cozy this event seems. what is your defense of the dinner? why does it matter? look, we ve been having this dinser since 1921, presidents attending since 1924 with i m sure the president will have some fun things to say, but in my remarks, bill deadly serious. the threats journalists face here at home and all around the world. we ll be paying respects to the journalists who have been killed covering the war in ukraine just in the last two months and i ll talk about the essential role that journalists play in american life helping this country govern itself. hmm. president biden certainly more respectful to the press than his predecessor but not always as accessible and as the head of the group that advocates for the press, h k you tell us where the group stands in regard to biden with interviews, providing answers to the press, holding press conferences? look, i lead an organization that was founded in 1914 to