first program on my watch, as the former general manager of cbs radio network news and former managing editor for the broadcast division of united press international, the boys on the bus was required reading and i had the pleasure in the challenge, the legendary pie chamberlain of upi, a lot of you knew pie chamberlain. looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening and now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the national press club history and heritage team, the 80 seventh president of the national press club, the bureau chief of the gaylord news washington bureau for university of oklahoma and a dear friend, mister gil klein. [applause] thanks so much. the role of the national press club s history and heritage group, the legacy of the club s 112 year history as well as to explore the history of journalism especially in washington. we are pleased that on april 20 seventh the new book, new history of the club called tales from the national press club i
buttigieg campaign here. [applause] i am so thrilled to see each and everyone of you here taken time out of your day to an active role in electing the candidate who will take down donald trump in november. [cheers and applause] before you come here to carson city i was working in montana for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting students experiencing homelessness come making them feel like they belong, helping them understand their full potential. i knew there were not aloneul ia fight and that millions of americans have experienced similar feelings of exclusion and that the current system is actively working against those who need the most help. i wanted to be involved in making bold changes happen and they knew that i could make a difference on the campaign here. [applause] when i packed up my bags and moved out here i had no idea what to expect. all i had was a car they do not even making it more. a couple of suitcases, byse wonderful dog and an eagerness to elect a candidate
our event today on the google versus oracle case, titled consequences of the case. i actually have my own subtitle which is copyright and the future of the industry, a significant case and i am delighted to have 2 wilson here to speak to us about the relevant legal policy on commercial issues and raised by this case. my name is adam maasoff, the chair of the international forum for intellectual property at the hudson institute. this is our novel even, delighted to have it on such an important issue with such a great speaker. there will be events, sponsoring and promoting data-driven research that explores and investigates the importance of intellectual property and not just driving the us innovation economy for the past 230 years but all innovation economies creating a foundation for flourishing society and we hope to play a role that fact-based research and data-driven in the hands of our policymakers as they consider the very important issues such as decisions that have to
adding this modernization and reform. this is an hour. good afternoon, and welcome to the national press club. world s leading organization for journalists. my name is michael friedman and i am the 113th president of the national press club. i m a journalist in residence at university of maryland grover. an executive producer of the public broadcasting series the report. the an excellent program ahead. we invite you to listen watch or follow along on twitter using the # mpc life. for cspan and public radio viewers andd listeners, pleasee aware that in the audience today, members of the general public so any clause or reaction you mean here, is not necessarily from the working press. let s begin by introducing our head table. we ask thatuc you please hold yr applause until all the head table guess have been announced. beginning to my far left, john o shea, col. u.s. army retired, and number of american legion post 20 which is based here at the national press club. kevin, cap
reading and i had the pleasure and the challenge of having on my team one of those boys chamberlin of upi. [laughter] [applause] i feel like a lot of you know him. [laughter] so looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening and now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the national press club history and heritage tv 87 the presiden president, the bureau chief of the washington bureau for university of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you the role of the press club is the legacy of the press the 112 year history as well as journalism and washington. we are pleased and new book called tales from the national press club escape one - - scheduled for those that have had an impact on american and world history. this event was proposed by evan who himself is part of the great washington family for generations they publish national geographic along with his great-grandfather alexander graham bell who by the way invented the telephone. [laughter] now ed