Are you glad you guys are on the ball i am glad you guys are on the ball. Somebody over here . [indiscernible conversations] announcer we are live in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in washington, d. C. A moment ago, you saw Clarence Page and the 2015 the 2015 gridiron president. We will not be able to go inside the dinner tonight. It is closed to cameras. But we will be bringing a guest arrivals over the next hour or so. President obama will be speaking tonight and two governors, scott walker in Terry Mcauliffe, will be speaking. President obama has attended the dinner three times during his tenure. Last time attending was in 2013. Last years guests included secretary of state john kerry. He was speaking on behalf of the Obama Administration at the Gridiron Club. Also last year, texas senator ted cruz and former Florida Governor Charlie Crist were in attendance at the dinner. Again, it is closed to cameras. Also, there is no tweeting or any other form of social media allowed during
Questions and plan to end this event right around noon. [applause] lets start with where the book starts and ends, new orleans. You both decided you wanted to leave d. C. At the same time or was there a lot of discussion about this move . That is the great place to start and a great place to talk. Summertime ernie els a have a son, todd lorenzo, who is here. Thank you for coming out. Saturday afternoon in the rain. New orleans is playing the new orleans saints, playing the Seattle Seahawks today. I want to hear something. Okay. I bring that up because that is what we play. He is saying we are 8 point under dog and i say we are going to win. I was in new orleans 20 years before i met James Carville but after katrina when he said sugar, we are going to become a sliver on the river, as i am from chicago, anybody from the midwest, you know that if you are all women any words that follow sugar, you are going to melt. Value anywhere, honey. The issue, kids were 10 and 12, we built our career
There are people in unions then han there are today. Host thank you for your point. Clarence page, your houghts . Guest under Company Insurance for 20 years now, and i have rarely seen coverage go down in recent years and costs go up. That is why there has been pressure to do something about getting more people covered in reducing the rising cost. You think about the price for our economy, etc. Obamacare is the current scapegoat. Fine. I have yet to see republicans come up with a new alternative. Its the rising cost that is the crux of the problem. Host and his point about unions . Guest sure, im always in favor of unions. Health care is the least of their problems in this country. Right now, yeah, unions have offered health care as a feature. Nd there has been backlash against obamacare and some unions as a result of that. This is the kind of issue that gets worked out in negotiations. Unions have a much bigger challenge facing them. Host what do you think about Rush Limbaugh and othe
Story, defense secretary chuck hagel calling back for lotus civilian workers this week as the namecalling and finger pointing continues. We are asking you who is responsible. If you blame the democrats, give call if you say the republicans are at fault for those that blame the president we will get an update on what happened over the weekend. You can also share your comments on our Facebook Page, facebook. Com cspan. Our ege rest is mail address is journal c span. Org. Secretary hagel asking civilian employees to return to their jobs following some action over the weekend by the house and senate. The pentagon announcing it will ordered all of its civilian employees back to work this week thats new development over the weekend. He iss live on the phone, following all of this for the hill, newspaper. The house continued to push for a clean cr. Obviously this has not gotten anywhere among House Republicans or senate republicans. After a couple of weeks of bluster we are still back where w
Will work handinhand with anybody who wants unification and prosperity of the nations. Effortnification of the of the june 15 joint declaration. In conclusion, the dprk will continue to develop cooperative relations. Managementer stable and is responsibility and role in ensuring world peace and prosperity are the guide for foreign policy. Dependent on friendship. Thank you. [applause] i thank the foreign minister of Democratic Party of korea. What you can see more of the our videoions and library. Cspan, we bring affairs for washington and rectal into you putting you in the room at congressional hearings, White House Events and gaveltogavel coverage. All as a Public Service of private industry. Industryy the cable tv 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. You can watch it in hd. Both chambers of government are back in tomorrow. The house will have a general business. Short term spending bills that fund individual federal agencies and programs remain to be vo