Good afternoon and welcome to theNational Press club, leading organization for journalists. I am the 113th president at the press club. We have an Excellent Program ahead. Listen, watch,o or follow along on twitter. Our cspan and public radio viewers and listeners, please be aware in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily from the working press. By introducing our headed table. Hold yourt you applause until the head table announced. Been john oshea, colonel, retired. Kevin when seen. Captain, u. S. Navy, retired. And a member of the Headliners Team. Securityational johnter for the donnelly, Senior Writer at cq roll call and president of the military reporters and editors association. Right, theiate president of d. C. Media strategies. Former National Press Club President and cochair of the Headliners Team. Speaker, ryanur mccarthy, secretary of the u. S. Army in a minute. At defense reporter news and chair of the b
I am the 113th president at the press club. Residence atst in the university of maryland, global campus. We have an Excellent Program ahead. We invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter. Live. The npc for our cspan and public radio viewers and listeners, please be aware in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily from the working press. Lets begin by introducing our head table. We ask that you hold your applause until the head table guests have been announced. Beginning to my far left. John oshea, colonel, retired. And member of American Legion post 20 based here at the National Press club. Wensing. Captain, u. S. Navy, retired. And a member of the Headliners Team. Lolita, National Security reporter. John donnelly, Senior Writer at cq roll call and president of the military reporters and editors association. To my immediate right, the president of d. C. Media strategies. Former National Press Club Presi
An incredible discovery back in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. All is like around of applause for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event, meaning that at the conclusion of the program encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you. For an evening of Civil War History the donation bin is at the bottom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor. If you would drop something in their, all those proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. The museum is member supported as well. If youre interested in learning more about becoming a supporter of the museum, let myself or other Staff Members know. We would be happy to assist you. Tonight program, we are very excited about. We are going to explore how the civil war shaped the celebration of christmas in the United States. Tonights presenter is brad stone, a longtime docent at the ion
Partnership between the General Services administration and the National Museum of civil war medicine. Thisays like to ask question how many of you have been here before . All right, everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shout out when we see mr. Richard lyons in the audience. The reason we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discovery in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. Always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons his discovery. [applause] Evenings Program is a pay what you please event, meaning at the conclusion of the program, we encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you and an evening of civil war history. The donation bin is at the front of the Visitors Center on the first floor. As you head out this evening, if you would just drop something in there. All of the proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. Interes
Even the woman shot a few times in the stomach. Police dont know if the victims were the intended targets or not. Investigators say that the way the gunman carried out this triple shooting made clear that he had no problem terrorizing the entire neighborhood. All i was hearing like was like gunfire backtoback. Reporter with two men and one woman wounded, investigators wasted no time to track down the gunman who sprayed bullets. Witnesses say he was in a gold minivan. The shooter was standing up and his upper body was coming out of a sunroof. And he was firing an Assault Rifle in the direction of all three victims. Reporter from their doorways, neighbors watched as detectives mark the nine spent shell casings on the street. We found two separate caliber spent shell casings. We dont know if that one shooter used a separate weapon or there was a second shooter involved. I pray every day. I pray every day for my safety and my family. Reporter the victims were standing outside on the same b