as you say i s g s investor state dispute settlement but the real main part of it is regulator a harmonize i shouldn which is. bringing together the home another regulation of the e.u. and the u.s. so that they have the same but when you consider this is a corporate agenda so it's corporations transnational corporations pushing this and particularly financial services like the city of london corporation pushing this agenda you can say that what they call trade irritants regulations are going to come down trade arrogance that's the term they use in any kind of gets in the way of them making some of these profits you know it seems that the problems of the last few years particularly in the banking sector is that there is very little accountability and yet and also we've got is that there seems to be almost a two tier justice system evolving where corporations have rights that are not enjoyed by everyone else and they seem to be getting away with stuff that if the average person tried it they'd go to jail but these these types of deals like cheats hip and t.t.p. we're talking about almost les

the ability, i talked about, of scre streamlining and harmonizing over time. if we start to see sector-specific guidance aligning. are we aligning federal programs to support the function outlined in the framework. we have identified indicators but we will look for feedback and we are seeking to hear that as we work through there program. >> okay. well i am going to turn to the audience and see if there is anyone in the audience a question. if you can identify yourself before asking the question, we would appreciate it. anybody? >> i do have a couple online questions. if no one else is ready to jump in i will read those for you. the first question is: will following the framework be mandatory for government contractors? >> so we have the report that was done jointly by gsh, general services administration department of defense, on government procurement. dot ... what they can put in to help. >> can you talk a little bit -- i'm sorry, can you talk a little bit about what the government is doing to encourage information sharing in the absence of legislation? >>

where appropriate we would like to harmonize with the framework. we know and we have heard from organizations that are members of multiple factors and having some streamlined and harmonized regulations would definitely be of value to them. to underscore what my boss michael daniel said we are not looking and pushing for new regulations. we are promoting the voluntary approach and voluntary use of the framework. it clear thatake we worked with the regulatory agencies throughout the entire process. they came to our workshops and submitted comments to the initial request for information and the preliminary framework itself. the reason we did that is they are a key part of this ecosystem. we also have companies that were , what were the issues they considered. it would not be something that would be great for managing risk but completely impossible to implement. so i think as smart as -- that is right. the regulators know that it is alla one size fits approach. there -- they have been working and they understand the framework for the key part of perhap

and that's an area where we do want to work with existing regulators to harmonize over time. we recognize you can't flip a switch, but where appropriate, we'd like to harmonize with the framework. we know, and we've heard from organizations that are members of multiple sectors and having some streamlined and harmonized regulations would definitely be of value to them. but to underscore what my boss, michael daniel, said, you know, we're not looking and pushing for new regulations here. we really are promoting the voluntary approach and voluntary use of the framework. let's see, would you add anything to that? >> yeah. i just want to make it clear that, you know, we worked with the regulatory agencies throughout our entire process. they came to our workshops, they submitted comments both to the initial request for information and on a preliminary framework itself. and the reason we did that is because, you know, they are a key part of this ecosystem. and wal asked the -- we also asked the companies that were working with us what were those regulatory issues that they considere

and much easier to allow it to gradually harmonize and connect up its institutions and laws are already connected up over the negotiate imputed after after the dependents vote so i think quite soon after the new plan is for eighteen months two years i think scotland will be fully integrated with the e.u. because again it's the sensible thing to do all right pro independence a campaigner pat kane joining us live from london thank you for your time thanks very much. well gas magnates may claim fracking is safe but as we report online they will put up with it near their own homes more on the controversy sparked by a statement from exxon the c.e.o. on our web site r t v dot com plus internet giant google claims robots may eventually be able to understand us better than we know ourselves that the lowdown on that on our website. at next our own sophie shevardnadze probes switzerland's immigration dilemma an interview with one of the country's leading right wing politicians stay with us for so if you can. transit through to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of most. judy cox a utah m

entirely appropriate, to look at existing regulations in how to streamline and how to basically harmonize with the framework but the idea of incremental regulation, growing regulatory pace will have a chilling effect on companies ongoing support of the frame work. >> from membership of your institute? >> and benefit the framework is expected to have the supply chain for pieces of technology and industrial control systems. the liability protection is important to share information, primarily with who they know. getting the right information from the government in usable shapes and forms. the lack of legislation liability protection so that is important. another thing that is important is federal, state and local regulations. our regulatory agency is independent. streamlining regulations and i say this cautiously because god forbid we disturbed, it is the way it is. we know what to do with it. and state and local and standards of guidelines to affect facilities. it is extremely important. anywhere government agencies can do to work with state and local legislation so that whatever they end

