eliza krigman of "politico," next question. >> yes, a very impressive background for this position. since you worked at verizon, i am curious, have you been lobbied by any of the people you used to work with? >> guest: i have not, no. >> okay. on that same topic, um, i'd like to ask, the fcc's supposed to operate in the public interest, but the reality of the matter is that most of the people who comment on the public record are the well-heeled lobbyists, and that's who the commission also spends a lot of time meeting with. what are you going to do personally to insure that your opinion is informed by what's happening with the average consumer and not just the washington operators? >> guest: well, at my confirmation hearing in november of last year, i stated that i would hold no favor for or prejudice against any particular company, person or segment of the industry. and i would like to think that in the four-and-a-half months that i've had the privilege of serving at the fcc, that i've stayed true to that. i've taken literally hundreds of meetings, some of them have been with repre

until last week,ie -- eliza johnson was doing a sentence for a drug conviction, and then she was suddenlye. >> i can breathe. >> free because of this woman. the state of massachusetts is accusing dukin of tampering with drug evidence that could call into question at least 34,000 cases going back to 2003. 34,000! at the moment, she faces only three charges. however, in boston alone, the d.a. estimates as many as 500 convicted felons could be set free. >> how big of a mess is this? >> at this point, susan, we don't know. >> reporter: at this lab now closed by the state, dukin allegedly mishandled drugs seized by police for evidence at trial. she allegedly estimated the amount of drugs at times by simply looking at them. and certified some drugs as cocaine that are now testing negative. she didn't just write down the wrong thing. prosecutors accuse her of doctoring evidence to change test results. >> she would take known cocaine from an area that she knew was cocaine and actually add them to the sample to macoca >> reporter: dukin is also charged about lying on the witness stand about the cr

its producers, scott and tyler. >> this was four or five months after having spoken to eliza.y were talking about the suicide of a boy named jamie. >> reporter: the 14-year-old's suicide in 2011 came after excessive online bullying. >> his death really touched me because it really could be anyone. and the eliza situation clicked when i heard that. >> reporter: last spring, scott and tyler were asked to be spokespeople for an anti-bullying campaign. they accepted but initially kept their history with elizabeth a secret. >> i was ashamed of my past. but then i realized that this could be a positive experience for others who might be bullying somebody. and if something were to happen, you would have to live with that guilt for the rest of your life. >> reporter: last month, scott and tyler apologized to elizabeth. >> i want to believe in my heart they've changed and they're not going to do this to anyone else. >> it's wrong how you're putting other people down to lift yourself up. we found that lifting people up lifts us up even more than putting people down. >> reporter: elizabe

saying you know regulation in a way that certifies it is is authorized we're just saying you know yes eliza's it to me and you are going to have to paraphrase to paraphrase nancy reagan just say no. it seems like a great strategy marmar goal and all the great folks like you can the community environmental legal defense fund and thomas lindsey are all doing some spectacular work thanks so much for being with us tonight thanks tom the talk. in the bowels of the roast the news we all know the bush administration committed war crimes when a tortured terrorist suspects but the only person going to jail for these crimes is the guy who blew. the whistle on all of it on tuesday former cia whistleblower john cura col pleaded guilty to revealing the identity of a cia agent when he turned over classified secrets to the new york times exposing the bush administration's torture program back in two thousand and seven kerik out told the story of al qaeda operative abu zubaida who was captured in water boarded more than eighty times character was originally charged under the espionage act to which he pled no

eliza's on t.v. and a wave of antiwar protesting gulfs with activist accusing. u.s. . military action against syria. military aims to balance its books. of soldiers while still throwing billions of malfunctioning military machine. plus fourteen years of textbooks socialism up put to the test in venezuela as hundreds of thousands fled the capital in support of both chavez just ahead of sunday's election. with all the sporting action. that welcome to the sports and these are the headlines european dreams and you lefties scores the second half braces and g.b. young boys to kneel in moscow from a number eight and in the. parties and show you rubin score either side of the interval to beat belgrade nearly is and in a group agent cantor. and driving forward to rack up their six win in a row with a six mil thrashing of novices nets in the k h l. let's start there with the europa league where there have been good wins for russian sides and g. and rubin and g.b. swiss side young boys to no moscow summit that is penalty breaking the deadlock midway through the second half and he

profits like mica isaiah, eliza, jeremiad and jesus did around in what we already know all too well andhen they do there is a moment of dead silence when the smug satisfaction of a steering their gracious words turn to be shocked silent recognition of having been confronted by god's truth and justice. the profit has stood up and preached our sermon, the one we know by heart the sermon we are afraid to speak, afraid to here afraid to live. often people will say to me after i have preached, probably other preachers here today have heard the same thing. you are preaching to meet today. i started to respond by saying no, i must have reached for you today. all i did was call forth and remind you of what you already know. you already know you are to be peacemakers. you already know you are to feed the hungry. you know you are to clothe the naked. you know you are to protect the children. you know you to eliminate hiv aids. you know you are to house the homeless. you know you are to welcome an immigrant. you know you are not to kill that which god has created. you know you are to liberate the

