but the fact that we can't solve the big, overarching problems overnight shouldn't stop us from doing what we can right now to help make life a little easier for working moms and dads. the working families flexibility act does that by helping americans better balance the demands of family and work. thank you, and may god bless our mothers, and god bless the united states of america. >> on the next "washington news correspondent talks about the attack on benghazi. and it look at state and federal atwell-davisolyn on missing and exploited children. at 7ington journal" live a.m. eastern on c-span.

both timbres of congress are back in session this he. legislative business resumes on tuesday at 2 p.m. eastern. among the agenda items, legislation calls for the repeal of the 2010 health care law and a bill requiring the sec to conduct a cost-benefit analysis for implementing new regulations. 2e sun is back on monday at p.m.. tuesday they will consider what work on the water infrastructure bills, authorizing flood protection and water improvement projects around the country -- the senate is back on monday at 2 p.m. tuesday they will consider water resources. the house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> post-9/11, a lot of people

cared about national security issues than was the case before. all of a sudden there was a market for former cia folks and former defense intelligence whocy, all of those guys are used to operating in the shadows saw a market for their services. there was the somewhat uncomfortable kind of between agencies and former employees. it washe time, i thought something we had to do. back ins moved farther tuesday, i think i have changed my mind. i think waterboarding is something we should not be in the business of doing. >> why? >> because we are americans and

we know better than that. guy whois that -- a meant well and served his in some very dangerous situations. he risked his life to take on al qaeda attacks and take on terrorism. foroing off to prison leaving his young family behind. scott shane on, his feature story "from spy to stores to convict." sunday at eight p.m. on c-span. >> "the communicators" is on is beingill where ces hosted. with my guest.

what is this machine are looking at here? >> it will pay. let your electronic and give you cash on the spot. you for youry electronics and give you cash on the spot. it will recycle the phone and resell them to channels that might use them as a phone. we do little bit of both. >> it is your invention? >> it is. a bunch of people help me. >> how did you come up with the idea? >> i was reading a survey that said only 2% of people worldwide were recycling their phones. what happened to the other percent? i figured, why don't i do it? . do love this idea put it in the way of the

consumers path at the grocery store or at the mall and pay them what these things are worth. it can inspire participation and it is working. >> what is your background? >> this is my sixth venture startup. >> have you been successful? >> i have been successful in times -- three times. nothing ventured, nothing gained. >> can you illustrate how this works? >> sure. you would bring your old device. here is an old iphone. we can do tablets and cell phones. >> protect the environment and your local community. to sell a device, you have to be 18 years of age.

your id will be verified. your device will be matched against the database. we work closely with law enforcement. when you insert your license what happens seele at the headquarters an image of the drivers license and make sure it is a good idea. the person compares to make sure it is valid. it is, we let the transaction go forward. >> ok. you have been cleared. >> they know me. -- yes. ok. we put the sticker on the track.

we go to the next step. this opens up. put it in. are these in operation? >> we have a little over 400 right now in 25 states. now the machine is looking at the device and trying to determine what it is. >> it is looking through all the different phones? >> it is looking through almost every phone that we have trained it to. it gives you a range. we will say yes, it is the iphone.

it has not done the full test yet. it knows what it is. now it has spun around to the right cable for the iphone five. >> can it tell that the screen is completely scratch? >> it well. .> make sure your phone is on >> whitey want to enter in that number? >> -- why do you want to enter in that number? so weis a secure number know if someone gets the phone stolen and the criminal is dumb enough to sell here, we can match the number. it doesn't happen often. >> are all phones registered individually to owners so that the license is matched to the

phone? >> know, the serial number is matched to the phone. the carrier it knows your serial number and know so you are. even though this is scratched up, you will get $87. terms and conditions. .ow we require a thumbprint we do a thumbprint. ok. let's go. >> what in the phone is valuable? what makes it worth $87