. >> and the president meanwhi is dealing with harper and mexican preside nieto talng about harmonization of borders and trade -- boarder and trade, syria lapse from the priority list for this administration. and secretary kerry. we still have seen very little in way of movement. if anything. in the inian nuclear talks. what is going on with the administration? your best -- if you will, your best analysis of where we are in the middle east right now in. >> i think what happed is administration, you know, wiinning what took place with two wars afgnistan and irkrage, they don't agree with either one. have done all they could to avoid the potential of another conflict ty are paralyze by fear of that adverse consequence, middle eat leaderip outhere interpret u.s. as no longer wanting to be involved work we're in retreat, and disengages, our adversaries in the region are all moving forward. and united states is sitting on the fence. so our foreign policy is seen as one of retrenchmentrom the world. and fact is that we are perceived general he speaking no through out the world by friends and ad

in terms of harmonizing with the framework to . of growing the framework would have a chilling effect. --is the issue of >> utilities will benefit from the market raced -- based improvements. especially in the supply chain. when they purchase various pieces of technology. liability protection is important. utilities currently share locallyion, primarily with who they know. getting the right information from the government in a usable shape and form, and then sharing it among themselves -- that is important. another thing that is important is that utilities have federal, state, and local regulations. regulatory agency is independent. -- it iss cautiously the way it is. various vendors of guidelines -- standards of guidelines are important. any work that the agencies can do to work with state and local organizations so that what ever they end up doing to regulate local utilities does not conflict with the framework. we are in a situation where a in aty that is located different state will get different results from the same set of in

that ability to harmonize regulations over time if we can do that is an indicator. to restart to uc cpac long dash sector specific do real mind if it to the functions that are outlined? rehab identified different indicators bet to look for a feedback as we look through the voluntary program we're seeking the feedback. >> does anybody in the audience have a question? ripley's identify yourself. >> we have online questions if nobody is ready. we'll follow in the framework be but a torrey for government contractors? >> we have the report that was done to really by gsa in department of defense on government procurement. that report included a session of recommendations on how better rivage procurement efforts. that effort is the effort to implement it was not something that gsa did in a vacuum but it a very similar transparent and open process. as they look to implement those recommendations a similar process will be followed there will be a request for interrogation for feedback how can the best use that framework to influence for cyberprocurement? >> low-key yet the f

> and the president meanwhile is dealing with harper and mexican president nieto talking about harmonization of borders and trade -- boarders and trade, syria lapsed from the priority list for this administration. and secretary kerry. we still have seen very little in way of movement. if anything. in the iranian nuclear talks. what is going on with the administration? your best -- if you will, your best analysis of where we are in the middle east right now in. >> i think what happened is administration, you know, withinning what took place with two wars afghanistan and irkrage, they don't agree with either one. have done all they could to avoid the potential of another conflict they are paralyze by fear of that adverse consequence, middle east leadership out there interpret u.s. as no longer wanting to be involved work we're in retreat, and disengages, our adversaries in the region are all moving forward. and united states is sitting on the fence. so our foreign p as one of retrenchment from the world. and fact is that we are perceived general he speaking now through out the world by friends

