedom in the United States and around the world. And by reaching out to more than 2. 2 million children and teachers who wants to understand the foundational freedoms of our society, but cannot enter our building. We reach them through a variety of sophisticated digital means. Seth is opening in 2008, the newseum has become a premier venue for the very best in photojournalism. Walk through the seven floors of exhibits and you will see some of the most powerful images in world history. The rise and fall of the berlin wall, to the destruction of the twin towers, to images of war and peace. Is of course, the newseum also home to the Pulitzer Prize photography gallery. The most comprehensive collection of Pulitzer Prizewinning photographs of the world. Chancest exhibit 40 follows in that spirit as it brings the issue of the world hunger crisis to the forefront to the stunning photographs of Howard Buffett. Traveling more than 2135 countries, traveling more 135 countries, he believes that each of us have 40 chances to accomplish our life goals. Just as farmers have 40 seasons to improve their harvests. His work as a call to action to find Lasting Solutions to these global challenges. To be joinedd tonight by howard, who is chairman and ceo of the howard g. Buffett foundation. A farmer, businessman, photographer, and philanthropist, he dedicates his life to Wildlife Conservation and finding solutions to world hunger. We also have the honor tonight to be joined by the honorable tony blair. The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 19972007. He tripled the United Kingdoms a program for africa and is helping a new generation of managementders with and government principles. Emmanuel de merode helps develop the alliance. Alternativevelop an strategy capable of eradicating poverty and improving stability and peace to the eastern congo. Leading the conversation tonight is a dear friend of the newseum, Judy Woodruff. She is the coanchor and managing member of pbs news hour. This is presented with the International Woman mediate foundation and the howard g. Buffett foundation. I want to give a special welcome tonight to those representing these organizations. Want to thank the friends of the First Amendment society for their support of the newseums work. It is now my privilege to introduce our moderator, Judy Woodruff, and our distinguished panel. Welcome to the newseum. [applause] Judy Woodruff thank you very much. It is my honor to be here with such a distinguished panel. You could not ask for three individuals who care more about this issue. I know they all have a lot they want to say. We are going to get right to it. Howard buffett, will start with you. You are the one who was the driving force behind this. Take us back to the beginning. Thatas this something mattered to you . We know you came from a farming background. There were other things going on in your family. Howard buffett not much. I was teaching warren had to invest. Other than that, not much. I had a mother that spent her entire life really dedicating herself to helping people. I think all of us kids grew up we weresehold where expected to give back to the community. Of course, we had every opportunity in our lives to do what we wanted to do in many ways. Best when hens it talks about the ovarian lottery. You could be born in bangladesh, it could be born in yemen, you could be born in mullally. You could be born to president s that are born to parents that are divorced, or criminals, or handicapped with challenges of providing a living. There are many scenarios that could develop. But you were born, and in my case, a white, male united male in the United States. That give you every opportunity to excel in life that you could ever ask for. Hopefully, those demographics are changing. When i came into this world, that was the best situation you could find yourself in. I think we knew that and appreciated that. High expectations that we would go out in the world and do some things that are productive and positive. The big driver was how i grew up and what my parents expected of me. Was itodruff and what about Food Insecurity and the african continent that attracted you . Howard buffett when we finally got some really money to spend, i was immediately attracted to trying to figure out where the most impoverished populations were. Resources areere very scarce or limited. I wasare the places attracted to. We do a lot of work and Central America and mexico. Africa has some of the biggest challenges, especially Food Security in terms of agricultural production. Unfortunately, it was the kinds of population we wanted to try and work with. That is how we ended up doing a lot in africa. Judy woodruff there is a lot to talk about in terms of your interest and what do have learned. I still want to bring in Prime Minister blair and emmanuel de merode. At some point along the way, you got to know the both of them. And Something Else grew out of that. Tell me how all of this got started. I went to uganda for the first time in 1997. It was a phenomenal experience. If anybody asks what the one thing i should do in my life is, i say, go there. It is quite an experience. Do it when you are young enough for the hiking. Ive taken my son and taken other people and it is really something. That captured my attention. And then i met a great woman, annette, who is think is maybe here tonight. And she keptgcp wanting to have dinner with me and i noticed she had phd behind her name. I did not want a phd do come of dinner with me. And thentting her off finally, she just showed up. I realized what an amazing job she was doing and that, he hooked in the region. Weve done a lot of work in these countries. In 2009 weemmanuel, went up to the park. He had been there for maybe a year and i realized the that have brought everything together. It brought the conservation peas, the poverty fees, the conflict peace the iece, theion p conflictiece, the piece. It brought all of these pieces together. Emmanuel has an impossible job. We have started to work with him and we are doing it because he is always there. One of met tony it was funny because cage, who worked for tony for a long time cap sending me these emails. Saying, why do i want to meet the Prime Minister . What am i going to do with this guy . She would send me these emails and i would say, i am busy. Sorry. And then, i was on this plane somewhere, and i read this article and i said, god, this guy is doing exactly what has to happen in africa. We can do everything with emmanuel and what is the one thing we