If americans realized the level of consensus among scientists, they would want to do something to prevent the worst from happening. And also heres another thing, while its important to write about the tragic impacts of Climate Crisis, its also important to give people a hopeful vision of what can be, by reporting on what cities like seattle or oakland, los angeles and boulder, states like new york and maine are already doing to transition from fossil fuels to sustainable clean energy. Write about the young climate strikers globally who are drawing attention to the Climate Crisis and asking us older folks to take action on behalf of their future. This is it, folks. This is the time. Thank you. Ive been talking at so many rallies ive been losing my voice. Thank you very much. We have approximately 6,000 questions here so i dont think were going to be able to get through all of them but well do our best. Let me just take a moment to mildly defend the news industry too, because if you know
Movement. Good afternoon, welcome to the National Press club. The place where news happens. I am the 112 president of the National Press club and i am the investigation editor at the associated press. We have a terrific program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch and follow along on twitter at the npclive. In the audience today, there are members of the general public in addition to journalists. Any applause or reactions you hear are not necessarily from the working press. I would like to begin by introducing our head table, please hold your applause until all the head tables are introduced. Vall valerie jackson. A member of the National Journalism institute. Board of directors. Next is debbie. Adam eaton. A reporter at e e news. Next is Elizabeth Mcgowen a reporter at the energy news network. To my immediate right, a former npc president and the cochair that organized these events. We have amanda bennett, the director of voice of america and this years National Press club state h
For our cspan and public radio audiences please be aware that in the audience today there are members of the general public in addition to journalists so any applause or reactions you hear are not necessarily from the working press. [laughter] id like to begin by introducing our head table. Please hold your applause until all the head table guests are introduced. To my far left is Valerie Jackson washingtonbased editor , a. Doug harr brecht former npc president and a member of the Club Journalism institutes board of directors. Next to doug and debbie carol f key, a guest of our speaker. Jacqueline policastro whos the Washington Bureau chief at gray television. Adam eaton a reporter at e news ira our look whos the Communications Director for a company. Next is Elizabeth Mcgowan a reporter at the Energy News Network to my immediate right is donna line one lachey shes the president at Dc Media Strategies a former npc president and a cochair of the nbc Headliners Team which organizes these
To listen, watch, and follow along on twitter at the Hashtag Hashtag npc live for our cspan. For our cspan and public radio audiences please be aware that in the audience today there are members of the general public in addition to journalists so any applause or reactions you hear are not necessarily from the working press. [laughter] id like to begin by introducing our head table. Please hold your applause until all the head table guests are introduced. To my far left is Valerie Jackson washingtonbased editor , a. Doug harr brecht former npc president and a member of the Club Journalism institutes board of directors. Next to doug and debbie carol f key, a guest of our speaker. Jacqueline policastro whos the Washington Bureau chief at gray television. Adam eaton a reporter at e news ira our look whos the Communications Director for a company. Next is Elizabeth Mcgowan a reporter at the Energy News Network to my immediate right is donna line one lachey shes the president at Dc Media Str
A. Bad cluster of people who all have certain agendas and at the center of either the kurds and all of these organizations that are just trying to find a safe place and you know its tough to start with you know who why its syrias only old its very loyal to the old so its kind of would be a thing of like so were going to stay behind to secure oil fields that dont belong to or anybody else ok yeah great but when you look at the amount of u. S. Troops you know in the middle eastern area map earlier i mean you talk and you have some problem and so theres between 6270000 u. S. Troops throughout the middle east i mean just for example unlike countries that we know saudi arabia we know you know the big ones but look at this jordan has roughly 2795000 troops supporting and supposedly the defeat of isis theres 13 of 13000 u. S. Troops and carter and theyre. Talking about expanding the base there 5000 u. S. Troops are in the United Arab Emirates the tiny Little Nation youre near to the strait of