eliza, sam, charlie ryan threw out t-shirts before the start of that event.big bird have inspired plans for a million muppet march. the march planned for november 3rd at the national mall in washington, d.c. it was created by two guys who wanted to show their support for public broadcasting and apparently have a fair amount of time on their hands as well. big bird, of course, has been a star of the campaign trail in the days since that debate, even being featured in the obama campaign ad. >>> here's one you may have never thought of. food. in the swing state of north carolina, the food to watch and if you are lucky taste is barbecue. nbc's kerry sanders explains it all. >> reporter: craig, it's neck and neck in this race. neither can claim a likely victory. it's effective of another debate in this state. which tastes better, the eastern carolina or the lexington-style barbecue. in the western part of north carolina there's a barbecue that moefrts of the nation is concerned with. pork shoulder smoked for ten hours over oak and history and smothered in a tomato

until last week, eliza johnson was doing about three years in prison on a drug conviction, then she wasis it like to be out of prison? >> yay. i can breathe. >> breathe because of a bizarre alleged actions of this woman, former massachusetts chemist annie duken. >> can you tell us what happened? >> the state of massachusetts is accusing her of tampering with drug evidence that could call into question at least 34,000 cases going back to 2003. 34,000. at the moment, she faces only three charges. however, in boston alone, the d.a. estimates as many as 500 convicted felons could be set free. how big of a mess is this? >> at this point, susan, we don't know. >> at this lab now closed by the state, duken allegedly mishandled drugs seized by police for evidence at trial. she allegedly estimated the amount of drugs at times by simply looking at them and certified some drugs as cocaine that are now testing negative. she didn't just write down the wrong thing. prosecutors accuse her of doctoring evidence to change test results. >> she would take known cocaine from an area that she knew as cocain

eliza krigman is with "politico." thank you both for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you very much for having me. >> thanks so much. >> let me just say, i think we can sumco up -- this is a very timely book. i hope you enjoy it.you it's, um -- i think it can be t summed up in really one sentence -- seldom if ever, in history have we seen vicious attacks directed against the president of the united states. you add those three elements together, and you get the obama hate machine. so i'd just like to say a little bit about each of those elements and open it up for questions until c-span tells us the cameras are turned off. and let's start at those directed against obama. i think criticism of obama -- [inaudible] and every day in front of the white house on pennsylvania avenue there's a crowd of people protesting something, you know? and i love that, i really do. i always make a point of checking out what they're there for, what the issue of the day is. it's a very healthy part of our democracy. and critici

eliza krigman is with "politico." thank you both for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you very much for having me. >> thanks so much. >> let me just say i think we could sum up, it's a very timely book, i hope you enjoy it. it's -- i think it can be summed up in really one sentence, that seldom if ever, in history have we seen vicious attacks directed against the president of the united states. you add those three elements together, and you get the obama hate machine. so i'd just like to say a little bit about each of those elements and open it up for questions until c-span tells us the cameras are turned off. and let's start at those directed against obama. i think criticism of obama -- [inaudible] and every day in front of the white house on pennsylvania avenue there's a crowd of people protesting something, you know? and i love that, i really do. i always make a point of checking out what they're there for, what the issue of the day is. it's a very healthy part of our democracy. and criticism of presid

and eliza tweeted says which is the goldman's candidate. jim o'neill has confirmed he has not applied and as well gus o'connell. so the favorites are still you will paul tucker, currently deputy governor, as well as hefd of the german sfa. you can e-mail us worldwide at cnbc.com, tweet us @cnbcwe us @cnbcwex, @rosswestgate. >>> still to come, good news if you're a driver in california. gas drivers are getting the green light on to sell a cheaper type of fuel to help ease the pain of the recent price spike. more about u.s. gasoline when we come back. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. sa

. >> hi, i'm eliza newman carney from roll call. can you talk about the implications of the super pac and also the nonprofit phenomenon for the down ballot races, the house and senate races, even the state legislative races? >> my vote is that the high water of the super pac at the presidential level was, as said earlier, in the primaries. the high water mark for the super pac in the general election is going to be at the house and senate level, and the simple reason is that you're looking at the numbers we saw up there, you're talking about literally billions of dollars being spent in the presidential and a super pac can make a difference. but it is not going to be the dominant speaker. certainly in a house race, in a senate race a super pac can -- and we're seeing evidence that they're coming in and spending tens of millions of dollars. that may be more than the candidates themselves spend. so they can be the dominant speaker in those races. and i think that's a place where you see a greater evidence of the danger of corruption be