Their achievements in national security, world peace, and other endeavors. Some of the recipients this year jordan, dianael ross, and Bruce Springsteen. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the president ial medal of freedom. Kareem abduljabbar. [applause] [indiscernible] Ellen Degeneres. [applause] niro. De [applause] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] tom hanks. [indiscernible] Michael Jordan. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [cheers] [applause] [indiscernible] Robert Redford. [indiscernible] diana ross. [indiscernible] Bruce Springsteen. [indiscernible] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] president obama with got some work to do here. This is not all fun and games. Welcome to the white house, everybody. Today, we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us toward progress
Their achievements in national security, world peace, and other endeavors. Some of the recipients this year jordan, dianael ross, and Bruce Springsteen. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the president ial medal of freedom. Kareem abduljabbar. [applause] [indiscernible] Ellen Degeneres. [applause] niro. De [applause] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] tom hanks. [indiscernible] Michael Jordan. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [cheers] [applause] [indiscernible] Robert Redford. [indiscernible] diana ross. [indiscernible] Bruce Springsteen. [indiscernible] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] president obama with got some work to do here. This is not all fun and games. Welcome to the white house, everybody. Today, we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us toward progress
Michael jordan. Actors tom hanks, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford. Singers, Bruce Springsteen and diana ross. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the medal of freedom. Kareem adbuljabar. [applause] Ellen Degeneres. [applause] tom hanks. [applause] Michael Jordan. [applause] [applause] Robert Redford. [applause] Bruce Springsteen. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] president obama this is not all fun and games. Welcome to the white house, everybody. Today we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us toward progress. I always love doing this event. But this is a particularly impressive class. [laughter] we have got innovators and artists, publicer is and haves, rabblerousers, athletes, renowned character actors like the guy from space jam. [laughter] we
The Defense Committee but we see overlaps. My amendment would make changes to d. O. D. Computing systems using software bought and modified for the purpose will not result in the disruption of their service. I want to recognize an unsung hero of the computing age who invented the first compiler for a Computer Programming language and was a visionary who worked to make it possible. Rear admiral grace Murray Hopper is not well known outside of the technology field, but i admire her work. This will provide the chief privacy officer with the tools it needs. The chair the gentlelady is recognized for 0 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee thank you. Chief privacy officers with the tools it needs to make changes to the d. O. D. Computer networks. In this world of hacking and the importance of securing our infrastructure of cybersecurity, i believe that this amendment will contribute to the improvement of the d. O. D. And protect against cyberattack. With that, i thank them for including my amendment and
Walk us through some of the big names getting awards as we speak. Reporter you know, its an extraordinary day. It always is, but this one, i think, because it is the president s last after eight years, and it really does this list of recipients reflect what his interests have been. Officially this is about who has made a contribution to society. Whos made the world a better place. But it also is a reflexes of the things that this president cares about. Look at the number of people who are here. The media, this is not typical. Arts heavily represented, about 45 of the people here getting awards today. Tom hanks, Ellen Degeneres, robert de niro, Robert Redford, from saturday night live, Lorne Michaels, cicely tyson bill and Melinda Gates is right behind me. Quite a few scientists including margaret hamilton, whose software on apollo 11. Of course, this president who loves sports so much, basketball in particular the first lady, the Vice President is here as well. National security advise