[applause] [applause] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable kevin mccarthy, speaker of the United States house of representatives. Mr. Mccarthy good afternoon, and welcome to statuary hall. Kind of loud. Its great to be here in the peoples house with so many friends. Thank you all for coming out and celebrating a very special day. This is the first portrait unveil as being speaker and i could not think of a tearer friend to have of a dearer friend to have this opportunity than paul ryan. In this unveiling of the 54th speaker of the house, it celebrates a man who everybody in this room respects and admires. I remember before i even became a member of reading of paul ryan. I remember when i first got here, i became the freshman rep to the conference and i got to vote for who would be the Ranking Member on budget. I think that was a very smart decision from the very beginning of our relationship. But let me introduce, there are so many special people in the audience. First
[applause] [applause] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable kevin mccarthy, speaker of the United States house of representatives. Mr. Mccarthy good afternoon, and welcome to statuary hall. Kind of loud. Its great to be here in the peoples house with so many friends. Thank you all for coming out and celebrating a very special day. This is the first portrait unveil as being speaker and i could not think of a tearer friend to have of a dearer friend to have this opportunity than paul ryan. In this unveiling of the 54th speaker of the house, it celebrates a man who everybody in this room respects and admires. I remember before i even became a member of reading of paul ryan. I remember when i first got here, i became the freshman rep to the conference and i got to vote for who would be the Ranking Member on budget. I think that was a very smart decision from the very beginning of our relationship. But let me introduce, there are so many special people in the audience. First
hello everyone. thank you so much for joining us today. i am the president and coo of meridian international center. as many of you know meridian is a nonprofit, nonpartisan diplomacy center founded over 60 years ago with the vision that greater collaboration across country and cultures leads to a more secure world and prosperous shared future for all nations. today we will hear from an esteemed group of journalists who offer an inside look how top white house reporters covering the biden administration and exchanging information with the new media landscape. we will look ahead to the 100th day in office as president and beyond. this program is part of the meridian global journalism initiative which builds on our 20 years of working to develop international journalist capacity while strengthening shared values of democracy, press freedom and combating disinformation across the world. we are honored to be joined by our audience today and hope you will contribute great questi
hello everyone. thank you so much for joining us today. i am the president and coo of meridian international center. as many of you know meridian is a nonprofit, nonpartisan diplomacy center founded over 60 years ago with the vision that greater collaboration across country and cultures leads to a more secure world and prosperous shared future for all nations. today we will hear from an esteemed group of journalists who offer an inside look how top white house reporters covering the biden administration and exchanging information with the new media landscape. we will look ahead to the 100th day in office as president and beyond. this program is part of the meridian global journalism initiative which builds on our 20 years of working to develop international journalist capacity while strengthening shared values of democracy, press freedom and combating disinformation across the world. we are honored to be joined by our audience today and hope you will contribute great questi
landmark relief bill. the house gearing up for a vote on the $2 trillion plan. it could get to the president s desk as early as tomorrow morning. that s a big deal. as a matter of calendar, it would beat the sunday deadline for renewing programs for the jobless. biden visited a hardware store that will benefit from this kind of support today, and he contrasted this money and the way he is going to deliver it, the new approach here with discredited trump programs where some of the money went the people who just didn t need it. an awful lot of that went to bigger businesses that in fact weren t supposed to qualify. in the last administration fired its inspector general. so a lot of money went to people who shouldn t have gotten help. we ve got several aspects of this story, but we begin immediately with our experts, former governor of vermont and former presidential candidate and also a doctor howard dean, and washington post reporter libby casey. good to see both of you.