and the absence of harmonized standards with international acceptance of those harmonized standards is a need for private, public platforms. there's hosts for information sharing and collaboration. i want to stress that. that's our niche, but that's i think welcomed in the fsma strategy. the lack of equivalency in regularly systems worldwide. these disparities notwithstanding this month and the u.s.a., et cetera, are considerable. here are the international provisions that i would highlight, the sanitary -- within fsma, that certainly foreign suppliers are focusing on and gearing up to try to address. our moderator introduced me in saying that i would be addressing it from the importer site. i do want to note that fsma is also, helps to identify the u.s. brand for food safety and food quality as an exporter. so sanitary transportation, focused mitigation strategies to protect food against intentional alteration, accreditation of third party auditors, foreign supplier verification programs, preventive controls for food and animals, and the private sector and preventive controls for huma

to bands that harmonized -- how do we make sure we have harmonize bands?is a robust agenda. the me of anyone in the audience has a question. go ahead. >> thank you. a question for any of the speakers on the panel. as are any been -- has there been any discussion about using funding and the spectrum fund on what the but sharing opportunities -- what are the best sharing opportunities? >> yes. [laughter] >> there been several opportunities to expand the funds. why not develop better technologies? right now, the spectrum location that was created in 2004 and amended in 2012 only covers costs for relocation or sharing. those costs that are covered did expand a little bit to cover -- some and those research and development. the recommendations by the president's council for advancement of science -- others have suggested the csi s report from remember,n't suggested some sort of fund in this legislation as well. that way the auction proceeds would go into more broad reinvestment. the idea has been out there. it is the idea of really getting it -- it would probab

i tell the girls, you sing soprano and you harmonize -- we will take it to church. that is what we are going to give them. about these british boys, we brought this. in with us. we brought the holy ghost in with us, as people say. we were giving them that as we ise singing because that what we knew. i did not know how to sing like this. oh yes, hallelujah. getting by with a little help from my friends -- i did not sing like that. i knew., that is what i brought the church. the shirley matthews and the hollow ways, and all of these wonderful girls. singing background. edna right. on some of the hits you were talking about earlier, the beach boys don't want to hear what mary just did because it doesn't fit the sound of what the beach boys are doing. how did you pull back or dial back on the soul? >> we were already a group. but even when they were trying to record, they did not know where to put us. they had no idea. we could change our harmony styles to fit with anybody. -- which wasgreat really great. it challenged us to change the sound. the beach boys, donnie rive

i have a question on regulatory harmonization. clearly there are certain sectors, certain industries, which are further advance in terms of convergence because of cross investment and trade over many, many years. is it conceivable that within morearena, we will see disparity in terms of convergence sector by sector? it sounds like some areas may be more advanced. this was my experience when i worked on the regulatory standards by sector. we get harvest on so much quicker than others. can we get your views on that? >> thank you. there are a number of sectors and have agreed on what they think is needed in their specific set for that sector. -- specific sector. that is giving you a comfortable idea. -- iisk for disparity the verticalessing aspects, you will develop discipline. it will become the backbone of a sector approach. you cannot move from one sector to the other. in a pragmatic way, we will be able to develop a backbone of that kind of regulatory convergence for already existing measures and measures we have to take for the

harmon is debating new legislation that would annul the limitation statute for those knowingly possessions stolen works. >> germany has a particular historical responsibility and i think we owe it to those persecuted by the nazi regime to make every effort to change their legal situation as quickly and effectively as possible. >> critics say the draft law is flawed. how can you prove that evil new their works were stolen or not? many others think germany has current law is inadequate. >> the case was a fine example of the very many problems there are with researching ownership. so we will be discussing it. >> experts disagree about how many are works could be returned to their owners after so long. change could soon come and progress be made in resolving this vexed issue. >> when we come back we will take a look at another war-torn town in syria that is in evacuation mode. >> everybody loves a tale of an underdog. we will bring you attaching one from the sochi olympics. >> the latest from the berlin film festival. we will be right back. >> the with us. -- stay with us. >> thousands of syri

