ladies and gentlemen, please give a nice, national press club will come to david simon. [applause] >> i don't know if it is going to be clear on the c-span channel, but i managed to get some solid dressing on my shirt. i felt that i could leave a little bit of lunch where it could be seen, whether it was chinese food, it would be perfect. this is for you, right here. thank you very much for inviting me. i am flattered. ito better knowing now that journalists are not invited to do this. the funny part about my critique in journalism, such as it is, when you are an expert in this country, when you are in the game killing with it every day, when you are living and breathing it, you are not an expert. you get a few years away, you have a television show -- i am an expert in a television production, and all of a sudden, i am an expert in media. my partner and asking him about education, because he was a former schoolteacher in baltimore, he said the same thing. when he was an expert, no one wanted to hear from me. now that he has a television show, everybody wants to hear his

ladies and gentlemen, please give a nice national press club welcome to david simon. [applause] >> thank you. i don't know of five going to be clear on the c-span channel but i managed to get some salad dressing on my shirt. i did it because my credentials as a journalist now suspect. i have been out of the profession since 95 but i felt if i could leave a little of my lunch for is to be seen, you know, would that it was chinese food and had my feet up on the rewrite desk it would be perfect. [laughter] this is for you right here. thank you very much for inviting me. i am flattered, it is funny. i feel better knowing now that journalists are not invited to do this. because of the funny part about my critique of journalism such as it is is that when you are an expert in this country meaning when you are in the game, when you're dealing with it every day, when is, when you are living and breathing and you are not an expert but to get a few years away and you have a television show -- i am an expert in television production but all the sudden i'm an expert in the media s

david simon, a long time journalist at the baltimore sun, honed his skills reporting on the streets of one of the the most dangerous cities of our country. and after years of reporting the realities of inner city life it, wasn't the murder, drugs or other horrific crimes that drove him out of the journallively industry. he left, he told the baltimore city paper in the year 2003, because, quoting here, "some sons of bitches bought my newspaper and it stopped being fun." [laughter] >> did we have that right? is that an accurate quotation? >> australia australia. >> ok. >> he took a leave of absence and for a full year shad dead the result was the edgar award-winning bookhood," a year on the killing streets" which

. >> a programming note, david simon, a crime reporter from the baltimore sun will talk about journalism and his work in tv, including his hit series "the wire." with the fan -- federal mandated transfer to dtv next week, we will get a status report from the fcc on how people prepare for the change. congressman joe barton and an activist group coordinator. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span to. >> now a conversation about the obama administration, and its approach to executive pay. >> this story broke on friday about the white house appointing a pay czar. why are they naming somebody to this post? >> i think there has been a lot of pressure. there have been hundreds of billions of dollars into the financial industry, and you are seeing the same greedy behavior they have always exhibited. in recent years, there has been a problem with greed. make sure the company'ies who gt assistance from the government, that they comply. host: will he oversee all the executive pay for companies that get federal bail out? guest: especially those who come back a couple of times, h

david simon will talk about journalism and his work in television, including his series "the wire." live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on average companion network. tonight, dennis blair will discuss his recent trip. we will have live coverage of his speeches at 8:30 p.m., also on c-span 2. >> authors and journalists who cover the white house on the constitutional roles of the president and congress, including the relationship between the branches of government. this is hosted by washington & lee university. it runs about one hour and 45 minutes. >> i hope you are enjoying your meal. i think it is time to start the program. i will do that with great pleasure by introducing professor connally. he has been with us since 1986. he has a ph.d. in american government from the university of virginia. he has a master's degree in philosophy from boston college. before beginning his academic career, he worked for the connecticut general assembly and as a legislative assistant on capitol hill. in 1991 and 1992, he was a guest scholar at the brookings institution. he has published numerous schol

a little later, a look at the future of journalism with katherine weymouth and david simon, writer and producer of hbo's "the wire." >> tomorrow on "washington journal," michael epplinger and john lott of the university of maryland discuss the obama administration's spending policy on health care, carmakers and the financial system. nathan guttman looks at u.s.-israel relations. >> "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. senate majority whip john kyl discusses some of the issues on the senate's agenda, including health care and preparing for the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. >> i was reading last night, there is a lot of reading involved here. i was reading some very troubling things last night about her views toward international law. in effect saying that you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. well, public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. and if that's really her point of view, that's very troubling. i mean, i could not vot

