congress and their staff. we're going to look at some of that new technology. wearable technology was one of c.e.s. hits of the 2014 show in las vegas and jennifer is here with google at c.e.s. on capitol hill with the wearable technology. first of all is this on the market? >> thank you, peter. google gogle is not currently on the market. we're very much in the experimentation stage. this is one of our earlier models. you're likely to see some out and about that are a little bit different. right now we're very much getting this version in the hands of as many explorers as possible and gathering their feedback on what they think we can do with it. >> what with -- can people do with it?

>> you can do a lot of things you do with your phone. send messages, make calls. take pictures and record videos. a lot of things we're doing with technology on a day-to-day basis but in a hands-free way. you can control with touch and voice. holding up a phone in front of our face, holding up a camera is not experiencing the world around you fully. >> if you were to take a picture right now, how would you do it? >> i would tap the glass on the side and say ok, glass, take a picture. i just took a picture. >> and where is it stored? >> it's stored in my glass and what i can do if i want, i can turn on the screen again. you can touch right here -- i could share the picture on the social ned -- network or email. or afterwards i could download all the pictures they saved and

look at them on my computer or my phone. you can toggle and people will get all the pictures that you've taken. if you're out and about you can capture what you've seen at that moment and then go back and experience its it again. >> what are some of the potential policy concerns using google glass? >> people have asked us about everything from what is the right -- to the public. how should people -- . right now we're adjusting all of our policies and really making djustments based on the people [indiscernible]. we're hoping to -- >> and one of the concerns here in congress has been privacy. >> that's right. that's one of the issues that people raise.

concern about how it's developed. one of the things is we're not going to allow things like [indiscernible] until we know be they can -- that can done. so likewise, wherever questions arise, we try to develop sets of ules and try and develop etiquette, rules about how to apply them. >> if somebody was wearing prescription glasses, could they have google glass with the prescription glasses? >> they can. i mentioned earlier we have a couple of different models. we currently have a model so that whoever wants to wear the glass over a prescription can actually do that. i like that model a lot. >> when do you think we'll see these on the market?

>> we're still trying to work out the timeline. as i mentioned, we're still currently in the prototype phase so i don't have anything unfortunately that i can share about when it will hit the market. in the meantime, i encourage folks to join our experimental program. >> jennifer bernal is policy analyst with google. >> thank you. >> and now we'll introduce "the nfl today" to congresswoman from washington state bennett. microsoft is one of your constituents, right? >> and i used to work for them many years ago. i was the vice president of telecommunications business and windows 95. >> how do you explain the significance of microsoft to seattle and the state?

>> microsoft change things early on with a new innovator and helped create a new industry and now it's a very large company, a large employer in our region so it's had an incredible impact not only in our region but inspiring many new companies in our region. >> what are you doing here? >> seeing all the new technology. there are a few companies here from my district but also, technology is so important to policy now i think it's right that we have members of congress here. we're learning about new technology to support the community but also we understand how technology is impacting the way we live. congresswoman, you've been here two or three years, what's your opinion of the policy-making

process? to ompared tos policymaking have industry, it's slow. we're not good at technology. we don't keep it up to date. we have a lot of things where things have changed. privacy technology is a good example. policies are still in place from 197 or copyright laws from 1976. we need to do a better job of keeping policies up to date with the way people live and work today. >> how do you do that >> as we look at policy, being a former tax administrator as well as a tech person, things like sales tax, marketplace fairness taxes and policies. we have issues with privacy, issues with intellectual property. the way we shopped has changed a lot. e-commerce is a big, big player. we need to make sure that we have that ongoing conversation

and we have voices that have experience in technology to ensure we put the right policies in place. >> as a member of the judiciary committee are you working on these issues? >> absolutely. as working on copyrights well as some tech policy like marketplace fairness act. >> does the other washington understand this and vice versa? >> i think that there's a -- people get the names confused because i think we're the better washington now than washington state but there is obviously an important connection back and forth in terms of understanding ow policy impacts all of our power business community and there is an important dialogue going on back and forth. >> thank you for your time. > thank you.

>> very important. most of us have traveled back and forth to have competition. this is a satellite that is developed priorly by -- corporation. i would like to hear about it. >> they're doing a fantastic job but they can't do everything. >> they do a great job of [inaudible] what we do is data.ment with additional we don't have enough atmospheric data in our forecast. when those planes fly, they

stream real-time dat ai to us -- data to us. to our satellite network. and we take all the international data and then the special data that we capture and put it all together and it enables us to make higher resolutions. >> wow. would you say technology is connected to airlines or will you be incorporated with noaa now? obviously we need updating. >> sure. to capture l is specific data. you're probably familiar with the weather bureau and when you look at all the data, whether 's satellite data or others, we replicate the weather