>> i think it is fair for the harmonization and streamlining to ocher on the private sector side i think we have been very encouraged by the comments made in the administration about the nonregulatory. we have had some conversations with independent regulators and at this point in time we are optimistic to work with them to rollout the framework in the sector that will work for both the business side and for the agency side, and i think that if katherine pointed out, we are very prepared to start in the outreach committee working in the sector to get the broad-based adoption in the communication sector. things will proceed down the path and there are a lot of venues in the court and counsel to accomplish a lot of things without having to go down a regulatory panel. >> your sector has advanced -- >> we have regulations in the financial service and i would observe the framework has had slowed them down at all. [laughter] in any way, shape or form. we have seen in our agencies a thought of interest in the third-party risk management and outsource risk management lately and that wasn't drive

his players are healthy, including dynamic receiver percy harmon, scheduled to play for the third time this season. the broncos practised inside, spending much of the week practicing outdoors getting use to the gold. like seattle they have a healthy roster. only one has missed practice time and is doubtful with a calf injury. much has been made about this being the first cold weather super bowl. if forecasts for sunday are correct. it may be the coldest super bowl ever played, it will not be, that belongs to super bowl six in new orleans, where the kick-off temperatures was 39 degrees. the national weather service forecast the kick-off of 40 degrees with low winds and a 30% chance of rain or snow. the weather is so not an issue that roger, the n.f.l. commissioner was in a mood to joke about it. >> a focus for the super bowl is on the weather. we cannot control the weather. [ clapping ] >> i told you we were going to embrace the weather. here we go. we appreciate the magnificent job done by new york and new jersey. the forecast, despite what you see behind me is terrific, is football re

i am sarah harmon. where is president viktor yanukovych? the opposition says the ukrainian leader has fled the capital. in venezuela protests continue against president nicolas maduro with another mass rally land saturday. german prosecutors searched the home of evi sachenbacher-stehle after she tests positive for a banned substance at the winter olympics. in the ukrainian capital kiev there are contradicting reports about the whereabouts of president viktor yanukovych. opposition leader vitali klitschko said the president left kiev and the country must hold early elections, but a senior aide says he is still in the country and has no intention of leaving. protesters claim to a taken control of the presidential administrative building in kiev. our coverage begins there. ofthis morning, the balance power appears to be changing in favor of the protesters. self-defense forces, as they call themselves, say they control access to the parliament and the presidential office and their threat, apparently, no longer necessary. >> i know there are no

more than anything i love the harmonic values and the open space it provides me to sing in.et you go i picked out two tracks that jumped out to me when i first heard the city. pick a new track and tommy why you loved it. >> gregory porter is this old you to go onnvites and just be there. i love that we were able to do this duet together. tavis: we loved having him on. we may have been the first show -- he came on here, and he got a lot of exposure. i was happy to do it because i am a big fan of his work. chanceo happy he got a to perform, and a few months later he won a grammy award. you have in doing it for quite some time. him on herually hear new project. it's called beautiful life. it is a beautiful life in a time is inice of dianne reeves the air. congratulations and good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with tony ruxton and kenneth "baby face

harmonization talks harmonization in the global policy you will not be able to avoid this kind of. next i escape. so i you knew you were talking about the work that this was the first thing they don't mind being hurt but perhaps people will pay about one billion of tax and foam soap. they just skip to two islands so i think we are before talking to the americans about what you should do a facial which would perhaps in the week studio musician and all special the only home on fiscal issues. the places it is is that the point of each beam when the finger brussels here now to washington i think the main problem is that we should have the same packs his older years. and until we had this. we lost and is no way to any companies can stay in france the victim who knew a few hundred miles away and payments to its acts and friends. yet there's a lot of taxes and france. so there's no point in staying in france for a company like yahoo the french were not the only ones to complain about this the uk i'm everybody's complaining about that except if you like ireland. and at this point. what's t