question -- $87? >> it will probably be refurbished and sell it as a refurbished phone. probably as an insurance replacement. people love mobile phone insurance, if you break it, they will usually send you a refurbished one. they can send you one of these. there is a nice market for broken comment newer model phones. >> does it have to be completely broken? does he get recycled? >> some. nobody wanted anymore. they get broken down and silverely melted into

and copper. precious metals. there is a. oh -- there is a dollar worth of precious metal. >> what is the next that? -- step? >> we will check out with this one phone. give you the option to donate to charity. we will do the wounded warriors product. we will give them $20. keep the rest for ourselves. when hundred percent of that 100%oes to the charity -- of that $20 goes to charity. we get an e-mail that says thanks. then out comes the money. >> whitey ask for the e-mail? >> -- why do you ask for the enough? >> marketing purposes.

what happens to the content on the phone you recycled? >> it gets erased. it is part of the process. >> your company does that? .> we are certified and requires data rates process. it does get erased. always erase the data yourself. >> you have got your money. and then you move on. >> and then you move on. bowles, the founder of eco-atm.

has formed a company lock.d dock-n- what is it? >> our mission is to prevent distracted drivers. we have taken a simple approach. what we have here is a first- generation processor. it is a breathalyzer. in order to start the vehicle, the phone literally has to be docked into our system in order to start the car. >> physically put the phone away. >> it will look to see. the green my shows it is an authorized device. shows it is an

authorized device. there's a smart tag that we develop. the locker reads it. that tag is weather resistant and tamperproof. if it was removed from the phone, you would not be able to start the car. we have that for any driver on the road today. and the phone is docked lock, you will be able to start the car. you know loggerhead the physical distraction of the phone -- you know longer have the physical distraction of the phone. those are the major distractions that cause all of these accidents. one million accidents last year. the numbers kept growing.

we took a very proactive approach. we want to change in driver behavior. >> what if people have technology in their car? >> we have two versions of the product. if the parents use it, they do not want the child to have access to their phone at all while the vehicle is being driven. that canne version satisfy that. the other version of the product is a bluetooth component. blocking the phone away and removing the physical distraction and the visual distraction, but allows you to have access to media and your music and your contacts out through the integration of the vehicle itself. >> who developed this product? >> conception came from my

father. about five years ago in 2008. asked forward a few months. there is no law against texting and driving. unfortunately he got into an accident -- lucky enough not to get injured. tot was an idea on paper creating a product we could sell. there are many fathers who have teenaged children on the road today. we will be going to market this fall. we're looking for a product available and delivered to parents. >> what about those who have

multiple phones and tablets? do you have a system for those as well? >> right now, no. we're looking at one phone. the phone thatt teenagers have that their parents bought them. ,or those of multiple phones that is something to look at in upcoming industries. truck drivers have company issued phones and personal phones. that is always a challenge. when device, one distraction -- device.raction and one we can manage that her cell phone and lock it away safely. iv had an interest in installing these? had any interest in installing these?

>> we will see what happens. lock is the name of the company and the product. jennifer is demonstrating a new product. she is with at&t. what we have? is tohave a campaign stop texting while driving. no text is worth your life. it was a campaign we launched in 2009-2010. we created this online simulator. weird trying to bring the message home in a very safe environment -- we are trying to bring the message home in a very safe environment. >> this young woman is on the simulator. >> she is. >she is having a virtual reality experience. she's having to obey the speed limit and the traffic signal and

deal with the burial -- and deal with the variables that happened when changing lanes are traffic. while she's doing that, she's getting text messages sent to her and being forced to reply to them. is showing you that as good as you are driving, what you are saying -- seeing is that you may not see that you are swerving around, but you are. for people who want to crawl along, they cannot do it. toyou'd had to -- if you go slow you get dinged. if you go too fast, you get dinged. if you run a red light you get dinged. >> who are the biggest violators? older or younger people? men or women? >> everyone.

