. >> host: rod beckstrom joins us from las vegas. mr. beckstrom, thank you for being on "the communicators." also joining us here in our washington studio is gautham nagesh, editor of the technology executive briefing for cq. mr. nagesh, if you would start the questioning. >> host: absolutely. hello, rod. our first question today is who owns the internet right now? or the physical star of the inter-- star of the internet? >> guest: governments own a very small amount, but we estimate over 85% is actually owned by private individuals and firms. >> host: and a look at the federal infrastructure involved. >> host: and are they concentrated in any particular country, or is it fairly spread apart? >> guest: you know, we estimate there's approximately 2.2 billion users on the internet today. about half of that investment overall is in asia, and half is spread around the world. the united states has got a pretty good portion, europe, but you've also got good penetration growing in latin america and africa. >> host: so, rod beckstrom, who manage

i can, is what it's called and rod beckstrom joins us from las vegas. mr. beckstrom, thank you for being on the communicators, also joining us in the washington studio is galfin mcgesh of washington quarterly, the editor of the technology, executive brief fog cq. if you would start the questioning. host: absolutely. hello rod. our first question today is who owns the internet right now. guest: well, the structure of the internet? it's mostly owned by the private sector, by individuals, companies, governments, on a very small amount. but we estimate that over 85 percent of the internet is actually owned by private individuals and firms. host: and a look a the physical infrastructure involved. are they concentrated in any particular country or is it fairly spread apart? guest: we estimate there's about 2.2 or 2.3 billion users on the internet today, just over half of those are in asia. so you can guess that about half of that investment overall is in asia, and half is spread around the world. the united states has got a pretty good portion, europe, but you've

president of the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers icann it is what it's called and rod beckstrom joins us from las vegas. thank you for being on the communicators and joining us here in the washington studio of congressional quarterly if you could start the questioning. >> welcome our first question today is who owns the internet right now. estimates owned by the private sector by individual companies, government on a very small amount but we estimate over 85% of the internet is owned by private individuals and firms are the concentrated in a particular country or is that fairly spread apart? >> we estimate there's about 2.2 or 2.3 billion users and the internet today. just over half of those are in asia say you can guess that a lot half of that investment overall is in asia and half is around the world. the united states has a good portion coming year up, but you've also got good penetration growing in latin america and africa. >> so, rod beckstrom, who manages it? >> it is a decentralized creation and is governed by a multi stakeholder community with martin to wondered 40 diffe

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. >> until a few weeks ago, rod beckstrom oversaw the process of expanding the amount of web names worldwide inside look at the internet and cyber security on "of the communicators." >> in the u.s. is receiving experiencing the most widespread drought since 1956. in response, the house science committee held this hearing focused on improving drought forecasting and response. they heard from the director of noaa's drought information system, the head of the oklahoma water resources board, and the mayor of indianapolis. this is just under two hours. >> the committee on science and technology will come to order. i say good morning to you and welcome, everyone, to today's hearing on drought forecasting and decision making. a review of the national integrated drought information system. this hearing is timely, given current drought conditions that are impacting much of the country, including much of my home state of texas. i will take a bit of my time to tell you a story. i passed a bill five years ago. i was in paris, texas making a speech. one of my good friends said, congressman, will you be a

. >> until a few weeks ago, rod beckstrom was the president of icann. tonight, on c-span 2, "the communicator's." >> "washington journal" continues. host: phil galewitz is the senior correspondent at kaiser health news. the big story today was 13 states cutting medicaid benefits with federal expansion at risk. when you talk about states' pension medicaid, what are they doing? guest: a lot of things. they're cutting programs and eligibility. there are also reducing benefits and asking them to pay more for such things, like going to the emergency room, only allowing them to have home health benefits so many times per year. host: here is what kaiser health found. alabama is cutting doctors' and dentists' by 10%, limiting brand name drugs or most adults. and how much leeway is there to change the medicaid programs? is there a limit? guest: yes, there is. for the last couple of years, 2009, they have not been able to reduce the eligibility. and they cannot make it harder for people to enroll in the program. but there are optional benefits to give the states

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