when i go to the united states i will make sure president obama agrees for our efforts to harmonize taxes. -- fore sits down with lunch with the likes of sheryl sandberg from facebook, google chief eric schmidt and twitter's jack dorsey, hollande is expected to take a carrot and -- while voicing concerns. >> the constitutional court in thailand has rejected a we -- request by the country's main opposition party to cancel the recent election. that controversial poll was disrupted by antigovernment protests. the court said in a statement it had declined to consider the petition by the democrat party to nullify the vote on insufficient grounds. now, the opposition had claimed the vote was illegitimate as millions were unable to reach the polls that were blockaded by protesters. our correspondent has more from bangkok. >> looking back at the constitutional court the past years or so it has intervened in constitutional crises before. in 2006, there was an election, then also what kind of by the democratic party. the constitutional court in that instance ruled to nullify the election under very

one of the annual shawn harmon i watch n.b.c. news all the same it's like you know. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm. researcher. lives. luck live lives. i've. led. live . lives. bridge the gun the help to buy scheme for real estate which is a copycat of fannie mae and freddie mac. debacle which caused the subprime crisis two thousand and seven the british energy corporations are going to take fracking even though in america it's been proven to be completely an economical and environmental disaster but they're going to do it here anyway because why nobody in the media here except for maybe george will be up over there to garden will say anything about the fact that this is an ecological disaster and more importantly an economic gloom doggle that will increase britain's debt to even higher than it is right now the highest it's been a decade. a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of mosco. you thought i was already an. ultra nationalist groups are seeking to grab top jobs in ukraine's government has a list of potential minist

we started working on our harmonizing program, which is a transformation program that tries to work witheace builders to become community builders in their neighborhoods, you know? first worked for the years, and we train them in conflict resolution and life skills. a life coach, things of those and trauma release, and then we support them. the program is a three-year program, and it is a monthly program, so they are working all of the time. they work on computers. we train them in computer technology, so we have that program there and in south sudan. at the moment, there is the conflict going on. a lot of our programs were in the areas of conflict there, and in uganda, and we are working on a program here to engage with the school system, so we are working on the area of gang violence and bullying, and hopefully we will be working with cal state university to engage in that. asking on me close by a personal note, because there is always something to glean from these answers, how you balance your life, your acting, you're directing, you're producing, you are doing your foundation work, y

every g 20 i have been to, there is always talk of tax harmonization but never any tax harmony., it could be emerging markets and the smaller countries. they always find a reason on how they might be hurt and harmed. or international framework to work, everyone has to buy and. in the most recent case, it is 250 thousand dollars. that is the cut off. smaller countries are saying, we do not have capacity to enforce it. so far, it is not on the books. >> hans nichols. >> staying in washington, there is a new plan to completely revamp the u.s. tax code. this bill slashes individual and corporate tax rate but imposes new taxes on banks and hedge funds. our tax policy reporter richard rubin joins us now from capitol hill. richard, what does is mean or us? will i lose my mortgage interest rate here? >> not anytime soon. proposal is the super bowl. it will be a comprehensive look at every break and reduction. it is not going anywhere anytime soon. the trade-offs and their are politically toxic for house republicans. democrats are not on board either. this is a blueprint you might see be

dan harmon knows the characters better than anyone.ck -- it's like we didn't have that for a year. you need dan. >> how about joel? >> i'm not allowed to look him in the eye. i can't make eye contact. he's 7'12". he's lovely. he loves you guys. >> he's one of the single funniest people. do you have trouble between takes not cracking up. >> we don't have trouble. they can't use half the takes we do. >> and kim. i can't look at him without laughing. >> so you're happy? >> yes, i am kathie lee. >> thank you for coming to see us. >> we wish you continue. >> thanks for having me. >> broadway would think you're worthy. >> that's nice to hear. >> if you can catch new episodes of "community" after the olympics, starting february 27 on nbc. >>> how to prevent and put out fires in your home. >> could there be sparks flying between singles upstairs? patty is up there. she's trouble. she's going to find out if there are any matches up there. that's next after these messages. as a kid, i made a list of all the places i wanted to visit. i'm still no

