Barbara cochran, who is the president of the National Press Club Journalism institute will say a few welcoming remarks, and thank you, all, for coming. Ms. Cochran good morning, and thank you so much for being here today. I think the size of this crowd is a pretty good indication of the interest there is in finding ways for journalists and government officials to Work Together constructively to make sure that the public gets the information that we all need in a democracy. As kathy said, i am barbara cochran. Im professor of journalism and the director of the Washington Program of the Missouri School of journalism. And also the president of the National Press Club Journalism institute, which is the charitable and educational arm of the National Press club. This session is one of a series we have been doing this year to address the problems that have arisen, very dramatically, in washington for reporters this year and the threats facing a free press. This spring we discussed the challen
Testified on capitol hill recently regarding budgets for 2017 and 2018. Modernization and cybersecurity efforts from the Top Priorities for all these agencies. This House Administration Committee Hearing is about an hour and a half. I now call to order the committee on House Administration for the purpose of starting todays hearing on the operations and priorities of the house officers and legislative branch entities. Aquorum is present so we may proceed. I would like to start off by thanking my colleagues and our witnesses for your attendance today. I know how busy everyone is and we appreciate your flexibility and willingness to appear this afternoon. I would also like to thank our witnesses for hard work and assistance during new member and a smooth transition for staff into the 115th congress and especially for the incredible amount of work that went into securing and hosting the president ial inauguration. We know many months of preparation went into insuring our government carrie
Three people killed, two others injured, two homes destroyed. An investigation under way. And bad time to tweet . New information on that big flub at the Academy Awards. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. And the twitter post that may have led to one of the most embarrassing mixups in oscar history. Today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, on the hill, with matt lauer, live from capitol hill, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this special edition of today on a tuesday morning. Im matt lauer smackdab in the middle of the capitol in washington. And savannah sackdab in the middle of studio 1a in new york city. There you are. Ive been looking at your beautiful shots of washington, d. C. This morning. And i think, arent they peaceful when they sleep . It looks so good. Such a beautiful spot. It will be a busy night in washington. Im standing just above where t
Injured, two homes destroyed. An investigation under way. And bad time to tweet . New information on that big flub at the Academy Awards. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. A and the twitter post that may have led to one of the most embarrassing mixups in history. Today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, on the hill, with matt lauer, live from capitol hill, and savannah goo guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this special edition of today. Im matt lauer smackdab in the middle of washington. And savannah sackdab in the middle of studio 1a in new york city. There you are. Ive been looking at your beautiful shots of washington, d. C. This morning. And i think, arent they peaceful when they sleep . It looks so good. Such a beautiful spot. It will be a busy night in washington. Im standing just above where the inauguration took place, just about a month ago. And let me set t
Injured, two homes destroyed. An investigation under way. Bad time to tweet . New information on the big flub at the Academy Awards. There is a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. The twitter post that may have led to one of the most embarrassing mixups in oscar history. Today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today on the hill with matt lauer live from capitol hill and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to this special edition of today on a tuesday morning. I am matt lauer standing smackdab in the middle of the u. S. Capitol in washington. Savannah guthrie is back smackdab in the middle of studio 1a in new york city. How about this for a view . Nice spot. I have been looking at your beautiful shots of washington, d. C. I thought, arent they peaceful when they sleep . Its going to be a busy night in washington. I am standing above where the inauguration took place, about a month ago. Let me set