To me as one of those who represent a Success Story of a great specialized care system, spinal cord injury and disease system of care. Before i get into exactly what the topic is, though, i want to ask a couple questions. What are some of the reasons why one becomes a clinician . Why did you choose to become a healer . Money . Raise your hand if its money. Bunch of millionaires in here, right . Social status. Everybody respects a doctor. Job security. Youre always going to have people focused on getting better, so you need people in those industries. And if youre a healer, youve got some job security if you do it well enough, and its probably a combination of all of those. But again, from the perspective of the patient, im willing to bet that somewhere on that list of what brought you into your respective discipline was a sense of compassion. What is compassion . Its a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune. Who are we talking about . People who h
Now were going toint dues our head table. Please hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club , our guests, and guesses of our headlineser speaker. Going from my far left, mike ith, c. E. O. Of green smith p. R. Nabbling press clubHeadliners Team member. Jim noon, vietnam navy veteran and commander of the American Legion nabbling press clubheadliners pl press club, which is founded by general pershing. Myron, my predecessor National Press Club President , 107th president of vet , a vietnam veteran as well. The honorable john elliott, who i have been chasing around capitol hill and all kinds of places for almost 20, 25 years. Way too many years. John is the assistant secretary for public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States department of Veterans Affairs. Katelyn kenny, producer at cbs radios connecting vets dotcom. Thomas murfirks acting undersecretary for benefits at the u. S. Department of Veterans Aff
Time in a jail. Theyre accused of shoplifting a Louis Vuitton store. And the owners of lularoe respond to allegations that their clothing business is a pyramid scheme. But we look at todays eye opener, your world in 0 seconds. I say to the north, do not underestimate us and do not try us. The president delivers a stern warning to north korea. Beijing, the third and possibly most important stop on the u. S. Visit to asia. Why would china feel an obligation to help north korea. A couple of big governor races go to the democrats. Big wins in virginia and new jersey. This is a massive crime scene. Investigators are digging up more chilling details about the man behind the deadly shooting rampage. Survivors revealing the harrowing details of what they saw. Everybodys going to [ bleep ] die is what he said. Roy halladay was killed in a plane crash. He had a heart of gold. In china, basketball teammates were arrested for allegedly shoplifting. You can get a keg of salad dressing. And all that
Jail time in a chinese jail. They are accused of shoplifting from a Louis Vuitton store. And the cofounders of the Fashion Company lularoe respond to accusations their business is a pyramid scheme. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I say to the north, do not underestimate us. And do not try us. The president delivers a stern warning to north korea. Beijing, the third and possibly the most important stop on the u. S. President s visit to asia. Why would china feel an obligation to help north korea . Couple of important governors races in big Eastern States go to the democrats. Big wins in virginia and new jersey. This is a massive crime scene. In texas, investigators are digging up more chilling details about the man behind the deadly shooting rampage. Breaking news out of phoenix, the sky harbor airport. Reports of a terminal shutdown and police activity. It is a tremendous person that is going to be missed. Roy halladay was killed in a plane cras
Spoke about Veterans Health care issues in light of this upcoming veterans day holiday. Speaking at the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know that was a purposeful gavel, wasnt it . Welcome to the National Press club are where we have the trademark motto, the worlds leading professional organizations for journalists. My name is jeff. News editor for the americas with Al Jazeera Media Network and 110th president of the National Press club. Today, were pleased to have as our headliners luncheon speaker, dr. Shulkin, the ninth secretary of Veterans Affairs. First of all, i would like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you to tweet the proceedings and questions to pressclubdc using npc live. Using the npc live. Now, were going to introduce our head table. And please hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of t