wellstone who really kind of offered an example of somebody who could do electoral politics in a way harmonize with his values in an authentic way and he actually got to change my mind on the possibility of electoral politics delivering good outcomes for regular people i think he changed a lot of people's lives and and i think one of the yeah and i think you're following that tradition i mean you're welcome only now i can tell you i'm in a number of people who i've encountered in my life and what we're both short. i mean he's. also. i've never met him i. could like. you're a member of the congressional progressive caucus you know what is what does that mean to you well you know you can't do anything in politics myself just can't and if you play along the best you could do in politics alone is sort of play a kind of a paul revere figure you can sort of cry out loud about injustice. there's something going on but if you actually want to move a policy agenda you have to have help so you know part of the democratic caucus and but i ran for progressive caucus co-chair because i knew i had to get so

and the absence of harmonized standards with international acceptance of those harmonized standards is a need for private, public platforms. there's hosts for information sharing and collaboration. i want to stress that. that's our niche, but that's i think welcomed in the fsma strategy. the lack of equivalency in regularly systems worldwide. these disparities notwithstanding this month and the u.s.a., et cetera, are considerable. here are the international provisions that i would highlight, the sanitary -- within fsma, that certainly foreign suppliers are focusing on and gearing up to try to address. our moderator introduced me in saying that i would be addressing it from the importer site. i do want to note that fsma is also, helps to identify the u.s. brand for food safety and food quality as an exporter. so sanitary transportation, focused mitigation strategies to protect food against intentional alteration, accreditation of third party auditors, foreign supplier verification programs, preventive controls for food and animals, and the private sector and preventive controls for huma

let's bring in terrorism expert and jane harmon, an expert on security issues is, president and ceo ofare you hearing about these so-called terror threats against softer targets, not necessarily right inside the olympic village but just outside? >> well, woclf, there's a lot o concern that these terrorist groups in the caucasus could launch attacks somewhere in southern russia like they did in volgograd. there was a twin suicide bombing there, one against a railway station, one against a trolley bus. real concern that rather than attack the very hard targets in sochi, they could launch attacks somewhere in southern russia. >> jane harmon, you've seen all the reports of all the fierce out there, the threats. are we exaggerating, are these overblown? because u.s. intelligence officials have told me they're deeply concerned and these are people who are not necessarily alarmists. >> i think we're prepared. these suicide bombers or whomever only have to be right once. we have to be right a hundred pr sent of the time, 100% is not achievable. we've prepositioned homeland security, fbi and mi

it's not harmonize the suspect had one . i'm starting on wednesday and the fog that it's not unknown to the coast to attend to the spot to visit and i'll fall the prime minister and the cx by the texas body. even though the message did not need to open the easy since they give a sense of july he was planning to try and talk to my feed and fluffy see what kinds of issues in the nineteen seventy five nation bloc. but the government has lied to still we did channel by thorns and set to be cheap and india. the upa government on monday presented in ten budget that no changes to tax laws ahead of the jet in actions. women don't need to teach in swansea the good news. ttp include the two and fourth quarters of the deep eighteen fourteen. it's like when to proceed to look for them for years is paid in full swing nine percent presenting the budget finance minister keat you don't know it's his concerns but that is on them and thinking. in nineteen forty places. treating it like it is freely given. these innovation and investment in ma

twenty one year old sean harmon a life in the news all the face time you know alone. plenty . of pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. why. has there i marinate this is boom bust and these are the stories we're tracking for you today. prolific businessman investor and author jim rogers is on today's show you won't want to miss that he's giving us his views on everything from trade agreements to emerging markets to farming you definitely want to miss that then plus do you think business in europe is squeaky squeaky clean think again we'll tell you why coming up and finally in today's big deal ed harris and i discussed what those pieces of paper in your wallet what they're actually worth yeah you know the things as dollar bills or pounds or whatever it is wherever you're watching from you want to miss a moment of it and it all starts right now. our lead story today the price of corruption specifically in the european union now a recent report published by the european commission revealed that corruption cost the e.u. roughly one hundred twenty billion dollars

