. >>> a conversation now with federal communications commission chair julius genachowski. he spoke at the national cable and telecom association annual convention. he was interviewed by the group's president and ceo, michael powell. this is about 20 minutes. >> mr. chairman, good morning. great to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's start easy. the dynamics of the commissioner is always interesting. and less than a week ago, you finally got your full complement of commissioners, both of whom has blessed us by coming up to the cable show in the first week. what does that mean for you? is that exciting? new difficulties? >> it makes it harder to get conference rooms. but no, it's great. look, i've been very lucky. we've had a very well functioning commission that's got a lot done. we've got a lot done unanimously in a bipartisan basis where we disagreed, we've been able to disagree without being disagreeable. and now we have two experienced, accomplished, smart, new commissioners. i couldn't be more excited. >> did you know them before? >> i did. i did. i think ajid briefl

commissioner genachowski has been engaged with us before the commission is important to us. we want to make sure we understand their point of view and vice versa. >> finally if you would get a snapshot of espn employees revenue etc. it's about a 33 year old company based in bristol connecticut about 7,000 employees and over the course of the 32, 33 years lots of great work by lots of people that established espn that's clearly the pre-eminence sports media brand in the company estivate distinguished by the variety. we have 24/7 television networks of broadband television networks, digital platforms of d'aspin.com, mobile platforms with mobile espn coming and we want to sort of reach out where they are and we pick up from the old media to the new media would be print for the magazine, espn radio, espn on abc broadcast television all the way to the additional locations we want to serve across all platforms so this kind of a distinguishing characteristics do you consider yourself cable television? >> it's the core of what we did and we will always remember that is kind of got u

ladies and gentlemen, julius genachowski, chairman of the fcc. >> thank you. >> you're very welcome. >>> a look now at some of our live coverage today on the c-span networks. the u.s. house is in session now on c-span. members are considering a number of bills, including spending next budget year on energy and water projects. 17 months after electing republican scott walker as governor, wisconsin voters are reconsidering that decision today. he's facing milwaukee's democratic mayor, tom barrett, in a recall election. c-span2 will have results tonight, starting at 9:00 eastern. >>> and here on c-span3, we'll be live tonight at 8:50, with the discussion between warren buffett, the head of berkshire hathaway, and david rubenstine, the 4ed of a major investment company. the discussion on the current state of the economy. >>> tomorrow, the senate banking committee looks into financial industry regulations. members are focusing on the rules being written by the securities and exchange commission and commodities futures trading commission. the hearing will examine the $2 billion trading los

ladies and gentlemen, julius genachowski, chairman of the fcc. >> thank you. >> you're very welcome. >>> tonight c-span 2 will show campaign stops by michelle obama in virginia on women's health and ann romney in miami on cuban americans. tonight is the 68th annual radio television congressional correspondence dinner. c shall have span will have live coverage. john boehner is the keynote speaker with entertainment by award winner wayne brady. >>> sunday night on american history tv, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's 1987 speech from the brandonberg gate in west germany. also this weekend on c-span 3, our series the contenders. 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost but changed political history. we continue our look at cable news and politics. we sat down with cnn's john king. and univision. they discuss coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign. this is just under 30 minutes. thank you all for being with us. >> thank you for being with us. has there been a game changing molt in 2012, and if not, what could potentially be a game changing moment?

julius genachowski, chairman of the sec -- fcc.plause] >> coming up, a panel from cnn, msnbc, and univision. a look at the future of television. that is followed by the u.n. internet regulation plan. later, attorney general, eric holder, gives the keynote address at the congressional black caucus summit. ♪ >> thank you for being here. in 2008, your game change was one of the definitive books of that campaign. has there been making changing moment in 2012 and if not, what could it be? >> there has been a game changing moment, particularly for the latino community. that came before mitt romney even became officially -- before he became the frontrunner. that was when he said that the response or the answer to the immigration issue would be the self deportation of undocumented immigrants. and when he vowed to veto a dream that if it ever came to his desk. even though most polls show that it is jobs and the economy are the issues that the most care about, the issue that drives their votes is definitely the immigration issue. right off t

chairman of the fcc, julius genachowski. [applause] >> they q for being with us.0008 murrieta game change was a definitive book. has there been a game changing moment in 2012 or what could be? >> i think there has ben for the latino committee and that was even before mitt romney became the frontrunner saying the answer to the immigration issue is the deportation of undocumented immigrants because the hispanic voter this but the jobs in the economy, health, education that they care about is jobs. 53% unemployment. it is definitely immigration issues. write off the bat obama had 60% of support and romney has 25%. to change that, i don't know what hast happened then he is accused of flip flopping. so it will be uphill battle. >> the game changing will lead to? >> the call that devolving. not flip-flop think any more. [laughter] >> we had it interesting campaign so far. it could be the showdown with iran with the military conflict and then the energy prices. and search and incumbent the $4 gas went up again and it could be devastating. domestic it is not dramatic but

i especially want to welcome center in a way -- center inouye, chairman genachowski, and the ambassadorto israel for honoring us with their presence today. when i asked him how he would like to be honored, he at first, of course, refused, and then when i said no was not an option, he said that we should do it in the brookings saban center our tradition of an exchange of ideas about the middle east, and who would he like us to invite to conduct that exchange, i asked him? he answered, shimon peres and hillary. it is a great testament to their friendship that they both agreed to join us today. it is a great testament to their high reputation and fame that i can say wordsshimon and hillary , and everyone and no to whom i am referring, the president of israel and the secretary of state of the united states. thank you both very much for doing us the honor of joining us today for this conversation. i am not going to spend time on introductions, since you know them both so well. instead, i thought we should go straight to the conversation. i am not sure what the protocol is. i suspect the pres

i am very pleased that chair genachowski and the others saw it that way. am pleased that they recognize the fact that this is a priority for the american people. host: you mentioned earlier about the seven dirty words decision that the supreme court upheld by 5-4 in the sec burst pacifica foundation. it was also referred to in the newspaper. he says -- talk to us about how the decision that came down on thursday is either different or advances the decision that was handed down in 1978? guest: the second circuit court in new york city issued a ruling that essentially invalidated federal broadcastors from lot. it would have done away with pacifica. that decision was vacated by the supreme court on thursday. keep in mind that the broadcast networks asked and have to ask for six years for the federal courts to do with these rules. from an advocate of perspective, what the court did was validate indecency laws the says that we will not by the decisions our networks are making. host: back to the fonds, in maryland, a republican, you are on "washington journal."

democratic and republican members of congress, my friend and colleague at the fcc chairman julius genachowskiit is important due due to find the challenge before us. the threats are real, and not imagined although they admittedly sound like works of fiction sometimes. for many years now, scores of countries led by china, russia, iran, saudi arabia, but many many others have pushed forward as vladimir putin said almost a year ago, international control of the internet through the ipu. i have tried to find a more concise way to express this issue, but i can't seem to improve on mr. putin's crystallization of the effort that has been afoot for quite some time. more important a think we should take mr. putin's design very seriously. six months to separate us from there we negotiate up in 1980 treaty that led to inflating the internet from economic and technical regulation. what proponents of internet freedom do or don't do between now and then will determine the fate of the net and affect global economic growth as well as determine whether political liberty can proliferate. during the treaty nego