People are filing in. I want to thank everyone for coming out today. On behalf of our president thomas burr and the 3,000 members of the National Press club i want to thank everyone who braved metro road closings and construction here at the press club for coming out today. And i think one of the reasons we have such a good crowd is to talk about a president ial transition gives people hope that theres light at the end of the tunnel after the Long Campaign but at the same time i learned that sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a locomotive coming at you. And so today what were going to do is were going to talk about sort of that tunnel. Whats going on in terms of president ial transition and what needs to be done to get us to noon on inauguration day. We have a really great panel for this discussion. And so with us today, we have clay johnson who served as the Deputy Director for omb in the Bush White House beginning in 2003 and before that he was an assistant to the presid
People are filing in. I want to thank everyone for coming out today. On behalf of our president thomas burr and the 3,000 members of the National Press club i want to thank everyone who braved metro road closings and construction here at the press club for coming out today. And i think one of the reasons we have such a good crowd is to talk about a president ial transition gives people hope that theres light at the end of the tunnel after the Long Campaign but at the same time i learned that sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a locomotive coming at you. And so today what were going to do is were going to talk about sort of that tunnel. Whats going on in terms of president ial transition and what needs to be done to get us to noon on inauguration day. We have a really great panel for this discussion. And so with us today, we have clay johnson who served as the Deputy Director for omb in the Bush White House beginning in 2003 and before that he was an assistant to the presid
Channel 9 here in washington, d. C. And the gold of this discussion is to hopefully share some of their most personal stories from our greatest generation. The thought being their emotional firstperson accounts can help galvanize the stories of worlder war two for you as teachers and students head back to the classroom and you can enhance your lessons, hopefully, and had a more personal understanding of what these gentlemen and their come patriots have gone through to make it here today. We know that the gentlemen sitting here in front of us and the is other events we do honoring world war ii veterans, we have a short time to connect with them and understand they made it through one of the most horrific experiences in the world history. Its amazing that theyre sitting here with us today. We also want to make sure that everyone in the audience has a chance to participate and ask questions of their own, that youll find valuable in your classrooms and for your. And when you ask them, i wi
Controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone kicked five of viacoms directors, including ceo fa lien de felipe delmon, off the board extending the incredible move over redstones iconic media empire. Shares rallied on the news climbing more than 6 . Viacom issued a statement pointing fingers at red stones daughter sherry saying, this is a brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt by ms. Redstone to gain control of viacom and its management. So how does this one play out . Tom megan, joins us now, welcome, nice to have you. I guess one of the questions is, who do you think actually made this move . Sumner redstone, ms. Redstone, or the board of national amu amuseme am when the story first came out it was billed as a National Amusement board move. Who do you think did it . Im not sure if it matters whether its sumner or daughter sherry at this point. I think that since they have this since they really control National Amusements and the they have 80 control of viacom, again, i think thats whats
Redstone kicked five of viacoms directors, including ceo fa lien de felipe delmon, off the board extending the incredible move over redstones iconic media empire. Shares rallied on the news climbing more than 6 . Viacom issued a statement pointing fingers at red stones daughter sherry saying, this is a brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt by ms. Redstone to gain control of viacom and its management. So how does this one play out . Tom megan, joins us now, welcome, nice to have you. I guess one of the questions is, who do you think actually made this move . Sumner redstone, ms. Redstone, or the board of national amu amuseme am when the story first came out it was billed as a National Amusement board move. Who do you think did it . Im not sure if it matters whether its sumner or daughter sherry at this point. I think that since they have this since they really control National Amusements and the they have 80 control of viacom, again, i think thats whats going to speak here. What does