After this so leave your chairs where they are that would be great also we are recording this event with that question and answer portion of the program we just want to hear what you have to say and we are here for the book trump for the book true gentlemen of the Fraternity System across the country that have been getting a lot of publicity but specifically sigma Alpha Episilon with those under graduate brothers representatives have been extreme where we listening to john today with this . And also a finalist for the pulitzer two years ago to enjoy dinner conversation today as the top editor for Higher Education and the Washington Post contributor [applause] it is great to be here. So we will open for questions. How many if you are in fraternities . , and if you are parents . To get about third in fraternities. Were you in a fraternity . With a series of stories that Bloomberg News and when i was finished i found myself with all these questions, why did so men desperately want to join
Event, cspan is here as well. During the question and answer portion of the program, step up to the microphone over here, we want to be able to hear what you have to say. Always wonderful as well. So today, and colleges across the country. And many books written about it as well. And the national organization, and it is a bit extreme, why are we listening to john today on this. Two time winner of the book award, the only reporter granted the cooperation, president , and a finalist for the pulitzer a few years ago, quite a few honors there, and he is joined by the top editor of the chronicle for Higher Education and author of the book there is life after college and with that i will leave it to them, thanks for coming up. [applause] it is great to be here, welcome to washington. We are going to talk for 25 minutes or so and open up for questions from the audience but i want a sense of who is in the audience. How many of you were in fraternities . A couple. How many of you, parents or ch
Youre reporting a lot of inconsistencies, but overall did this rape even occur . She could be grossly wrong about the facts or making it up or something in between. Have you been able to ascertain from your reporting whether she was assaulted . Thats difficult to tell, of course. Her friends believe something happened to her and they believe something awful and traumatic and horrific. And those based on the evidence that they have seen, thats what they believe. Ive spoken to two people who saw her in the immediate aftermath of the incident and both of them say they absolutely believe something happened, just maybe not exactly what was reported in Rolling Stone. Looking at the facts, one of the things is whether an assault occurred of some sort and the whole idea of putting it in the Public Domain and how well you do your fact checking. The Rolling Stone is getting barbecued by everybody about its reporting. Tell me, what did you determine to be when doing your reporting, what did you l
Towards that fundamental goal. Though important gaps remain. Irans president Hassan Rouhani hold reporters today a deal with the u. S. Is within reach and achievable. But what will bibby do . After all, it was the iran janish shoe that caused Prime Minister netanyahu to address congress. This deal is at heart of the broken relationship between the u. S. And israel and the question that will be raised in the event of an greemt is whether Prime Minister netanyahu might try trito scuttle it by working with the Republicancontrolled Congress . Were covering every angle of this story. Lets get right to a journalist in israel right now also a Foreign Policy analyst. Secretary kerry speaks of the p5 1 but theres an important voice not in that group, Prime Minister netanyahu. How might he respond . Reporter he will try to respond it by speaking again against it and trying to rally the Republican Party. We know that john boehner will be in israel soon. They will be absolutely talking about this.
Im michael smerconish. Secretary of state john kerry and irans president both expressed optimism that an agreement can be reached on Irans Nuclear program. Kerry told reporters in switzerland this morning there is substantial progress in the struggle to reach agreement. Over the past few days i had lengthy negotiations with iranian team about the steps that iran must take to demonstrate that its Nuclear Program now and ongoing into the future is exclusively for peaceful purposes. Over the past months the p5 1 have made substantial progress towards that fundamental goal. Though important gaps remain. Irans president told reporters today that a deal with the u. S. Is within reach and achievable. But what will bebe do . It was the iranian issue that caused Prime Minister netanyahu address our congress. This deal is at the heart of the broken relationship between the u. S. And israel and the question that will be raised in the event of an agreement is whether Prime Minister netanyahu might