Among the speakers at a discussion on the future of regional political and policy reporting hosted by the Regional Reporters Association and the National Press Club Journalism institute. Its an hour and 10 minutes. Thank you. Welcome. Llerman on behalf of the National Press club and the National Press Club Journalism institute. An institute where we work to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. Program meets that head on. The most important journalism that happens in this city is done by regional reporters. Should i say again . I really believe it. The most important journalism that happens in the city is done by regional reporters. [applause] regional reporters are watching washington for americas hometowns, so the people of the United States can make informed decisions about their lives, and about their democracy. And this type of journalism and the selfgovernment that it enables, is one of the most Important Reasons that we have a First Amendment protection for free
Welcome on behalf of the National Press club and the National Press Club Journalism institute we are so happy you are joining us tonight for this program. Im julie ms. Diane executive director of the national Journalism Institute where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. Todays program really meets that mission head on. The most important journalism that happens in the city is done by regional reporters. Should i say again. The most important journalism that happens in the city is done by regional reporters. [applause] regional reporters are washington washington so that the people of the United States can make informed decisions about their lives and about their democracy. In this type of journalism and the selfgovernment that it enables is one of the most Important Reasons that we have a First Amendment protection for freedom of the press. So on this 30th anniversary of the Regional Reporters Association youre going to hear about the challenges re
Associated with the crime family. That all happens tonight on cspan2 book tv. Now here is Merrill Gordon on the life of bunny mellon. Okay. I think were gonna get started. Thank you everyone for coming. My name is cody and i help with the events here at the culture on columbus and we are so pleased to be hosting mel gordon for this conversation on the life of an american legend, bonnie bunny mellon. We are nestled here on the Upper West Side and weve been here almost three years. Some of you may remember the space. We are so happy to be here and to be able to celebrate this great and important work. Do take note that cspan is here recording the talk. During the q a session, if you will give us a couple seconds to run the microphone to you so shes not talking to no one on the recording. After words if you give us a couple seconds to set up we will have a signing at the front near the register. Eyeing courage you to pick up a copy or two or three so we can continue to be here and celebra
Recommendation so you had already made the decision. I was going to fire regardless of recommendation. In that exclusive interview President Trump called ousted fbi chief james comey a showboat an grand stander. He said he would have fired him regardless. There were a lot of story lines that came out after the fact one was that Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein had allegedly suggested he might resign because he was unhappy that it was insinuated he was the sole reason behind it. Keep in mind about 10 days ago sean spicer had said the president had full confidence in jim comey and then Sara Huckabee sanders at the briefing the other day said that, well, you know, reporters were misguided. I mean you know we did see a lot of different headlines, corrections. I believe even the Vice President came out and said the president acted based on these recommendations so today a little bit of a different story there from the president. Meantime on capitol hill the man who replaced Comey Andr
Zara larsson, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove ow yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh oh oh oh whoo [ audience chats whoo ] whoo [ audience chats whoo ] ow [ audience chats ow ] ee [ audience chats ee ] whoo [ audience chats whoo ] heyoh [ audience chats heyoh ] hey [ audience chats hey ] ho hip hop horray ho hey ho hip hop horray were starting off way hot. We came out real hot, real hot. Welcome, everybody. Thank you. Welcome to the tonight show, baby steve come on [ cheers and applause ] jimmy this is it thank you for being here. Thank you for watching. Hey, guys, tomorrow is earth day. It is earth day tomorrow, you guys. Thats a big big day. [ cheers and applause ] its the one holiday thats not sponsored by the greeting card companies, so thats a good thing. [ applause ] actually, theres lots to celebrate. I want to say happy birthday to queen elizabeth. Today she turned 91 years old. [ cheers and applause ] 91, wow [ cheers