Worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our web site at press. Org can. On behalf of our members worldwide, id like to welcome our speakers and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speakers as well as working journalists who are club members. If you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the to general public are attempting, so its not necessarily of a lack of journalistic object it. [laughter] id also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag npclunch. After our guests speeches conclude, well have a questionandanswer period, and i will ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced, and from your right, skip cottonhauser, an independent journalist who coincidentally organized ralph naders luncheon at the press club in 2004. Rehem
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Margaret Spellings, president of the george w. Bush president ial center. [applause] good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today as the announcer said i am Margaret Spellings the president of the bush president ial center in dallas, texas and i am so glad to see so many familiar faces with us for a special announcement. We would like to thank our supporting founders without whom we would not be here. The moody foundation, our friends are sitting on the front row is leading the way and their gift is making this possible they are joined by two other foundations and the representatives from those organizations are with us today. Thank you to my partner and best friend Bruce Lindsey of the Clinton Foundation and my friend who is the ceo of the Library Foundation and the chairman of the lbj Foundation Library board in austin. Our National Archive partners are led by the affiliated libraries are here with us. And smu, Clinton School of Public S
This is an hour and five minutes. [applause] [applause] these welcome margaret spellings. [applause] thank you for joining us today. As the announcer said, i am margaret spellings, the president of the bush president ial center in dallas, texas and i am so glad to see so many familiar faces with us for a special announcement. We would like to thank our supporting founders without whom we would not be here. The moody foundation, our friends are sitting on the front row is leading the way and their gift is making this possible. They are joined by two other foundations and the representatives from those organizations are with us today. Thank you to my partner and best friend Bruce Lindsey of the Clinton Foundation and my friend who is the ceo of the Library Foundation and the chairman of the lbj Foundation Library board in austin. Our National Archive partners are led by the affiliated libraries are here with us. And smu, Clinton School of Public Service at the university of arkansas, tex
As he turned to walk away i said you should come too. He said you want both of us . Youre both good friends. Weve been friends all these years. And just couple to couple. Yeah, that would be great. Think about that. He said i will. And they did. And thats just a great honor to have them both out. Theyve been just good friends of ours for all these years. Bill and hillary have provided i think great leadership for our country in the past and in their respective ways. I served on the can he in the snath under ted kennedy with Hillary Clinton all the time she was in the senate. We had great working relationships in the snath. I think she just did an outstanding job as our secretary of state. In fact, as we traveled around the world the last two years, the just amazing how stature that Hillary Clinton globally among women and girls all over this globe. He has kind of let, lit a fire among women and girls around the world. In heyre just holder her high esteem. Theyre all expected to speak a
A sheriffs spokesperson is on the line with us now. What can you tell us . Well, the bart Police Officer came through this area to a probation search on a person and during that time, one officer was shot and transported to eden hospital. What can you tell us about the person the Police Officer confronted . That is what were trying to find out. Do we have that person in custody . The person is not in custody is there a search going on at the moment . The information is a little bit sketchy. And trying to find out that information now. This area cordoned off at this point . They have an area cordoned off but its a small area that doesnt involve public streets. What can you tell us about the area . We have people here that are already and at this point well have an grayings for it. We know all Police Officers and families, our condolences go out to the families and you today. Thank you. All right. Bart Police Officer shot and killed in the line of duty well continue to follow it. Good af