A lot of us have been advocating for a long time that the two leaders of this government project that theyre working together and with the internal dynamics and as we say it is unlikely to have been. But there are some things regarding Strategic Communication and People Like Us point out not of government itself. What have we done and what are we attempting to do . And a lot of the frustration with this government is that it doesnt understand that sense of crisis and those uncertainties. That is what helps to power the opposition that there is a lot of politicians that are not so good but they are in the opposition and government that seems even worse. Picking up on a good point that not acknowledging the crisis that it faces of lot of president can do and quite frankly there isnt that many options but there are two issues one is out of president can strengthen the eyes of the International Community and also nearly in the eyes of his own government. To strengthen the position in the b
Objectivity. Welcome the like to cspan and public radio audiences. Follow the action on twitter npclunch. Introduce our to head table. I would ask each to stand briefly as your name is announced. From your right, kevin, a Committee Member for the vietnam war commemoration. Marcus, a documentary film maker. Washingtonppe, a correspondent for ganett. Secretary of the the air force and a member of the National Press club. Thomas burr, senior washington correspondent for the Salt Lake City tribune and the chairman of board of the National Press club. Jim michaels, military reporter for usa today. Bill ingram, director of the Army National guard. The podium. R donna, a reporter for usa today. The organizer of todays lunch on the Speakers Committee and the 2009 president of the National Press club. Skipping over the speaker momentarily, rachel oswald, a at National Journal news wire. Brigadier general james whitham. Mary french of army magazine. Chief Master Sergeant mitch enlisted advisor t
Other states. But first, here are the facts on the pandemic at this hour. The wall street journal reports the Trump Administration has fallen short of its ppe stockpiling goals. Take n95 masks for frontline workers, the administration said in may it wanted to increase its supply to 300 Million Masks over 90 days. By mid november, we had less than half of that, just 142 million. Right now there are more americans hospitalized with this virus than at any other time during the pandemic according to the covid tracking project. The New York Times warns a third of americans live in areas where hospitals are running critically short of icu beds. The strain on our hospitals comes as we hit a new record for daily coronavirus cases. On tuesday, more than 222,000 americans were diagnosed with this virus. So far, listen to this number. About one in 22 americans have tested positive for covid19. A littleknown panel of independent experts is about to play a big role in the most critical step to stop
Will try to stop me with tonights mystery guest. First, lets get headlines from carol massar. Our authorityc has negotiated with creditors to push up repayments of bank loans until july 31. The islands main provider of electricity has until monday to repay some bank lines of credit. The authority has 8. 6 billion of debt. Asset management Asset Partners and calling for the at supply seller to consider a sale. Petsmart would be more highly valued by private holders than investors in public markets. Thank you. The Transportation Safety administration is prohibiting battery dead electric devices at airports. Your smart phone has to have some battery life in it in order to board the plane. With a more on electronics, i am alatesta whom m joins me from washington. He is behind the fortress phone which boasts a Self Destruct button. Tom, great to have you with us. Can you tell people what is a fortress phone . A fortress phone is a secure phone. It works on the enterprise and hardens your ph
Carol massar. Puerto ricos electric Power Authority has negotiated with creditors to push off repayment of bank loans until july 31. The islands main provider of electricity has until months end to repay some bank lines of credit. It uses those to buy fuel. The authority has 8. 6 billion of debt. Petsmart investor Longview Asset Management calling for the pet supply seller to consider a sale. Longview says petsmart would be more highly valued by private holders than investors in public markets. And that is a look at some of monday. Headlines this back over to you. Thank you. The Transportation Safety administration is prohibiting batterydead electric devices at airports. Your smart phone has to have some battery life in it in order to board the plane. With more on electronics, i am joined by ziklag systems founder Tom Malatesta who joins me from washington. Ziklag is behind the socalled fortressfone which boasts a selfdestruct button. Tom, great to have you with us. Can you tell people