Brief. I thought we would start the way we usually end these things. By saying thank you. This is the week we recognize the service of people who served our country in uniform and all of you served in public service. I will start by saying thank you. I remember every day of the oil spill was brutal. Spillmber during the oil poppedn Rolling Stone to their story about stanley mcchrystal, got a call about a fourstar general back from afghanistan and i remember walking to the residents and called the president. I said i think you need to read this story. I walked over and he met me downstairs and he read the first two paragraphs and we had a quick conversation and he said whos ever left, lets meet in the oval office. You had these events area i remember the shooting at fort hood, what awful day that was. A decent part of the evening, weise we probably spent hours in the oval office with bob gates and admiral mullen and bob mueller from the head of the fbi and the president talking some of
Up with the latest history news. Pressmer white house secretarys from the ford, reagan, george h. W. Bush, clinton, and Obama Administrations. They talk about how the position has changed over time. Nesson,ls include ron fitzwater, mike mccurry, and robert gibbs. This was hosted by the national archives. In the words lets go to work. I thought we would start the way we usually end these things. By saying thank you. This is the week we recognize the service of people who served our country in uniform and all of you served in public service. I will start by saying thank you. Is that ok . [applause] you are welcome. There are others here who served. If you served in any of the administrations, will you be known to us . Give us a little wave. [applause] can we say thank you . Thank you. Lets talk about the relationship between the media and press secretaries. Are there any press secretaries here . Returned my phone calls, thank you. If you did not, thank you anyway. Thank you for coming. T
[ applause ] and im thinking that there are others here who served if you served in any of the administrations represented here, will you be known to us . Will you just briefly give us a little wave . [ applause ] and we say thank you. Thank you. Well talk about the whole relationship between the media and press secretaries. If there are any press secretaries here, whether you served on capitol hill or in the white house, elsewhere, can we make yourself and if you especially returned my phone calls, thank you. And if you didnt well, thank you anyway. Okay. Any press secretaries here . Thank you for coming. Thank you, thank you. [ applause ] its a little like the defendant thanking the prosecution but whatever. So anyway, now that weve gotten that out of the way, lets talk about what we really want to talk about which is all the things we wanted to know when we were sitting in those chairs that we didnt get to talk about then so this is our chanceing to spill it. So lets do that. So the
Hello martina, this is down here. News i live from london coming up Mikhail Gorbachev. The last leader of the soviet union has died at the age of 91. Ukraine says its destroyed key russian positions in its offensive to take back the southern hassan region. Com returns to iraqs capital after supporters of shiite leader, mac tedra sutter heat is cool for them to end their dead heat. The protests thus today it is, proc use them to water or it could be your gun. Un appeals for a 160000000. 00 to help pakistan where millions of lives have been devastated by whats described as a monsoon on steroids. Im john ashwin, sports raw found the dow gets his u. S. Hyphen Campaign Underway in the next few hours. And in the premier league, chelsea of biesen for the 2nd time this season as they lose away at southampton. Ah Mikhail Gorbachev, the former soviet president and one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century has died at the age of 91 born into a peasant family in 1931. He rose to be
Blue im fully back to bo. This is in use. Our on al jazeera ally from doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. The u. N. Z, Atomic Energy team arrives in the ukranian city of operation to inspect europes Largest Nuclear plant for possible damage, as the war rages on in ukraine. The European Union agrees new visa restrictions for russian tourists. Also this, our scenes of desperation knowledge is era joins Pakistans Army on a mission to deliver aid to victims of catastrophic floods. And investigators. In the usa, there is clear evidence that classified documents were hidden. A donald from 4 to home will have the latest from washington, dc and in support action from day to the us open weather one ins defending champion, and my route economy is sent packing in the opening round. Thank you very much for joining as we begin in ukraine, where investigators from the Un Nuclear Watchdog have arrived in the city of zachary jo, which is home to europes Largest Nuclear power plant. Therell be chec