the vice-president for the harris corp.. the region chief of staff for federal health and the medical center. former wisconsin gov., president and ceo of a global technology nonprofit. and rebecca, the manager of employee engagement in disaster relief for hewlett-packard. the panel brings a great deal of expertise across many fields to our discussion today. we certainly want you to be involved in our discussion, so as questions come to your mind, who write them down. after the presentations, we would love to have discourse between new and our panel. you will see his extensive biography in your program, it is written more eloquently than mine. he is the senior vice president for a pharmaceutical company where he spent the last 39 years of his career. >> is a real pleasure for me to be here, particularly talking about this topic because i am a california native. i have family here and i certainly have lived through a number of the issues we have had for natural disasters in this area. i work for a corporation headquartered righ

the vice president of global marketing and business development for the harris corp.. an international communications company that serves more than 150 companies. the principal focus is the development of wireless connectivity. >> as what tom just said, i am from harris corp., our expertise is designing, implementing, and operating complex and critical networks. we do that with federal civil programs. and we also do complex jobs such as the u.s. census. given everything i have heard, i will focus on one part, the part that as a radio communications. in that regard, there are three points that i would like to make that are shown here. communications before the disaster, it is focused on of ability. what i mean is that it has to work. there are redundancies that are extremely important. there is also a public safety infrastructure network recovery. i dunno why use some new words to say something that is quite simple and quite important. it turns out when the fcc hands of frequencies for public safety communications, they hand out mutual aid frequencies. it is important th

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] host: good morning, and welcome to "washington journal" this monday, december 5, 2011. the houses in at noon and in the senate harry reid plans to unveil a new proposal to extend a payroll tax holiday. president obama meets with the treasury secretary to geithner. later this morning he will meet with college presidents on affordability. members of the president's campaign staff, also his former press secretary was on the sunday talk shows yesterday. our question is about the 2012 presidential race. it is for democrats. are you enthusiastic about president obama's reelection efforts at this point? here are the numbers to call it, democrats only -- let's look at "the hill." are you pleased as a democrat or are you concerned? how is your level of enthusiasm compared to when he was running in 2008, and are you going to put your money where your mouth is and either contribute financially or your time to his campaign? let's get to the phones and hear from ruby, a democratic caller from riverside, california. caller: yes. i think president obama has a good chance of winning because i think he should go on the social secur