To donate, please visit press. Org institute. On behalf of members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker today and those of you in our audience. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. And if you hear applause in our audience, i would note that members of the general public are also attending so its not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. I would also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the hash tag on twitter today using the hash tag npclunch. Ill ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guest. I would ask each to stand briefly as your name is announced. From your right, richard strauss, former white house radio director. Barbara cochran, head of the National Press Club Journalism institutes. Yolanda is ceo and former deputy chair of the Democratic National committee. Kathy spiller executive editor of ms magazine. Elle pres
They did not invent it, but they became addicted to the idea of masculinity and control. Those crimes, i think, we might refer to as supremacy crimes, which is their motive and really think about the why of it and the cost of the falsely created ideas of gender. But heres the good news. Thanks to a Landmark Book ive been talking about to some of you about for a year at least called sex and world peace by Valerie Hudson and other scholars, we now can prove with 100 countries that the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent within itself or will use military violence against another country, the biggest cause is not poverty or lack of Natural Resources or religion or even degree of democracy, its violence against females. It is that that is experienced first and that that normalizes all other subject, object dominated, dominator, conquering, superior, inferior relationships. And, you know, in my list, i havent included everything we know. I mean, the equal rights amendment woul
The White House Briefing room. I just had a good and constructive discussion here at the white house with start and house leadership about how to prevent this tax hike on the middle class. Im optimistic we may still be able to reach an agreement that can pass both houses in time. Senators reid and mcconnell are working on such an agreement as we speak. But if an agreement isnt reached in time between senator reid and senator mcconnell, then i will urge senator reid to bring to the floor a basic package for an upordown vote. One that protects the middle class from an income class hike. One that extends it to 2 million americans looking for a job and lays the groundwork for more Economic Growth and debt reduction. That leads to the insistent park, asking reith who control the Senate Agenda and has a majority to pass things gets you most of the way through the senate. Clearly the president wants mcconnell and the republicans not to filibuster and to be a senate vote, which leads to the mo
Its appears one of the most wanted men in the world is behind the mass abduction of 276 schools girls in nigeria. It is the latest troubling turn of events in a story weve been following for weeks and although this is unfolding in africa, washington is helping. Attorney general eric holder and the group allegedly behind the situation and we begin with richelle carey. Richelle. These girls were married off to their captors for 12 aapiece. And now boko harams leaders say the girls are slaves and will be sold. Yanked from their beds in dead of night. 300 young women, ages 16 to 18, who were told they would be taken, and safe. The men were members of boko haram, fighting against western influence in nigeria. The girls were attending Girls Secondary School one open for final exams and preparing for a physics test. We know little about them. Only some of their names have been released, biblically inspired, like ruth and hannah. Have been forced to convert to islam. Families and parents of th
Small towns in brazil, gauging the mood of voters ahead of the president ial election. I am gabriel elizondo, in a city that is very much divided just like the rest of the country. Y i didnegypts president d that they are facing terrorists. No one has taken responsibility for fridays attack that killed 31 soldiers. It was the deadliest attack on the Egyptian Military any years. Now a report. Reporter laid to rest with full military honor. These soldiers were killed in one of the worst attacks against the egypt arm. A car bombing followed by gunfire on another post year the egyptian border with israel. President sisi has declared a threemonth emergency. He says the fight against terrorism wont be over soon. Translator i am addressing all egyptians, be vigilant. A plot is being woven against all of us. All that is happening has been expected and we have raised these issues before. We and all egyptians must join force to his address this challenge. Many have fallen and many are expected t