sugar pie fan toast on call in the basement it's really fun it when you sing duets to do one have to harmonize with the other sometimes yeah i mean i think you know the best duets are where you can kind of trade lines or trade verses and then come together on the chorus and countries and doing a forever right yeah improv sinatra really did the first really major pop where he be wedded with other people i didn't know that and do what but other than that you know tony bennett didn't sing with steve lawrence why rock what country music was done yeah there's been some big duets i mean i don't think there are as many as as we should have you know i think the fans really enjoy when you know i've been able to do some amazing to us i've been able to do it with bob seger jimmy buffett about garth brooks i haven't sang with garth brooks i think i know why. he won't sing with his wife are well that's yet you get you never seem see you do it right up that's ok we like to play a game called if you only knew you ready martina first boy you ever kissed. first boy i ever kissed was a guy george boyfriend geor

it is another challenge, trying to harmonize the federal and state laws. it is a step forward for these industries and something the governor of colorado and washington state had asked the government for. the question is if you are a big, do you take this risk and engaged in this business? it is not clear this guidance will be enough to get some banks into this business. coloradoe head of the bankers association raise questions about how far the guidance would go. would it be sufficient to provide a safe harbor for banks to engage in this and not worry the government was looking in their books and over their backs. >> you mentioned safe harbor, one of the concerns is that banks do not want to be, in a sense, stained by dealing with this money. is that correct? >> well, that is a question that will have to be answered by the banks. some financial institutions see this business, no question it is a growth business, will see this business as an opportunity. some banks will worry about their reputation. for them.much risk again, the two states right now that a

he wants to carry favor with obama on the g 20 referent around tax and harmonization of tax. at the same time, he gets a free trip on air force one by the way and a black-tie dinner, and he gets to go and lobby the technology community as well. >> you mentioned tax on the agenda. what is he going to lobby? the industry ministry in france was saying, they may kick out google if they don't -- privacy data. >> yahoo! is about to take part in this operation out of france and relocate. there is a whole european basketcase of tax differentials. it is about trying to say, at some level there is an openness. the debate is this, they are going after the tax disclosures -- they are quite different. you have google saying they made a revenue of $192 million. there is a lot of work to be done. he has got to show himself to be open to business. >> he is trying to per strata himself as being pro-business. one, he is air force lending presumably on a french plane. >> and then he will get on air force one. d.c. to?he sea to -- franthink it is either san or one of the memorials he makes a tri

the president, meanwhile, is dealing with stephen harper and mexican president, talking about harmonization and trade. meanwhile, they have lapsed from the, if you will, priority list with this administration and secretary kerry. we have seen little in the way of movement, if any, in the iranian nuclear talks. what is going on with this adnistration? what is your best, if you will, your best analysis of where we are in the middle east right w? >> i think what's happened is the administration, you know, witnessing what took place with the two wars, afghanistan and iraq, truth be known, they don't agree with eith one of them, have done everything they could to avoid a conflict. they are paralyzed by the adverse consequence. as a result of that, e middle east interpreting the united states is no longer wanting to be involved. we are in retreat and disengaged. that is true. as a result of that, the al qaeda, the radical islamists, the dictators in the region willing to purge their leaders are all moving forward and the united states is sitting o the fences. our foreign policy is seen as one of

and if you can get bands that are harmonized globally, that makes our device manufacturers much easier to build devices that are affordable. so i think this is one of the things that we all have to be -- especially those as we go into work and things like that -- the participants need to be thinking through how do we make sure we've got harmonized bands and, obviously, the least expensive devices that we can get. >> that's a pretty robust agenda there. let me see if anyone out in the audience has a question for our panelists. go ahead, please. >> thank you. carolyn brandon from georgetown. a question for any of the speakers, has there been any discussion or evaluation of the ability to use some of the spectrum in the re-lo fund for some of the r&d research related to the answer of can certain things be cleared versus what are the best sharing opportunities? >> yes. >> many thank you, peter. [laughter] >> oh, you want -- [laughter] there's been several proposals to expand the use of those funds. why not reinvest auction proceeds into the development of new and better technology? it tota