balloons. they only get launched once every 1 hours. it misses important dat -- every 12 hours. it misses important data. if we could capture that data all day and all night along and we -- long and we do that by putting sensors on planes. they're streaming data up in the satellite back to our data system anywhere in the world we get that data in under 15 seconds and now we can take that supercharged data and add it to the weather balloons and satellite data and put that into more advanced weather forecast models. --with higher resolution has days ible] this is five

out. the difference in having the data to get a better start on the forecast. >> now, we know that the update of data as we've come along that we've been able to locate a lot of -- within a picture. >> sure. >> sometimes it doesn't come to me. is this speeded up some and does it more identify exact lines more than just area? so how many additional enhancement of funds will you ed to make this more usable, more common? so that we cannot only save lives but also save time? >> well, we capture data all over north america. and we share that data with the f.a.a.. they did a four-year study using the data to determine that not

just four weeks but four years, season to season, how much better it was and our conclusion was just putting our data into their models gave them 50% more accuracy. you and i don't care about statistics. we care about events. we want to know if there's going to be a tornado or -- >> where is it going to be, what time is it going to strike and how big is it? so this technology will help a lot of that? >> absolutely. you cannot make a better forecast unless you put more data and better data in. detail. forecast models and the computers -- if you don't put data in the right way, you're not going to get the right results. >> how often does this need to be updated?

this is really a major investment. how often does it need to be updated? >> to recapture data 24 hours a day, seven days a week in real -time and we run some models every six hours and they go out every nine or 10 days. some models every hour. the national weather service can be replaced and they're working -- they have so many pressures i've spent 12 years in the weather and i'm a firm believer we have plenty of computers. we need more detail. more knowledge in. --the reality is it's a very

amount of money and we know that noaa -- you're the head of noaa now. can you take this technology directly to the planes without knowing a way to pay for it and provide the service? >> and here's the good news. -- are challenged, the commercial market will come in and work with them. because it's a big commercial opportunity. so it doesn't have to be the government to pay to do it all. >> yeah. > so we work with them and try to come up with places where we can add -- we don't want them to go away. they're not a competitor. >> i know they're not a competitor. but thank you very much. i appreciate even though -- knowing this exists. thank you very much. >> thank you. enjoy the rest of the -- >> thank you very much, i

appreciate it. >> congresswoman eddie bernice johnson is a ranking member on the science committee here. how important is technology to your home district of texas? >> it's extremely important. as a matter of fact, my district is not very high-tech. that's why i focus so much on that education because we have workers coming to silicon valley. we have to do a better job with that. now, what's exciting about this is how much we're seeing that young developers that are coming along with new innovations and that is our economy. that are ready to go to market, are ready to be available. it's just that we know that until the demand the great, it's very costly. but it's very, very important

that we continue to invest in innovation because that's america's future. i'm always excited to come and see what's on the market. >> at&t is near your district. they're in your district, aren't they? >> yes, they're one block from headquarters. yes, at&t is a major exporter -- you know, we're also with many. texas instruments is a hometown company. we're very proud of the products that do come out of the area but we're also very proud to come to something like this and see what the latest technologies are because you might think you have, you know, the latest technology and you come to a show like this and realize that yours might be old. it doesn't take but a few days or sometimes a few weeks for it to move to the next level and my interest is making sure we have those young minds ready to move us to the next level.

>> eddie bernice johnson, a democrat of texas. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> and now joining us on "the -- what do you do? >> i'm the director for recycling and waste management. i manage the recycling program for our consumers, our customers and all of our waste services within the company. >> how long has that division been in -- >> our recycling program, we piloted it in 2008 and had resounding success. we launched it formally in 2009. so this is year number five and a half. >> is there a lot of electrical technical waste? >> it is the fastest growing waste stream on the planet today, actually, yes. and unfortunately much of it is going to the land fills. many states still allow folks and businesses to just throw it

away. that's one of the many reasons we're having our program. we are the biggest retailer of products and we want to be responsible for helping take care of the waste stream. >> what do you do? >> we have programs in all of our stores, 1,400 locations around the country. every day we're open, every minute we're open we collect 400 pounds on average per minute of electronics so our customers can come in and bring their old electronics in and we'll recycle them for free. anything from an old v.h.s. player, old tv's. d.v.d.'s, c.d.'s, cases, cords. anything. no charge. if you buy a new appliance or a new tv and they're delivered to your home we'll haul the old units out also at no cost. >> what do you do with it? >> we recycle it.

