First program on my watch, as the former general manager of cbs Radio Network news and former managing editor for the broadcast division of united press international, the boys on the bus was required reading and i had the pleasure in the challenge, the legendary pie chamberlain of upi, a lot of you knew pie chamberlain. Looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening and now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history and heritage team, the 80 seventh president of the National Press club, the bureau chief of the gaylord News Washington bureau for university of oklahoma and a dear friend, mister gil klein. [applause] thanks so much. The role of the National Press clubs history and heritage group, the legacy of the clubs 112 year history as well as to explore the history of journalism especially in washington. We are pleased that on april 20 seventh the new book, new history of the club called tales from the National Press club is scheduled to b
Watch live coverage of the house on cspan, see the senate on cspan 2. Good evening, everybody. Welcome. Im mike friedman, the 113th president of the National Press club, and what an honor it is to have this as the First Program on my watch this year. As the former general manager of cbs Radio Network news and former managing editor for the broadcast division of united press international, the boys on the bus was required reading. And i had the pleasure and the challenge of having on my upi team one of those boys, the legendary chamberlain of upi. It sounds like a lot of you knew him. Looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening. Now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history and heritage team, the 87th president of the National Press club, the bureau chief of the guy gaylord News Washington bureau of the university of oklahoma and a dear friend, mr. Gill kline. [applause] thank you very much, mike. The role of the National Press clubs histo
And today, wall street took a beating. The dow fell about 3,000 points, its largest oneday point drop in history. And tonight, americas streets are empty, from new york city to los angeles. Bars and restaurants have been told to close or only serve takeout. The president admitting late today the country may be headed into a recession. As businesses are forced to layoff millions of workers. And the World Health Organization said there is still not enough testing being done. Eome governors say they dont have enough hospital beds. There is a lot of Important Information to report as we come on the air tonight, and our correspondents are covering it all. Ben tracy is going to lead us off tonight from the white house, and ben, the president says these next two weeks are critical . Reporter thats right. This was a very different President Trump today. Gone was the leader who said the virus will pass and everyone should just relax. Today, the president had stern warnings for all americans. Th
I am the 113th president of the National Press club and wanted an honor it is to have this is the First Program on my watch. This year. The former general manager of cbs Radio Network news and former managing editor, the boys on the bus is required reading and i have the pleasure in the challenge for one of those boys chamberlin from opi. [laughter] [applause] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history the 87th president of the National Press club, bureau chief of gaylord News University of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much the legacy of the 112 year history of journalism especially in washington we are pleased we have a new book of the new history of the club called tales from the National Press club scheduled to be published by the History Press and those that have had an impact on history. This event tonight was proposed by our moderator who himself is part of the Gr
International the boys on the bus is required reading and i have the pleasure and the challenge one of those boys sounds like you know pie chamberlin. [laughter] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the Heritage Team the 87th president the bureau chief of gaylord news bureau and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much. The role of the National Press club history is the legacy of the 112 year history as well as digitalism history in washington. The history of the club called tales from the club are scheduled to be published by the History Press and explorers those of an added impact on history. Thisis event tonight was proposed by our moderator as part of the growth and for generations for the greatgrandfather who by the way invented the telephone. [laughter] and is now editor e and publisher ofam American Heritage magazine of young historians and also the publisher of the history books and the thirdgeneration memb