please give a nice national press club welcome to david simon. [applause] >> thank you. i do not know if it is going to be clear on the c-span channel, but i managed to get some salad dressing on my shirt. i had been out of the profession since 1995, but i felt if i could leave a little of much where it could be seen, whether which chinese food, it would be perfect. this is for you. right here. [laughter] think you for inviting me. i am flattered. it is funny. i feel better knowing now that journalists are not invited to do this. the body part about my critique of journalism, such as it is, when you are an expert in this country, meaning when you are in the game, dealing with it every day, living and breathing in, you are not an expert. when you are away for a few years and you have a television show, i am an expert in television production now but all this and i'm an expert in the media. there is in the strange about that. burns, my partner, asking him about education, he was a former schoolteacher in baltimore, he said the same thing. when i wasn't -- when i was an exp

. ♪ >> join us later today for a speech by david simon, creator and head writer of the wire. mr. simon also wrote for the baltimore sun for 12 years and he will talk about the future of journalism. that is live at one:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. here is a look at tonight's edition of the communicators. >> with the federally mandated transition to digital television come in next week, we will get a status report on how the sec has prepared viewers for the change. william blake, congressman joe barton, television station manager kevin harrison, and erica swanson, activist group coordinator. we will have that tonight at 8:00 eastern. the communicator's on c-span2. we have more live events later with national intelligence director dennis blair. he is speaking to the national security alliance. you can see that live at 8:30 p.m. eastern after the communicators on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> i don't really know. >> public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> contributions from donors. >> 30 years ago america's cable com

. >> joined us later today for a speech by david simon, creator and head writer of the wire. mr. simon also wrote for the baltimore sun for 12 years and he will talk about the future of journalism. that's live at 1 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. a look here at the u.s. capitol where both the house and senate will gamble in to start the week. legislative work starting at 2:00 or you can watch that live on c-span. while the senate comes to order at 2 p.m. eastern after some general speeches. lawmakers continue work on a bill regulating tobacco products. our lives in a coverage right here on c-span2. will get a status report on how the fec is to bring viewers for the change. the communicators on c-span2. and we have more live events for you later with the director of national intelligence dennis blair. that dni is speaking to the intelligence and national security alliance and you can see that live here starting at 8:45 eastern after the communicators on c-span2. how he sees and funded? private donations. >> i don't really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i don't kno

while we wait for david simon at the national press club 1:00 eastern a short portion of today's "washington journal". a reporter looks tomorrow's democratic primary in the virginia governor's race. >> election day, primary election day in the state of virginia. the commonwealth of virginia. jeff scha piro is the reporter for dispatch. governor's side a three-way race, mr. scha piro tell us why the rest of the nation should be interested in this race. >> virginia and new jersey are the only states choosing governors this year, and these are states that were also carried by president obama. so the elections for governor in new jersey and virginia will be vused -- views as referenda on what's going on in washington or not. >> two of the candidates are known nationwide, particularly one of them for folks familiar with the democratic party. why don't you tell us about the three and who's leading in the race according to most polls. >> well, i suspect you are referring to terry mc-- the former chairman of the democratic national committee and beth bud of bill clinton. he parachuted into the virgi

well, let's offer a great round of applause for david simon. thank you. [applause] i'd like to thank you all for coming today or listening at home. i'd like to thank national press club members -- for helping to organize today's lunch and thanks to the n.p.c. library. the video archive of the luncheon is provided by the press club's broadcast operations center. our events are available for free download on itunes as well on the web site. and our members may purchase transcripts, audio and videotapes by calling 202--- 622-7598 or archives at press.org. for more information about the press club you can go to the web site, www.press.org. that's it for today. thank you so much. adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tomorrow on washington journal, michael eplinger from the center for american progress and john lot, the senior research scientist at university of maryland discuss the obama administration's spending policy on healthcare, carmakers and the financial

>> well, let's offer a great round of applause to david simon. [applause] i like to thank you all for coming today and for those listening out like to think national press club is staff members of melinda cook, pat nelson, joanne booze and howard rothman for helping to organize today's lunch, and things to the npc library. bill video archive is provided by the press club of broadcast operations center, events available for free download on itunes as well as the website and non-members may purchase transcripts and videotapes by calling 20262 -- 7598 or archives@press.org. and for more information about the press club you can go to the website www.press.org. that is it for today, thank you so much. we are adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] how is c-span funded? >> private donations. >> i don't really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money come

ladies and gentlemen, please give a nice national press club welcome to david simon. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]