Transportation security issues. Now the new president of the Kennedy Center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter, outlines her u future plans and emphasizes the importance of arts and education and cultural diplomacy, from the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron delkheim, the Washington School of media and Public Affairs and former International Bureau chief with the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club, the National Press club is the worlds leading committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audie
Campaign 2014 has one outstanding race yet to be decided. Louisiana senate. Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu is up against republican bill cassidy. Thats live at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan2. Congress is in recess for the thanksgiving holiday. When they return, lawmakers will work on extending government funding past december 11th when the current spending deal runs out. In the house, members will consider how to proceed on immigration after the president s executive action. In the in the senate, votes are scheduled on nominees beards to argentina and hungary. And work on a spending deal to continue funding the government. Live coverage when Congress Returns monday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern, the house on cspan and the senate on cspan2. This thanksgiving week, cspan is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. Watch thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. I was elected in 1980, came in in 81. If you look at my newsletters from 81 to 84, theres no mention of hu
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Glacier National Park in montana. Glacier become america 10th National Park in 1910 and borders the canadian provinces of British Columbia and alberta. The National Park covers some of the most pristine habitat found anywhere on earth. On average about two Million People per year visit glacier National Park, but only a small percentage leave their cars to explore their Emerald Green lakes, alpine hillsides, and see glaciers incredible wild life up close. Today were going to show you why this is so much more than a drie through park, by showing you some hikes that anyone could do even if you only have a little time and with a little extra effort you can see a side of this wilderness most pass right on by. The closest city and airport to glacier National Park is in kalispell montana. The Rocky Mountains that shape the park rise majestically just east of kalispell. After a short 30 minute drive we hit the gate to glacier National Park near lake mcdonald. This is the start to the famous go
Or send us an email. Here is the front page of the Washington Times this morning. Sharing the stage, president obama and john boehner is today. Joining us on the phone is ed okeefe who is a reporter for the Washington Post bring us uptodate on the sequester. Guest we are waiting to see what happens on friday where leaders will get together to sort out a way to move forward and the blunt the impact of the cuts or stave them off entirely. It will be a date date not entirely focused on this. All of them are going to fail. The democratic plan would direct payments to farmers, part of the farm bill in the house. Taxes would go up on americans making 5 million a more or more a year. More flexibility to the obama flip administration. Several senators disagree with this. That means there is exposed fissures among republicans in the senate who could not agree on a replacement plan to vote on. This issue continues to be, gay. Host the speaker has been saying for weeks of the senate has to act fi