Good Afternoon National press club, im Angela Greiling keane, managing editor at politico and a Technology Team editor, past president of the National Press club and journalism institute. For todays headliners event we are pleased to welcome andy parker and hopefully joining us by phone, anderson francoise whose the director of Georgetown Universitys civil rights clinic and the Voting Rights institute. Theyre here to discuss andys campaign to get google take video of his daughter allisons murder off of its platform and to take your questions. During the q a, i will take as many questions as time permits. Wait for the handheld microphone will be brought to you and when i call on you, your name and affiliation prior to asking a question. Andys daughter Allison Parker was an awardwinning Virginia Television journalist who was tragically murdered along with her colleague photojournalist adam ward while reporting the morning news on a live location in roanoke virginia on august 26, 2015. He
Off of its platforms and to take your questions. During the q a portion, i will take as many questions as time permits. Please wait for the handheld microphone that will be brought to you, and when i call on you, state your name and affiliation prior to asking the question. Andy parkers daughter, Allison Parker, was an Award Winning Virginia Television journalist who was tragically murdered reporting the morning news from a life location in roanoke, virginia in august of 2015. Her father has been advocating for changes in gun laws and lately and tech policy. His advocacy can be found in his book, his opeds, and his testimony before congress and state houses. He is here to tell us where things stand in his battle with google and what future steps he believes must be taken. Please join me in welcoming andy parker to the National Press club. [applause] thank you, angela. Thank you, angela. I am allisons dad. And, i find myself standing at the confluence of guns and google. They have a sym
Were live. Sorry for the delay there my name is david, a report at the Chicago Tribune and i cover all sorts of thingsful i cover crime and government and part of the tribunes Investigative Team now so i do a lot of longer term investigative work. So im very happy to be rear hive andy parker, who is written a new book about his experiences and found himself with a career that he didnt plan on having and as an activist. On gun issues and violence issues because of what happened to his daughter, alison so thank you for coming and choosing to sit with us today and listen to us, and this is a hard thing to talk about and i just wanted to start with acknowledging that we are going to talk frankly about your experience of having a child murdered, and thats a horrible thing that most of us never experience. Want to start with most of us have heard in passing in some way or know somewhat familiar what if happened to your daughter but sadly its kind of become part of an issue and its because th