i m part of the breaking news desk at bloomberg news and i m vice president of the national press club. before we get started i would like to remind everyone again, please, to in our in-house audience to please silence cellphones if you haven t already. for our viewing and listening audience follow along on twitter using the #pressclub. for our c-span and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. now, i would like to introduce our head table. please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. head table participants, please stand up when i say your name. we have jamaal abdul allen, senior staff writer at diverse issues in higher education. we have jerry weller, former u.s. representative from illinois s 11th district and president of the illinois state society in washington. we have mike herks, mpen, a supe
welcome to the national press club, the place where news happens. my name is andrea edney. i m part of the breaking news desk at bloomberg news and i m vice president of the national press club. before we get started i would like to remind everyone again, please, to in our in-house audience to please silence cellphones if you haven t already. for our viewing and listening audience follow along on twitter using the #pressclub. for our c-span and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. now, i would like to introduce our head table. please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. head table participants, please stand up when i say your name. we have jamaal abdul allen, senior staff writer at diverse issues in higher education. we have jerry weller, former u.s. representative from illinois s 11th distric