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kalb. [applause] hello and welcome to the national press club. i am marvin kalb. the conversation with ted koppel about democracy and the press. if i use the word twilight to suggest that network news, as we have known it, is on its way out and as something new is emerging. whether what is new will satisfy the urgent needs of our democracy cannot be noted at this time. let s hope that it will. without a free and occasionally rambunctious media, we will not be living in an open society. the free press and an open society are intimately linked, one dependent on the other. network news if network news is in its twilight, then perhaps our democracy is facing a turning point as well. i asked an old colleague and a friend, ted koppel, to discuss the changes in network news and what those changes might mean for our society. ted is known best for his 25 years of anchor and host of nightline, but he has also been a foreign correspondent, a war correspondent, and author, and ....
united states should be in the conflict in the middle east. here are the numbers. you can also find us online. you can tweet us @cspanwj. facebook.ee spoc here is the have one of the washington post. secretary clinton will travel to the middle east as israel always risky choices on and gaza. clinton will travel to the middle east today to discuss ongoing violence in gaza according to white house officials she will talk with leaders in jerusalem, ramallah and cairo. issues leading the east asia summit that president obama is an app. the death toll in the gaza strip surpassed 100 on monday. with evidence that an egyptian a truce is in the side. ben rose, the deputy national security adviser for strategic administration at the white house says clinton and obama have been talking about this threat to the trip. throughout the trip. they discussed the way forward. they concluded the best way to the dance discussions with leaders is for secretary clinton to take this trip be ....
and niels lesniewski is a reporter for roll call. you worked very hard on the farm bill. it was not included in the fiscal cliff bill. they not include the extension that you wanted and that you had worked out with congressman lucas. what do you feel was lost by not including either the farm bill or the extension that you wanted? the most important thing is what you said in terms of the house. we passed a bill, as you know, back in june, strong bipartisan effort, deficit reduction of 24 billion dollars altogether, reforms that were needed, did away with cubs to with government subsidies that did not make sense. we sent it to the house. we were very close on the full bill. to my sheer surprise and shock among the house never surprise and shock, the house never took it up. i have never seen that before in my life, where the speaker of the house would not think that the 16 alien people that work in 16 million people that work in agriculture across america were ....
hill. he contributes to the national journal. and niels lesniewski is a reporter for roll call. you worked very hard on the farm bill. it was not included in the fiscal cliff bill. they not include the extension that you wanted and that you had worked out with congressman lucas. what do you feel was lost by not including either the farm bill or the extension that you wanted? the most important thing is what you said in terms of the house. we passed a bill, as you know, back in june, strong bipartisan effort, deficit reduction of $24 billion altogether, reforms that were needed, did away with government subsidies that did not make sense. we sent it to the house. we were very close on the full bill. to my sheer surprise and shock, the house never took it up. i have never seen that before in my life, where the speaker of the house would not think that the 16 million people that work in agriculture across america were not important enough to bring a five-year farm b ....
. . what steps will the epa take to ensure that electric consumers will not be harmed? please explain regional flexibility sent some areas will feel more impact than others. that is a good question and let me make a note for myself so i don t forget. in this rulemaking, we have to keep in mind that this is about future power plants, new power plants so, really, we needed to understand what technologies were available and we needed to make sure that we wrote a rule that took advantage of the most cost-effective technologies given the fact that any investment as large as a power plant will be hanging around for a while. we are going to be lagging with that plant and those technology choices for decades to come. we don t think that is a regional issue. we think that is just about how you build a new power plant and how you use the most effective technolo ....