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About an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the National Press club, and i was president of the club in 2010, and pleased to have lunch and speaker secretary of agriculture sonny perdue, we welcome to the National Press club. Before we begin his remarks. And we ask them to turn it off. We would like you if you would be so inclined, and pound nbc live, true for all you folks in the twitterverse. And turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce the table. We hold the applause and laughter the full table is introduced and erupt in rapturous applause. Starting from my left and y...

Press club earlier this week about next years farm bill, food exports, free trade agreements and his relationship with President Trump. This is an hour. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club today for todays speakers lunch. I was president of the club in 2010 but cover food and agriculture issues for Bloomberg News which may explain why ive been exhumed for todays luncheon. We are pleased to have secretary of agriculture sonny per i due. We welcome him for the first time to the National Press club. First of all, before we begin his remarks, i would li...

Distinguished roster of speakers. Before we begin his remarks, i would like you all to please put your phones on silent. Back in the day, we used to tell them tell you to turn them off. We would like you to put them on silent, because we would like you to live tweet this event. We can follow that online. We would also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phones and turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce our table. We would like you to hold your applause until after the full head table is introduced. Then you can corrupt and applause. Erupt inou can applaus...

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 npcpresident. As you are setting your phones to vibrate, getting your twitter questions ready, i also...

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 Press club. We are pleased to have as our headline luncheon speaker Derrick Johnson, the interim pres...