we focus our campaign on teenagers because they are more at risk. they are new drivers and the text more than we do. we did a study with commuters. wereund that commuters doing it during traffic and at stoplights. there is not one greater perpetrator. it is something that all of us of one picnic -- victim occasion. we want to reach out to everyone across the country. we are partnering with companies and nonprofits and other institutions and tried to get the message out. status of the current state laws against texting and driving? there are a few areas that

have laws. that could be changing with the remainder states. the vast majority of states have some sort of law against texting and driving. >> what is the reaction to this demonstrator? >> they had a lot of fun with it. they had a few members come in and try their hand at it. we have had a fantastic feedback. they see the danger of this. it is part of educational effort. it has been very important. there's some are action calling for our texting and driving awareness day. jennifer kuhn is with the at&t corporation. this is their demonstrator no text on board. your watching "the communicators" on c-span.

i want introduce you to blake paul. tell me about troop id. when 9/11 happened, i was in a rotc program. i've ended up leading a platoon in iraq. i had a wonderful group of guys. a were thinking about vehicle bomb that was affiliated with al qaeda. committed that refused to write me a letter recommendation when i applied to school. he said a deal is a deal. i ended up at harvard business where he ultimately founded trivedi. id.roop

>> after that, what is troop id? microsoftce in 2009 was giving away -- to veterans, but they would have to verify their service to the department of labor office to claim an e- learning voucher. doesn't that defeat the entire point of accumulating vouchers? for service members and veterans? why are you using digital panels to deliver these programs? we don't have a way to verify customers on mobile or the website.

what was preventing a channel from branson the military, they and all the0% off sudden have for my customers will claim to have served? we needed to develop a relationship with companies in the fortune 500 institutions. that way we could verify anyone who served in the military. we have built a product that instead of tying a bank account or credit card or password, which i a verified attribute to your identity to confirm your military service. you can access discounts across the network. some of the stuff that we have right here, they give five percent off and free shipping if

you are a service member. .> and right here is a small id >> that is right. you see the troop id logo. you can go ahead and verify. if they service member and shopping at under armour.com, they will see that military discount. it is a free service. we could rapidly go ahead and log in and claim that 10% off by clicking on that button. >> there we go. >> you click on verify military status. >> there you go. you literally login with your e- mail and you can go ahead and

verify your status. >> you signed up for this obviously. >> yet. >> -- yeah. >> do you charge users? >> it is free for users. make sure the programs are protected from fraud. >> any privacy concerns with this product? >> privacy plays a central component whenever you talk about identity. theonsider the information property of the user. when under armour wants access to information, it is a user's theysion or whether or not - want to share that information with the marketer to use that discount. if under armour wants her name and e-mail and military status t

is up to you to decide whether or not you want to give permission for that. -- in some websites stock you and try to figure what you're buying and who you are -- some websites try to stalk you and try to figure out what you're buying and we are. but it is up to you to share information. -- let a marketer come up to the user and say i'm willing to give you a benefit if you're willing to tommy a little

bit about who you are -- if you are willing to tell me a little bit about who you are. >> where is the profit? >> there are a few different ways we monetize. the monetize on a transactional basis every time we verify that identity attribute. it is protecting the program from fraud. we open up new channel opportunities. different brands can drive traffic to programs. of identitymponent is closely linked. there is a group in the military that has a strong incentive to use our services at checkout. we're talking with a few payment officers about rding th -- riding their rails and they

would pay us a percentage. there you working with department of veterans affairs? some ofe working with the department of veterans affairs. they have at your name, social, address, but tech him everything about again needs to still your identity. what we do is change that by only giving the vendor what they need to know. to

it becomes a much more secure process with us involved. part of the thing that motivates us, we realize veterans are at elevated risk for identity theft because the only ubiquitous for prudential about 90% of the veterans is their ggd-14 like carrying your birth certificate around with you. the only federally issued i.d. card that veterans are go to retirees who have served 20 years or more or been medically retired. so for guys like matt who's served for 12 years and guys like me who served for 7 1/2 years, we are at a disadvantage when it comes to proving our identity unless we pull out our photo album and show pictures. here i am, and things like that. >> how many members? >> we have over 140,000 members. we've gone with under armour and veterans affairs and telluride ski resort signed up