with that, i welcome them all to the stage. let everything again. [applause] good afternoon everyone. this is so such a fun thing to be a part of even the watergate itself is not really fun. but, certainly very interesting to have this opportunity and i will start out by saying sometimes life is very strange. i was having breakfast this morning in the restaurant of the hamilton hotel thinking about this event and the anniversary which is today. and i looked up and said to my breakfast partner, that looks like carl bernstein and she said it is. and i said who s that guy next to him? it was bob woodward. so that is the way the day started out. i thought that was auspicious. i will get to questions. this is actually a very interesting great panel that we have. i will just mention that we do have an opportunity for audience questions. and that will happen at about a quarter to six. so that we wrap up by 6:00. and i would urge you there will be a microphone. if you raise you
with that, i welcome them all to the stage. let everything again. [applause] good afternoon everyone. this is so such a fun thing to be a part of even the watergate itself is not really fun. but, certainly very interesting to have this opportunity and i will start out by saying sometimes life is very strange. i was having breakfast this morning in the restaurant of the hamilton hotel thinking about this event and the anniversary which is today. and i looked up and said to my breakfast partner, that looks like carl bernstein and she said it is. and i said who s that guy next to him? it was bob woodward. so that is the way the day started out. i thought that was auspicious. i will get to questions. this is actually a very interesting great panel that we have. i will just mention that we do have an opportunity for audience questions. and that will happen at about a quarter to six. so that we wrap up by 6:00. and i would urge you there will be a microphone. if you raise you
[applause] jessica hello, i am Vice President on the board and the event chair. Welcome to everybody. We are excited and honored to have an illustrious panel of investigative journalists today. This is ethics week at the society of professional journalists, which is the National Version of the Deadline Club, which is the new york chapter. There is a lot going on in freedom of information, it is the 50th anniversary of the freedom of information act. One thing our National Society is proud of and we think is important is our Legal Defense fund just gave a 10,000 grant to a Nonprofit Organization in new orleans which has been consistently not giving over public records on public purchases. That is the kind of battle that is going on. You may know that under the obama administration, while president obama has promised incredible transparency, in fact there have been a Record Number of foia lawsuits under his administration. They have doubled this year from when he first took office. That
Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with a desperate rescue attempt in the waters off San Francisco. A man fell off a cliff and despite a heroic effort, he was pronounced dead. Sergio cantanna has our story. Reporter this was a swift and sizable effort to save a life. But its a rescue that didnt end well. We retrieved the victim from the water, and he was transported by the coast guard to marin, a base for the coast guard. Unfortunately, the adult male is deceased. Reporter at ft. Baker, the body was driven away in a black van and officers with the National Park place and ranger service, inspected evidence. They have not released any information how the man fell off the cliff or who he is. San francisco firefighters say the area where he fell in was not easy to get to. Trails are marked for the safety of the people. You have to be careful to stay away from the edge. The water is pretty rough over here. If youre from the a
Raising more concerns. And billionaire charles koch says he is not supporting donald trump. Koch along with his brother, they have said they would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to put a republican in the white house. But the money will now go to helping republican congressional candidates. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 1st. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with plans to fight the spread of the zika virus in florida. This afternoon, governor rick scott is hosting a preparedness round table. In the meantime, spraying has increased hopes of keeping the virus contained. This after officials confirmed what are believed to be the first locally transmitted zika cases in the u. S. Eva pilgrim has more from miami. Reporter south florida on edge, waiting on test results to hear if more people have zika virus. Its really scary. Reporter so far four people confirmed with zika virus. At least four bitten by mosquitos in this one squar