we have many distinguished guests here today, none more so than newton minow's remarkable family. the minow's for a file on national resources they usually not allowed in the same place at the same time. [laughter] but for this we have made an exception. his incredible wife, joan, is here, and we are joined by newt's brilliant and a dynamic daughters, mary, a leading expert in library law, mill, a leader in corporate governance, and the movie mom, and martha, the dean of harvard law school, my professor, mentor and friend. the minow and daughters are like the charlie's angels of u.s. jurisprudence and i hope i'm not struck by lightning for invoking an aaron spelling production to describe the minow's. the truth is for newt minow i'm sure he would save raising his three daughters with the show is his greatest accomplishment. this is a special day. and i am truly honored to introduce newt minow on this historic occasion. newt minow set a standard for excellence that in spite years and guides us at the fcc a half century later. newt minnow was 34 in 1961 when president kennedy appoint

coming up at 7:00 this evening, fcc chairman julius genachowski and former chair newton minow on the future of telecommunications. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the release of president obama's this is that it has not stopped the case challenging the president's citizenship status. the ninth circuit court in pasadena heard oral argument last week. lower court dismissed the case ruling, and that record is not a proper pace -- and that the court is not the proper place to challenge the president postelection -- the president's election. >> i am an attorney with the united states justice foundation, here to represent mr. drake and mr. robertson, and those clients of hundred it is the purpose of our appeal, one of two for a hearing today, to see a demand -- seek a remand so that we can separately pursue a resolution of this issue so that we can have the case heard on the merits and not dealt with on the various technical issues that and raise or on issues that relate the two plaintiffs not my own. i will only be dealing with parts of the ruling by judge carter that deal with my clients.

newton minnow -- than newt minnow. if i can refer to one more letter -- good luck, godspeed, and go get them. please welcome newt minow to the stage. [applause] >> thank you. i remember in one letter said, what time does the vast ?asteland gola on [laughter] i am very touched by what you said. our country is blessed by having you at that job, and much tougher job than i had, because now you have so many new things with internet explosion, but i know no job that has a more intimate connection every day, every hour, with every person in america -- whether you are making a phone call, listening to the radio, watching television, whether you are accessing your computer to the internet -- whatever. it is the fcc that is dealing to protect the public interest. nothing is very important, and we have an important appointment. i thought i would tell you what happened the day before i gave the speech. may 8, 1961, not long after the disappointment at the bay of the yanks -- bay of pigs, alan shepard had been sent into space. we were behind the russians. there was great pressure to do something, and we succeeded. president kenne