we have three electronic partners and two appliance partners and they have national plants that have big around the country that mirror or distribution program. we collect the material. reverse logistics to our distribution centers where everything is consolidated and then it goes out to these various partners. they follow the three r's. reduce, reuse, recycle. the first for them is reuse so everything they get, whether it's an appliance or electronic they'll look at each piece and see if they can repair it and then resell it and give ate second life. if they can't, they shred everything down to a commodity level. precious medicine -- metals, glass, and so on and then they sell those commodity is into the

commodities market and it gets reused. you'll see the plastic in patio furniture and the metal come back in automobile components. panels to furniture as well and then the precious metals will get reused in electronics or and y or whatever else then plastics can be used that way and then glass. off a flat panel tv you might see it come back in a digital watch. they look for innovative ways to get those commodities back into the manufacturing stream. >> it sounds like an expensive process. >> it really isn't expensive overall. we actually operate the program at a net neutral or no cost to slightly profittable and we do that to a variety of ways with

our partners and other things that we do. but from the customers' standpoint, it's no cost and then for the recyclers it's a business so they must be making money with it and the best part of it is it creates jobs. >> we want to introduce to you meg smith, who is with the orego safe company. what are we looking at here? >> you're looking at the origo safe advice and this simulates a vehicle. right now this vehicle, if i had my phone if -- in my hand and i tried to turn the vehicle on, you can see you're not going to go anywhere. this light is red and your vehicle will not start. once i put my phone in the station and note that it's authorized, this light turns green and when i turn the ignition you can see you're ready to go. so completely remove cell phone

use. it can keep you connected. >> where would this be mowned? >> anywhere. in my vehicle it's in the center console so you never see it. in a couple of our colleagues' vehicles it's up on the dash for easy access. >> and what's the point of this? >> to remove the hand held cell phone use all together from drivers. we want to keep people safe on the road and save them from themselves! so kind of a parental tool maybe or corporate tool? >> exactly and it's trying to keep people safe on the roads, keep their phones out of that you are mound. >> how long has this been on the market? >> we launched march of last year at the national press club of d.c. >> and? >> we've had an overwhelming response, especially through c.e.a. >> how would this be different than say having bluetooth already installed in your cars?

>> that temptation is still there. if you have that phone physically in your car, a stat came out saying that 95% of drivers whether or not they have bluetooth still text and drive every time they get in the car. it's an adistinction nowa days and this is removing this addiction. >> where and who developed this? >> clay skeleton developed this and we're based in virginia, down the road about four hours and we manufacture most of us in the -- valley. everything else is manufactured in north carolina. >> meg smith is with origo safe out of roanoke, virginia. one of the companies here at c.e.s. on the hill is dish. what is this showing members of congress? >> we're showing them a d.v.r. system and the brains is the hopper. the horpe itself can record up

to 2,000 hours of television, ughly six shows, but we're showing things we've been able to innovate this year. it can record up to eight shows at once. o for families or tv binge watchers, they now have almost unlimited amount of television to watch. >> what kinds of questions are they asking? >> how they can watch their local shows while on the road and connect with their local community. we do have a solution for that. that's sling technology. with sling on a tablet or iphone, members can stay connected with their local communities by watching their own television but on the go all through the power of the internet. >> if someone had an i pad, they could watch a local television channel anywhere in the united states? >> that's right and that's very

important for staying connected with different issues and being connected with constituents. >> in five years what are we going to be seeing what it comes to television and satellite companies and cable companies? >> it's going to be even more responsive to what the consumer wants. to watch tv when they want, where they want. they want to have the choice perhaps to skip commercials. the choice of what they want to watch at their convenience. i think we'll see more solutions leaning toward those consumer desires. >> this is "the communicators" on the hill. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. here's a look at our prime-time lineup for next week on the c-span networks. each night starting at 8:00

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recently heard oral argument on whether ohio must recognize same-sex couples legally mayored in other states this is one of four same-sex marriage cases recently heard by the court. it runs an hour. >> the department of health. based on ohio cases and all state recognition of out of state same-sex marriage and in respect to the michigan case that was just argued, which involved interstate licenses of same-sex marriages. the fundamental question in all of these cases is the same and that's not whether ohio should recognize same-sex marriage but who should make that important decision of public policy on behalf of the states.

rejecting the ohio voters decision on this policy issue, the district court ignored its place within the judicial hierarchy and our democracy. i'd like to begin with the baker point because i think it is as significant on this recognition case as it is on the michigan case and in the prior vs. sion, the case of -- massachusetts was discussed. inthat ages had it right where the judge talked about any right that they recognize has to be consistent with the state, which the plaintiffs in this case have not proffered any ground in which to distinguish the right to recognition from the right to licensing. essentially, they make same approach with respect to baker.

that is to say doctrinal developments have superseded baker. >> with respect to the nonrecognition part of the ohio case, didn't judge black line out there is this wrinkle that ohio does not seem to equally enforce this prohibition on out-of-state marriages that are not consistent with ohio requirements for marriage licenses? >> in the equal protection context, he did suggest this refusal to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages was unprecedented, which i do not think is correct. the courts have gone about it to distinguish between what they call void and voidable marriages. void marriages violate what would be deemed a common-law marriage. it would not be recognized, whether they were recognized by another state. >> a common-law marriage out-of-state would be considered