do not have . We do not have rule of law, governance. Ailhought, man, i have to em kate back and apologize for everything i said. And that he came out and tried to run my combine. He ran some corn down. We were walking up to get in the combine and a think it was kate cusack, howard, he is not driven anything for 12 years. It is a rare thing to have someone with tonys experience. Nd commitment he has been a leader, he has run a country. Who can show up at the doorstep and share the experience is really rare. Theyre both very special people to meet and to my foundation. Judy woodruff i cannot wait to ask Prime Minister blair about the combine and the rest of it. Howard buffett he will not tell the truth. Uel, whatruff emman did you think when you are approached by Howard Buffett . Howard buffett you dont have to tell the truth. Emmanuel de merode howard came to the congo at a very difficult time for us. Saying, myt by function, my position, who i am, is it middle ranking public servant. Situation,t into the which is management. It is a very Large National park. It is the epicenter of a war that has been happening now for 20 years. It has turned out to be the most the greatest expression of human suffering cents the second world war. Everyone of those wars over the period of 20 years began inside the in National Park the National Park that we manage. I beget is park warden and i have not fully gather the difficulty. And then, howard turned up. Is when i realized my problems were just beginning. [laughter] Judy Woodruff what happened . Did he actually come to you . Emmanuel de merode yes. Howard has a long history of address these fundamental problems in the great lakes regions. They are enormous challenges to overcome. But what he offered us for the first time was not just the posterity of some of the generosity in terms of resources, but also the time to think through the problems that we were addressing. He was actually willing to come to the field. Times of Armed Conflict and work through these problems with us. Story,has really been the working through these overwhelming problems in the eastern congo. Hearwoodruff i want to the beginning though, of the Howard Buffett story from Prime Minister blairs point of view. Your office was trying to set up an appointment with him and it was not working until this wonderful article came out. Tony blair i always thought he was very keen to meet me. [laughter] i did eventually get to see him. I did get to see him. And once more, i got to drive the combine harvester, which was an interesting experience. I think it was the only time i have seen howard very earnest. He kept telling me the amount of money this piece of machinery cost. The essence of it, for me, the issue of governance in africa is absolutely fundamental. When i was Prime Minister, africa was a big part of the agenda. And 2005 at the g8 summit, we actually put africa on the agenda and got commitments to give debt relief to african countries. Would give a commitment to federal aid and other countries followed suit. The usa uplifted their aid substantially as well. I was aware of the fact that aid was never going to be enough on its own. You also had to build the capacity to govern properly. And so, africa came together with my other passion, which is the whole process of governance. Office in 1997. The only job i had ever had was Prime Minister. If you are going to start, you might as well start at the top. [laughter] Howard Buffett we know you were not a farmer. As well. R just heres the thing i discovered about government. I came in,hen because i was Prime Minister and at at the cabinet table, i thought if i took a decision around the cabinet table, something happened. This is a big mistake. I realized how the process of government works. I realized, you run for office as a great campaigner. To get into office and you have become the chief executive. You have be able to run the organization. I became sensed with the processes of government. Why some of the african president s african were struggling with. I do not have the infrastructure of decisionmaking and organization around them to be able to do it properly. The purpose of the African Government Initiative was, we put people in who worked alongside the president s team. I worked alongside the president and we went through prioritizations and then the execution capabilities within the government to get things done. The thing is, with howard, he was prepared to help us with this. He supported it and resourced it. The result is, today we are in eight different african countries and i think we make a very big difference in how they function. Judy woodruff howard, talk you and the Prime Minister are doing together. Give us some concrete examples. Howard buffett we have flexibility. We have given agi the money that was committed elsewhere. When the ebola crisis came up in liberia, one of the peace people they went to because they were familiar with them was agi, for help. This was a disaster for the population. It was a challenging messaging and communication system. We dont get involved with health or anything else. We are pretty focused on what we to the when we spoke staff at agi, it was a very simple decision to say, yes, we will move some of that money. You use some of that money. Use it what you need to use it for. We cannot judge that. The biggest thing for us is to have the flexibility and have partners that we trust. Storyel can tell you a about a situation in goma that is funny looking, back when you look at how we got it done. But it is really important for us to trust our partners. I realized that governance is such a critical issue. One of the things we did with agi was, we were on a Conference Call talking about different options and they brought up this called rapid action. It sounded great to me. I thought, tony needs to do what he needs to do. He does not need people like me or anyone else telling him how to do it. I have great confidence in what he is going to do and the decisions he will make. We made a commitment, a reasonable commitment, to fund that can help him go out to try and leverage that for additional funding. The Rapid Action Fund is something where you dont have to go to ask a donor for something in the middle of an emergency. You have the money. We willtell us, but never ask him how he used the money. It is not important to me. Tony blair in the of bulla crisis, we were in all three countries. They organized all the help coming in. Hit theike these countries. There can make sure the people are going to the ri