Transition to president. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good morning and welcome to the National Press club. I am Jonathan Salant washington correspondent and a past president of mccloskey. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of new york wrote more books than most candidates had read. Todays guest former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has written even more books than senator moynihan but remember there are more house members then there are senators. Speaker gingrich is to talk about his latest book sublight. He will speak for 20 minutes and then take questions from the audience before he signs the book. Proceeds from todays event benefit the National Press Club Journalism institute the clubs nonprofit journalism training. Before we begin please turn off for silence your cell phones. I would like to acknowledge the members that they headline team responsible for organizing the event and if you are in audience please stand be recognized. Lisa matthews, roy rousseau beale pierced frank masson no a
Transition to president. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good morning and welcome to the National Press club. I am Jonathan Salant washington correspondent and a past president of mccloskey. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of new york wrote more books than most candidates had read. Todays guest former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has written even more books than senator moynihan but remember there are more house members then there are senators. Speaker gingrich is to talk about his latest book sublight. He will speak for 20 minutes and then take questions from the audience before he signs the book. Proceeds from todays event benefit the National Press Club Journalism institute the clubs nonprofit journalism training. Before we begin please turn off for silence your cell phones. I would like to acknowledge the members that they headline team responsible for organizing the event and if you are in audience please stand be recognized. Lisa matthews, roy rousseau beale pierced frank masson no a
Johnson joining us from our european headquarters. Headline number for me unchanged. Guy they will keep the they purchase facility are saying they do not have enough information to make a decision at this stage. Maybe at the beginning of august we may see a rate cut. Sterling has picked up on the back of that, no rise to see what is happening. We will have to wait a few more weeks before we get that decision. Everybody waiting to see what will happen. I do not know a reflection of whether they believe a rate cut will have zero impact on the u. K. Economy, or want to see the effect of the brexit referendum story will have. It a stronger pound, kneejerk reaction in the fx market, yields higher off the back of the 10 year gilt yields around 0. 7 . Is this to do with a lack of data . All we have is a confidence survey. A bit of data but not much. Sentiment about consumer there are not much indications that some businesses are delaying investment and hiring, some signs pretty brexit vote st
Prosecutors argue that brian rice failed to buckle gray up in the back of the police van last april. He later died of injuries he received in that van. The defense says the 25yearold was uncooperative at the time of his arrest. Rice opted for a bench trial. Meaning a judge, not a jury will decide his fit. Ease off the a. C. Today if you can and you can get some money back on your next energy bills. Pepco is hovering incentive to try to keep the stress on its system down. Peak demand is expected between 2 00 and 6 00 p. M. You can earn a dollar in extra credit for energy use reduced during that time. Time right now is 4 31. Its going to be hot today. Most of us under a heat advisory. If you are outside, make you are drinking plenty of water. The early afternoon and evening hours. The focus today on the heat and humidity. It will be feel the hottest between 3 00 and 5 00. Look at the heat index at 3 00 here. Feeling about 103 in the district. 105 in leesburg. Even at 5 00 p. M. , when yo
Planeload every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years. This week, obama pledged 90 million to help clear laos of the unexploded u. S. Bombs. Well speak with an Investigative Reporting Team who say it is not enough. Then, the Obama Administration has launched a new push to approve the controversial Transpacific Partnership. Pres. Obama i believe it will be ratified because it is the right thing to do. I believe we will get it done. But it is always going to be hard. Nothing is easy in u. S. Congress right now. Amy this comes as 200 of the countrys lead us leaving economists and legal scholars have written a letter urging congress to reject the tpp, citing its controversial investor state dispute or settlement, socalled isds regime. Critics say the provision creates a parallel legal system granting multinational corporations undue power. Well get reaction from public citizens lori wallach. And the standoff at Standing Rock. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now ,