Our headline event with Jennifer Granholm. We are happy to accept your questions and i will ask as many as time permits. Said to semitic westin online, email headliners atpress. Org and put energy in the subject line. For our cspan and public radio audiences, be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Three years ago this week, Jennifer Granholm was sworn in as the 16th secretary of energy to lead the Biden Administrations efforts to move the United States toward a Clean Energy Transition that can achieve net zero Carbon Emissions by 2050. While there has been successes, there have been challenges. Secretary granholm helped the Administration Push policies to develop a new generation of technologies for hydrogen, batteries, fusion energy, Energy Storage and grid reliability. Yet she has faced difficulties. Theres been controversy over how the department of energy will handle critical mineral co
The National Press club. Were so delighted, so many of here with us today. Im Eileen O Reilly, the president of the National Press club and managing of standards and training and axios thank you for joining us both here and on cspan for a headliner event with journalists and Nobel Laureate maria ressa who is the founder and ceo of rappler a groundbreaking online news site based in the philippines. I am a subscriber, by the way, i love the motto fearless reporting delivered to you. Were to accept your questions. And after graces opening remarks. Ill ask as many as time permits. So seminar question online please email headliners at press dot org and put maria ressa in the subject line. For our cspan and public radio audiences is a light to remind you that in the honest today members of the general public so applause or reaction that you hear not necessarily from the working press where it is now a pleasure introduce this distinguished head table please stand when your name called startin
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Cspan 2024 coverage can be watched live on cspan as votes are cast. Along with candidate speeches and results beginning with the iowa caucuses. And then attention primary on january 23. Campaign 2024 on cspan. Your unfiltered view of politics as. Good evening and welcome to the National Press club. The place where news happens. I am the 2023 president of the press club and managing editor. Thank you for joining us here at the National Press club and on cspan. I want to take a quick moment to say thank you to our staff and volunteers here at the National Press club for helping to put this event together, including headliners like lori russo and Cecily Scott Martin who is a program coordinator. We have a very Exciting Program tonight with our esteemed Panel Focused on a book just out called the last honest man. Lets get started. Quotes if addict tater ever took charge in this country the technological capacity that has been given that government could allow it to impose total tyranny and
Eileen good morning, and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im eileen oreilly, the president of the National Press club and the managing editor of standards training at axios. This morning we have a special headliners newsmaker event, featuring diane foley, the mother of journalist james foley who was murdered by isis in 2014. The Foley Foundation is announcing its new Journalist Safety Task force and will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as a journalists remain in harms way all around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal to release the reporter evan gershkovich, who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. We continue to advocate for the release of austin tice, who has been held captive in syria for more than 11 years. We have a hugely active press team here that works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the pr