education policy and the need for better schools and health care for students. she also criticized president trump s decision to end the daca program. speaking at the national press club, this is an hour. good afternoon. i m pat host, i m the americas aviation reporter for james, and i m also on the board of governors here at the national press club. our sorry about that. welcome to the national press club. our guest today is lily eskelsen garcia, the president of the national education association. i would like to welcome our public radio and c-span audiences, and i want to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag npclive, that s npclive. for our public radio and c-span audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. now it s time to introduce our head table guests. i d ask each of you to stand briefly as your name is anno
american ballet theater talked about her life and book. she also shares her struggles with negative body image and poor nutrition. this is about an hour. hello. good morning. let me bring this back here a little bit. good capacity crowd early this morning. i wonder why. we ll be getting started in about 20 seconds. a couple of housekeeping items. you ll see these cards where you re sitting. these are how the questions are going to come up. fill them out, pass them to the front and i will ask as many as time allows. good morning, everybody. good morning. i m the 110th president of the national press club and i welcome you to the national press club for one of our news maker breakfasts this time with principal ballet theater misty cope lar copeland. the last time she was here is when she was introduced as the principal bal reasona and she came back to participate in the book club fair. that was kind of her to do that. before we get into anything, i want to acknowled
Women voters are set to play a pivotal role in November’s general election as both parties court the key demographic and as reproductive rights emerge as a major motivating issue on both sides of the aisle. Millions more women than men have registered to vote in recent cycles, and they’ve bested men in turnout numbers in every presidential election since…