Transportation security issues. Now the new president of the Kennedy Center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter, outlines her u future plans and emphasizes the importance of arts and education and cultural diplomacy, from the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron delkheim, the Washington School of media and Public Affairs and former International Bureau chief with the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club, the National Press club is the worlds leading committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audie
Campaign 2014 has one outstanding race yet to be decided. Louisiana senate. Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu is up against republican bill cassidy. Thats live at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan2. Congress is in recess for the thanksgiving holiday. When they return, lawmakers will work on extending government funding past december 11th when the current spending deal runs out. In the house, members will consider how to proceed on immigration after the president s executive action. In the in the senate, votes are scheduled on nominees beards to argentina and hungary. And work on a spending deal to continue funding the government. Live coverage when Congress Returns monday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern, the house on cspan and the senate on cspan2. This thanksgiving week, cspan is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. Watch thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. I was elected in 1980, came in in 81. If you look at my newsletters from 81 to 84, theres no mention of hu
I will sit there. I have a lot of pictures. I am happy to answer questions about them at the end. This is writing out on the helicopter with a sniper. The security is very serious. Both here and in russia. This is in the lobby of the Launch Control center before going up to the firing room for one of the launches. The mural that they have there. This is inside the firing room. I used to joke that i never saw a single launch. I always watched people watching logically that is nasa administrator charlie bolden. This is one shot with myself in the frame. I used a remote. His office juts into the firing room. These are remote camera set up around the launchpad. You dont want to be this close during the launch. The closest that you can get is three miles during a shuttle launch. Three quarters of a mile for soy isuz launch. This is a smoke plume as workers are exiting the room. Landing of scs 135. Charlie bolden on the left and the Center Director on the right. That is the main landing gear