To cspan. Org. Now, a discussion about medical technology and new inventions to aid the disabled. It was part of the washington hosts transformer summit held on wednesday. This is two hours. We are delighted to welcome you here this morning. Thank you for joining us. [applause] were sitting in the center of what we call Washington Post live. The new initiative that extends the reach of our journalism through live events, streaming, and pairs or journalist with leaders and decisionmakers to dissect and explore the most important and compelling issues off our time. The idea of todays conference on transformers actually began with a conversation we had here about the transformation underway at the Washington Post. We have gone from what was once a locally focused newspaper, to a multiplatform Digital First News Organization serving a Broad National and global audience. And although we have made amazing progress and are leading the industry in many ways, well always view ourselves as being
Of what we call Washington Post live. The new initiative that extends the reach of our journalism through live events, streaming, and pairs or journalist with leaders and decisionmakers to dissect and explore the most important and compelling issues off our time. The idea of todays conference on transformers actually began with a conversation we had here about the transformation underway at the Washington Post. We have gone from what was once a locally focused newspaper, to a multiplatform Digital First News Organization serving a Broad National and global audience. And although we have made amazing progress and are leading the industry in many ways, well always view ourselves as being in the process of transforming and never fully transformed, because like so Many Industries the media space is changing to rapidly the process of transforming can never really be complete. With advance in technology, the speed and scope of change is only increasing only accelerating. Achieving or maintai
Funeral services are scheduled for today and later this week for the victims from the amtrak crash. New questions this morning on what caused the amtrak train to derail. This is also the part of the larger debate on americas infrastructure. Do you support or oppose more Infrastructure Spending . If you support more spending 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. You can also join in on the conversation on our Facebook Page, facebook. Com cspan. Send us an email, journal cspan. Org. Or send us a tweet, cspanwj. Good sunday morning to you. This is the headline from todays philadelphia inquirer, suddenly there was darkness and chaos. Jumping the tracks just outside the 30 street station in philadelphia. We want to get your comments and calls. First, the president who spoke about infrastructure last thursday. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] president obama we should not be thinking smaller today, we should be thinking bigger in this Global Economy. My hope is that we have a chan